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I feel it in my bones: phrases connected with believing or disbelieving

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by Liz Walter

We all make judgments every day about what to believe and what not to believe, so it’s not surprising that there are several nice phrases to express this process.

If you have something on good authority, you have been given information about it by someone you trust:

I have it on good authority that she’s considering selling the property. Continue reading “I feel it in my bones: phrases connected with believing or disbelieving”

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At the end of the day (Phrases with ‘day’, Part 2)

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by Kate Woodford

In a recent post, I looked at phrases containing the word ‘day’, most of which relate in some way to time. Today, I’m considering frequent idioms that feature the word ‘day’. In many of these, the original meaning of ‘day’ isn’t quite as obvious. Continue reading “At the end of the day (Phrases with ‘day’, Part 2)”

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From one day to the next (Phrases with ‘day’, Part 1)

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by Kate Woodford

The word ‘day’ features in a lot of commonly used phrases and idioms so I thought I’d take a look at the most useful ones. This post focuses mainly on phrases rather than idioms. Continue reading “From one day to the next (Phrases with ‘day’, Part 1)”