This means to let the man go and to get out of the way as soon as possible.'' Lighter cites do a lam, make a lam and take a lam early in this century, finally emerging as the passive state of being on the lam. And the OED's information on its Scandinavian origin is echoed here:

2013年10月10日 · In 2010, linguist Neal Whitman wrote it's the Prime Time for "Imma" commenting on its use in pop lyrics.. In fact, this Imma (also spelled I'ma, I'mma, Ima, and I'm a) is not the contraction I'm followed by a, but a contraction of I'm gonna — which, of course, is a contraction of I'm going to, which is itself a contraction of I am going to.

2018年8月19日 · It is very difficult to be unambiguous with only the word next.. If, on a Friday or Saturday, I say "Next Wednesday", most Brits will assume I mean the very next Wednesday, less than 7 days away.

2017年12月19日 · Doubling back to Brockett's 1825 glossary, and an 1830 publication by Robert Forby (Vocabulary of East Anglia, a vocabulary which the title page advertises as having been collected in the last two decades of the 1700s), I observe that two other survivals (along with 'tan your hide' and 'lam') from the 18th century suggest the close association ...

Do you support the omission of commas around 'in fact' in the following three examples? This is somewhat of an opinion question, obviously, so the strict answer to the question in your title is, "No, commas are not always needed."

2011年8月8日 · From The Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, by Robert Hendrickson:. The original version of this expression, 'on the water wagon' or 'water cart,' which isn't heard anymore, best explains the phrase.

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2014年12月3日 · Often in songs, the lyrics will be "na na na", "doo doo doo", etc., in a particular section or part. Is there a name for these sorts of sounds?

2016年3月24日 · To elaborate, I'm talking about the "sound effect" that people often make when imitating gunfire. Eg. "Pew! Pew! I shot you Billy, you're dead now!" I suppose this developed from the "Bang! Ba...

2011年8月3日 · I've heard on some American TV shows "I'm starving" instead of "I'm starved". What is the correct usage of both sentences?.