Mar 25, 2017 · In America growing up in the Midwest, I've always heard people pronounce the word "bury" as if it were pronounced sounding the same as the word "berry". Ever since I've noticed this many years ba...

BURY: The amount of "bury" — that is, the depth between the mast step and the partners — must be determined. Too little bury makes for a disproportionately large amount of leverage force that has to be absorbed by step and partners.

Mar 27, 2014 · What is the name of the tactic that politicians use to bury people with torrent of words? Ask Question Asked 11 years, 4 months ago Modified 3 years, 6 months ago

Does “burrow nose-deep” literally mean “dig in / bury deeply,” or have other figurative meanings like intimacy? To me “burrow nose-deep” in episodes of Emily Dickinson and Obama’s replacement of staff appear to be used in different meaning? Is it an idiom or simple combination of “burrow” and "nose deep.”?

An expression of the ostrich effect is bury one's head in the sand, hide one's head in the sand; have one's head in the sand: Fig. to ignore or hide from obvious signs of danger.

Sep 3, 2014 · Does anyone know what the expression to bury someone twice means and where it comes from?

I am curious to find out about the etymology of the suffix -by in proper nouns such as the following: Hornby, Gatsby, Bartleby, Barlby, Selby, Osgodby, Keisby, and Hanby

Jan 9, 2018 · Etymonline.com says that: "act of burying," late 13c.; earlier "tomb" (c. 1200), false singular from Old English byrgels "tomb," from byrgan "to bury" + suffix -els; emphasis mine How is the word burial incorrectly formed? What would be the correct form if it wasn't incorrectly formed? According to OED, buriels was used but it is obsolete now.

Mar 13, 2016 · 1 The idiom, to bury oneself in something, is recognized by the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. Definition: Figurative: to become very busy with something. Example: She stopped taking phone calls and buried herself in her work. This idiom is also recognized by: Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus

Jan 5, 2017 · The actual quote is: You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. It is is most often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but this is disputed: This is probably the most famous of apparently apocryphal remarks attributed to Lincoln. Despite being cited variously as from an 1856 speech, or a September ...