Reader question:In this sentence – history suggests profits will be far below expectations, possibly making those investments fool's gold &n...
Reader question:What does the expression "you do the math" mean? What math? Give examples.My comments:"You do the math" is a collo...
Yan writes:Thank you for answering my letter so quickly that I didn't expect... I remember that you encouraged me just to fire away with questions...
Reader question: In this sentence – "I don't want any ifs and buts, just do as she says" – what do "if" and "...
Reader question: What does "anything goes" mean and, how to use it?My comments:It means everything is permitted, or tolerated.There's a ...
Reader question: What does the expression "one thing leads to another" mean exactly?My comments:Cause and effect.Farfetched? Maybe, maybe no...
Reader question: In this – Random thoughts and whatnot – what's "whatnot"?My comments:Random thoughts and things like that.&...
Reader question: In this sentence – We need our main guys to come through – what does "come through" mean exactly? It doesn'...
Reader question: What's "small talk" exactly?My comments:Small talk is gossip, chitchat, unimportant chatter, small being the significan...
Reader question: What does this – Don't put me on the spot like that – mean?My comments:It means don't embarrass me like that.If w...