
slang - A second past-form: "dig" / "digged" / "digged" - English ...
2015年10月4日 · digged, but in 16th c. received a strong pa. pple. dug, analogous to stuck, which since 18th c. has also been used as pa. t. If you said digged today in lieu of dug, it would sound not archaic but so completely obsolete as to be wrong. See this n-gram:
phrases - Idioms similar to "dig your own grave" - English …
2018年8月31日 · I'm looking for an idiom or phrase similar to "dig your own grave" It's for this scenario: Person 1 made a comment and is now attempting to explain it/talk themselves out of an awkward situation...
Where exactly did the slang phrase "digging it" come from
2018年11月8日 · I'm a young native english speaker raised in Canada. At school me and most of my friends tend to use the phrase "Im really digging this", as to mean i'm really enjoying a specific thing or activity.
grammar - Digging a grave vs Digging up a grave - English …
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"When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?"
It is a poetic way of replacing the word work in a gender-specific way. To wit: When the quotation says that Adam delved, it is saying that he delved into the soil of the earth he farmed; this illuminates the connection with the primary meaning of delve.
A word meaning to dig land with your nails or fingers
2016年3月29日 · @Mari-LouA: Comments from the OP: "Here is needed a word to dig anything with fingers to get lost something in the something exactly as rabbits dig to make thier houses to live!"
Word for someone who has never experienced hardship
2014年6月7日 · I am looking for a word that best describe a person who has never experienced any hardship or setback in life. In Chinese, such a person can be described as "温室里的小花" (literally meaning a flower in a
Is someone "casted" or "cast" in a film role? [duplicate]
2018年2月13日 · "In current usage, however, casted is gaining ground, especially where cast means either (1) to assemble actors for a performance, or (2) to throw out bait and/or a lure on a fishing line.
'Colourful Language' with regards to swearing
2017年11月17日 · Why is expletive laden, or coarse language often referred to as being colourful/colorful? Oxford Dictionaries define it, colourful 2.2 (of language) vulgar or rude. ‘colorful words usually
etymology - Where did "snuck" come from? - English Language
"Digged" became "dug", "stringed" became "strung", and "dived" became "dove". In this same way, "sneaked" is becoming "snuck"; the word "snuck" is already generally accepted as "sneak"'s past participle in most of the English-speaking world except for Britain.