2019年1月30日 · In a sense, those are all different "skies" even though the expanse above us is always the same "sky." For a safe option, just always use "sky." When you are comparing different sky-states, you can use "skies" to either emphasize the differences or to emphasize a common characteristic across time ("a week of grey skies").

2020年6月15日 · Skies is a poetic/literary word used to mean heaven or heavenly power. The first example sentence could mean reach for heaven. In some set phrases, the used word is skies, as in He wrote to his sister praising Lizzie to the skies. …

2015年3月21日 · Use skies when referring to the sky in a general sense (not referring to a specific location). In your example:...under clear skies on the icy Norwegian islands of Svalbard. depending where you are on the island, you will see a different area of the sky that is clear, Also a major airliner has a famous slogan: Fly the friendly skies.

2018年4月27日 · "Skies is somewhat older". This is not true, as far as I can tell. I just looked it up in the OED and it says "take it to the sky" is older. (If you have any evidence that the plural was used in the idiomatic sense earlier than that, please share.) –

2016年8月3日 · This is a good question, as the answer is not straightforward - it depends on the context. In most cases, you would use the definite article, but in some cases it can be omitted, and with certain constructions, the indefinite article is preferred - particularly when there is an implied comparison between different appearances of the sky.

2013年7月2日 · 1973 Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids) 29 Jan. 1/1 If you want to cool your jets, just step outside, where it will be about 10 degrees under cloudy skies. That use is to literally cool yourself down. The first with the usual meaning is a bit later the same year:

2016年2月9日 · In this version of the story, all of the barnyard fowl blame the larks for breaking up the sky and causing it to fall—which is why Hen Pen, Duck Luck, Goose Loose, and the rest turn to Fox Lox (well known as a foe of larks) for help. Interestingly, larks are connected to an earlier commentary on skies falling.

2015年6月19日 · Using the google on books finds a "down" usage from 1951. It took Wilson Follett and Jacques Barzun fifteen years to contemne this phrase in their *Modern American Usage: A Guide" in 1966, saying "Many unschooled in the lore of battle hold an odd idea of forts.

2014年1月20日 · die heart, also dieheart Informal, after the expression die hard, esp., in contrast, not as a synonym/ variant.

2021年10月29日 · I swear I've heard, and read the phrase before. "He scowered the land, far and wide". I have used the word many times, but recently someone said to me that it isn't a word. There is sc...