2011年1月28日 · Literally, strike home means to deal an effective blow, hit a vulnerable part, or wound critically or mortally. Figuratively, as in your example, it means to have the intended …

2019年4月4日 · The construction strikes me [adj.] instead of the standard strikes me as [adj.] may occur in informal spoken English in Britain, America, or Australia, including, apparently, a …

2013年12月12日 · What are some grandiloquent, or simply better, ways of expressing "an idea/thought suddenly came to me", or "an idea/thought struck me", or "I was struck by an …

'strike' means 'hit' and 'chord' is a string in a stringed instrument or a few notes in music and sometimes was used in a figurative way like 'heartstrings'. 'strike a chord' means literally 'hit a …

2012年3月14日 · In the sense of "click" (q.v.), i.e., succeed, strike home, make an impression, I believe this derives from the well-known carnival device rather than from a target with a bell in …

So a strike in baseball comes from the attempt to strike the ball. It seems that it was used positively for a while--there are quotes referring to "great strikes". It looks like our current use …

2016年9月18日 · Until recently all immigrants arrived by ship, and the Marine Corp provided much of the early administration. 'Sheeted home' in Australian usage suggests 'conclusively …

2011年1月23日 · The earliest form of the expression seems to have been "till the cow come home" from the late 1500s or early 1600s, with "till the cows come home" in use by 1738. The …

In reference to my question about the meaning of “It’s one thing to dance like Fred Astaire, but Ginger did it backwards in high heels,” on the Time magazine’s article (June 29) of John …

2011年5月9日 · happy medium noun a satisfactory compromise : you have to strike a happy medium between looking like royalty and looking like a housewife. Etymonline says: Happy …