idioms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I am writing a book and looking for some kind of figurative language to describe two people that are 'at odds' with each other When I say, 'at odds,' the context of my writing is: two characters t
Origin of the expression to run roughshod over someone What is the origin of the expression "to run roughshod over someone"? I have heard it being used by Mitt Romney, but I couldn't find if it has an American origin
an idiom or expression for not go well with contradict something . . . Other potentially relevant idioms, depending on the intensity of the conflict or incompatibility, include at loggerheads (which Ammer defines as "engaged in a a quarrel or dispute"), and at daggers drawn (which Ammer defines as "about to or ready to fight")
grammaticality - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Update: Another reference is A Handbook for Scholars (2nd edition) by Mary-Claire Van Leunen On page 130 she writes: "For example" gives notice that only some members of a set are to be mentioned; "etc " then drags in all the other members The two expressions are at loggerheads
Should each be followed by a singular or plural possessive? If a possessive noun, which is plural, is preceded by "each", then should it use the singular or plural possessive form? For example, which of the following is correct? spend time in each other's
charles dickens - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In David Copperfield, Mrs Markleham: “You might put ME into a Jail, with genteel society and a rubber, and I should never care to come out ” What is the meaning of rubber here?
adjectives - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I would reserve objectively necessary for situations in which objective and subjective interpretations might be at loggerheads—ethics and law, as a matter of fact!