“A square meal” originally meant a full, proper, satisfying meal. The phrase uses an older sense of square, meaning fair or honest.
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What “face the music” means, and where it probably came from
“Face the music” means to accept unpleasant consequences. Its likely stage origin helps explain why the phrase feels so vivid.
Emigrate vs. immigrate: what is the difference?
Emigrate means leave a country. Immigrate means enter a new one to live there. Here is how to choose the right word.
First Conditional: Real Future Situations Exercise
B1 (Intermediate) . First Conditional: Real Future Situations
The origin of “every cloud has a silver lining”
This familiar idiom began as a poetic image in John Milton’s work and now means that difficult situations can still contain hope.