by Julie A. Winrich | Nov 23, 2016 | Creating Your Self-Published Book
Happy Thanksgiving! More about the self-publishing, but First: Last Clichés: Hit the Spot—To satisfy or please extremely well. This American slang dates from the mid-19th century. It was widely popularized through a commercial jingle heard on the radio in the 1930s...
by Julie A. Winrich | Nov 17, 2016 | Creating Your Self-Published Book
Went to a great talk the other day. But first– Last Clichés: Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth—Accept a gift in good faith. Dates from St. Jerome’s biblical commentary (c. A.D. 420) on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians. It’s based on fact that a horse’s age...
by Julie A. Winrich | Nov 11, 2016 | Writing in General
I’ll continue with my talk, But first– Last Clichés: Silver-tongued Orator—A persuasive and eloquent speaker. Term around since 16th Century, when applied to a preacher Henry Smith (c. 1550-91) and to Joshua Sylvester (1563-1618), a translator. Silver is...
by Julie A. Winrich | Nov 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
My speaking engagement on Nov. 1, 2016 went well. It’s been awhile, but here are the last clichés: Do it up Brown–To do something perfectly. Not sure where it came from. Might allude to the brown color of meat that has been thoroughly cooked. To Do Brown...
