Sep 29, 2014 · No doubt to gander became the term because to goose had already been borrowed; this was taken from the way that the birds were known to put their beaks …

May 25, 2017 · Looking for "a gander at" and gamble returns results like this: Before you can play on the site you ordinarily have the opportunity to take a gander at the distinctive chances (for …

Sep 1, 2016 · Wiktionary offers a clear restatement of this idiom: What is good for a woman is equally good for a man. This phrasing preserves the gender implied in the original idiom …

My favorite mixed metaphors: We've got to stop spoon-feeding these people. It goes in one ear and out the other. And One man's goose is another man's gander.

Nov 25, 2017 · In the nursery rhyme “This old man” played Knick knack on my knee, etc. I always assumed it was just nonsense rhyming. Was it a real thing? This old man, he played one, He …

Sep 29, 2014 · From John Jamieson & John Johnstone, A Dictionary of the Scottish Language (1846), tafferel can mean "thoughtless, giddy" or "ill-dressed"; and titty (in this context) is a …

You're talking about personal pronouns, not articles. As well, when you say that you don't know the person's gender, do you mean that you don't know what gender, masculine or feminine, …

Mar 21, 2014 · What is the origin of this phrase? Does this also apply in case of other professions? Like the goldsmith's children have no jewels or the baker's children don't eat cake?

Dec 6, 2016 · -1 What's good for the Goose is not good for the Gander. Or something like that.

Dec 26, 2019 · “The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night, Ya-honk he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation.” Quote by Walt Whitman, Song of Myself. What does …