As an idiom, “hanging by a thread” comes from the Greek legend popularly known as the Sword of Damocles, as TheIdioms.com ...

Anyways, the earliest media citation of “getting their ducks in a row” is this, according to TheIdioms.com: The earliest ...

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“Empty” in the idiom “run on empty”, however, does not refer to empty or starving stomachs. Instead, it refers to automobiles ...

Anyways, getting hit in the pocket means paying a price, losing money and getting hurt in the monetary sense, i.e. financially, fiscally. We can also “hit someone in the pocket” and that means the ...

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