Know Your English - February 2002

• Look beat, Considering going, Homemaker...
• WHAT IS the origin and meaning of the expression `cock and bull story'?
• Does the word "kakorraphiophobia" exist? If it does, what does it mean?
• What is the difference between lacto-vegetarian and lacto-ovo-vegetarian?
• Which of the following sentences is correct? "Each of the children were given chocolates" or "Each of the children was given chocolates".
• How do you pronounce the word "pusillanimous"?
• Which of the following is correct? "In behalf of" or "on behalf of'"?
• What is the difference between "stairway" and "staircase"?
• WHAT IS the meaning of "wild card" in tennis?
• What is the meaning of "can't see the wood for the trees"?
• Can the word "bon voyage" be used with people who are travelling by train or car?
• What is the meaning of "get hot under the collar"?
• What is the meaning of "theme park"?
• Which of the following is correct? Compare to or compare with?
• One talks about a "gaggle of geese", what about swans?
• What is the difference between "for sale" and "on sale"?
• Is it OK to say that something is "very unique"?
• What is the meaning of "It isn't worth a hill of beans"?
• What is the difference between "homicide" and "murder"?
• Is it OK to say "I am running forty"?
• What is the meaning of "the straw that broke the camel's back"?
• Does the word "aunty" exist?
• Why is the "green room" called the green room?