Know Your English - June 2001

• WHAT IS the meaning and the origin of the idiom ``grinning like a Cheshire cat''?
• What is the meaning of ``Gandhi's revenge''?
• My friend claims that the word ``latrinogram'' exists. Is it true?
• What is the response to ``What have you been up to?''
• I WAS watching a movie last night and the hero kept saying `hang loose'. Any idea what it means?
• WHAT ARE all those old magazines doing on the table?
• WHAT IS the meaning of ``geek''?
• Which of the following sentences is correct? ``I pity who buy things from you'' or ``I pity those who buy things from you''.
• What is the meaning and origin of the expression ``wet behind the ears''?
• What is the meaning of Kangaroo court?
• What is the difference between ``present''and a ``gift''?
• How do you address a female Mayor?