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  1. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: Don't worry; be happy

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  2. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: Don't worry; be happy

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  3. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: Don't worry; be happy

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  4. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: Don't worry; be happy

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  5. @eclectech

    So you want an idiomatic translation rather than a literal one. Makes sense.

    I love when people fluent in another language explain an idiom from that language in English. Something like you ask "What's the <language> equivalent of `he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel`?" and they tell you it's <...> which translates as "His grandmother hid his fish behind the outhouse door" or something like that 😆

    #idiom #language

  6. @eclectech

    So you want an idiomatic translation rather than a literal one. Makes sense.

    I love when people fluent in another language explain an idiom from that language in English. Something like you ask "What's the <language> equivalent of `he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel`?" and they tell you it's <...> which translates as "His grandmother hid his fish behind the outhouse door" or something like that 😆

    #idiom #language

  7. @eclectech

    So you want an idiomatic translation rather than a literal one. Makes sense.

    I love when people fluent in another language explain an idiom from that language in English. Something like you ask "What's the <language> equivalent of `he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel`?" and they tell you it's <...> which translates as "His grandmother hid his fish behind the outhouse door" or something like that 😆

    #idiom #language

  8. @eclectech

    So you want an idiomatic translation rather than a literal one. Makes sense.

    I love when people fluent in another language explain an idiom from that language in English. Something like you ask "What's the <language> equivalent of `he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel`?" and they tell you it's <...> which translates as "His grandmother hid his fish behind the outhouse door" or something like that 😆

    #idiom #language

  9. @eclectech

    So you want an idiomatic translation rather than a literal one. Makes sense.

    I love when people fluent in another language explain an idiom from that language in English. Something like you ask "What's the <language> equivalent of `he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel`?" and they tell you it's <...> which translates as "His grandmother hid his fish behind the outhouse door" or something like that 😆

    #idiom #language

  10. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: trying not to be bored?

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  11. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: trying not to be bored?

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  12. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: trying not to be bored?

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  13. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: trying not to be bored?

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  14. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: dull

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  15. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: dull

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  16. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: dull

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  17. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: dull

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  18. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: not dead

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  19. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: not dead

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  20. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: not dead

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  21. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: not dead

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  22. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: un-virtual

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  23. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: un-virtual

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  24. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: un-virtual

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  25. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: un-virtual

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  26. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's rebus style wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: wolf whistle

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  27. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's rebus style wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: wolf whistle

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  28. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's rebus style wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: wolf whistle

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  29. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's rebus style wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: wolf whistle

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  30. It just occurred to me that the #English #FigureOfSpeech ‘You can’t have the cake and eat it too’ is silly. It should be ‘You can’t eat the cake and still have it’ or something like it.

    I wanted to know if there’s a reason for the ‘reverted’ #idiom and looked up its origin. And, lo and behold, the Wikipedia says, ‘my’ version ‘used to be the most common form of the #expression until the 1930s–1940s, when it was overtaken by the have-eat variant.’

    Huh. The more you know.

    #randomFact #language

  31. It just occurred to me that the #English #FigureOfSpeech ‘You can’t have the cake and eat it too’ is silly. It should be ‘You can’t eat the cake and still have it’ or something like it.

    I wanted to know if there’s a reason for the ‘reverted’ #idiom and looked up its origin. And, lo and behold, the Wikipedia says, ‘my’ version ‘used to be the most common form of the #expression until the 1930s–1940s, when it was overtaken by the have-eat variant.’

    Huh. The more you know.

    #randomFact #language

  32. It just occurred to me that the #English #FigureOfSpeech ‘You can’t have the cake and eat it too’ is silly. It should be ‘You can’t eat the cake and still have it’ or something like it.

    I wanted to know if there’s a reason for the ‘reverted’ #idiom and looked up its origin. And, lo and behold, the Wikipedia says, ‘my’ version ‘used to be the most common form of the #expression until the 1930s–1940s, when it was overtaken by the have-eat variant.’

    Huh. The more you know.

    #randomFact #language

  33. It just occurred to me that the #English #FigureOfSpeech ‘You can’t have the cake and eat it too’ is silly. It should be ‘You can’t eat the cake and still have it’ or something like it.

    I wanted to know if there’s a reason for the ‘reverted’ #idiom and looked up its origin. And, lo and behold, the Wikipedia says, ‘my’ version ‘used to be the most common form of the #expression until the 1930s–1940s, when it was overtaken by the have-eat variant.’

    Huh. The more you know.

    #randomFact #language

  34. It just occurred to me that the #English #FigureOfSpeech ‘You can’t have the cake and eat it too’ is silly. It should be ‘You can’t eat the cake and still have it’ or something like it.

    I wanted to know if there’s a reason for the ‘reverted’ #idiom and looked up its origin. And, lo and behold, the Wikipedia says, ‘my’ version ‘used to be the most common form of the #expression until the 1930s–1940s, when it was overtaken by the have-eat variant.’

    Huh. The more you know.

    #randomFact #language

  35. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: steadfast

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

    inspired by
    @jo

  36. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: steadfast

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

    inspired by
    @jo

  37. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: steadfast

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

    inspired by
    @jo

  38. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: steadfast

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

    inspired by
    @jo

  39. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: rebus-style science

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  40. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: rebus-style science

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  41. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: rebus-style science

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  42. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: rebus-style science

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  43. #idiom : a group of words with a non-literal meaning

    - German: die Redewendung

    - Italian: espressione idiomatica

    - Portuguese: idioma

    - Spanish: modismo

    ------------

    Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ wordofthehour.org/r/form

  44. #idiom : a group of words with a non-literal meaning

    - German: die Redewendung

    - Italian: espressione idiomatica

    - Portuguese: idioma

    - Spanish: modismo

    ------------

    Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ wordofthehour.org/r/form

  45. #idiom : a group of words with a non-literal meaning

    - German: die Redewendung

    - Italian: espressione idiomatica

    - Portuguese: idioma

    - Spanish: modismo

    ------------

    Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ wordofthehour.org/r/form

  46. #idiom : a group of words with a non-literal meaning

    - German: die Redewendung

    - Italian: espressione idiomatica

    - Portuguese: idioma

    - Spanish: modismo

    ------------

    Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ wordofthehour.org/r/form

  47. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: infrastructure

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  48. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: infrastructure

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  49. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: infrastructure

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  50. #SundaySillies
    Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

    Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

    Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

    Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

    Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

    Hint: infrastructure

    Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

  51. "Good intentions, like fainting ladies, should always be carried out"

    Has anyone else heard this saying? I grew up with it, and figured it was an #idiom that’s fairly common.

    Only, I can’t find it on the internet.

    CC: @grammargirl since she hears many odd phrases