Oct 2, 2022 · 1 How did the phrase "bury one's head in the sand" meaning "to ignore a bad situation hoping it will disappear" (coming from the misbelief that ostriches do this to hide from predators) end …

Jan 5, 2017 · The actual quote is: You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. It is is most often attributed to …

Mar 25, 2017 · In America growing up in the Midwest, I've always heard people pronounce the word "bury" as if it were pronounced sounding the same as the word "berry". Ever since I've noticed this …

Mar 13, 2016 · 1 The idiom, to bury oneself in something, is recognized by the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. Definition: Figurative: to become very busy with something. …

Mar 27, 2014 · the use of "hook" is totally and completely wrong here. it has absolutely no connection to what you're saying, regarding bloated or long-winded or off-topic argumentative technique.

Sep 18, 2017 · While ostriches don't actually bury their heads, it is an English idiom.

This is a cognitive bias tendencies to think in certain ways that can lead to systematic deviations from a standard of rationality or good judgment, and are often studied in psychology and behavioral …

Dec 25, 2025 · Most of your examples are simply temporally ordered. You bury somebody after they're dead. You punish somebody after they commit a crime. You release somebody after you catch them. …

I am curious to find out about the etymology of the suffix -by in proper nouns such as the following: Hornby, Gatsby, Bartleby, Barlby, Selby, Osgodby, Keisby, and Hanby

Oct 14, 2016 · The late Old English form of the verb bury was byrgan, pronounced approximately (bür′yən). During Middle English times this (ü) sound changed, but with different results in different …