Ruffle someone's feathers. Cause someone to become annoyed or upset.

Smooth someone's ruffled feathers make. someone less angry or irritated by using soothing words.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. This proverb describes how many women have won a man's love by cooking delicious meals...

It was the last straw that broke the camel's back. There is a limit to everything and people can only take so much before they snap. We...

noun UK /ænˈtɪk.wə.ti/ US /ænˈtɪk.wə.t̬i/ › [U] the distant past (= a long time ago), especially before the sixth century:Cannabis...

noun the activity of jumping into snow, dressed in swimwear and endeavouring to ‘swim’ through the snow.

noun: the sport of running at 2 k metres or more above sea level .

Your parents and siblings (brothers and sisters) are your immediate family – and your extended family related to you by a long series of...

captivate /ˈkæptəˌveɪt/ verb captivates; captivated; captivating to attract and hold the attention of (someone) by being interesting,...

The expressions “bully pulpit” and “lunatic fringe” were coined by Theodore Roosevelt.

An autological word is one that describes itself — like short or unhyphenated.

A repdigit is a number comprised of a series of repeated numbers, like 9,999.