Dec 22, 2011 · Is there a difference between a sledge, a sleigh and a sled? Dictionary definitions suggest they are synonymous, but it certainly sounds wrong to refer to Santa Claus on a sledge.

someone wrote here in a comment: "Using a sledgehammer to miss flies" , but I don't know if this is a frequently used phrase.

Nov 23, 2015 · I found "A sledgehammer to crack a nut" as one example. What are some others?

Jan 30, 2015 · Sledding requires a sled (or as some responders have called it, a sledge. I think "sledge" is British; I know Americans call it a sled.) I went sledding as a kid, in western Washington state. …

Jan 16, 2013 · In Russian we have idiom/saying "To shoot out of cannon into sparrows" (literal translation) which is used to convey an idea of applying too drastic measures to small problems. I …

Mar 14, 2012 · Where does the expression "rings a bell" come from? e.g. Bob: Have we met before? Geoff: Well, your face rings a bell.

Nov 8, 2012 · ODO's entry for slide defines "let something slide" as: negligently allow something to deteriorate: Papa had let the business slide after Mama’s death Therefore, the connotation is quite …

Jun 21, 2012 · I can't answer how, but I can say when. According to the OED: say when, colloq. formula used by a person pouring out drink for another, to ask him to say when he shall stop; also ellipt., as a …

May 9, 2017 · The peasant who sets out for that purpose [to collect fuel] of a winter's morning from his house in the valley, begins by ascending some neighboring mountain, and having there made up the …

Aug 24, 2014 · The sentence sounds perfectly alright to me, as a native speaker. It is just an adjectival clause ending with the word 'respectively', preceding the main body of the sentence. The only …