Funny idioms can also make your speeches interesting ... The phrase can also be a distortion of the word catadupe. In old English, catadupe meant a cataract or waterfall. It means to pretend ...

If you think English idioms sound weird, try wrapping your mind around these strange phrases from other countries. Fooling people is a universal trick. In English, we say “pulling a fast one ...

The English language is a joy to behold, but a beast to learn. In addition to its numerous irregularities, there’s a plethora of phrases and idioms that seem to make no sense to non-native speakers.

A lot of these idioms make absolutely no sense when translated into English. The infographic below ... Keep scrolling for more funny phrases from around the world. Follow INSIDER on Facebook.

Last week I wrote about funny English-language food idioms and their origins. Word-and food-geek that I am (and I imagine/hope I'm not alone), I find this stuff fascinating. At least as ...

But you know what it means: to be stuck in a difficult situation. English idioms are funny things, pulled out of the wordy hodgepodge of history, and "in a pickle" is one of the more obscure of ...