FAMILIAR PHRASES
Some say this phrase originated in pubs & was shortened from "Mind your pints and quarts"
mind your Ps & Qs
An easterner who wears fancy duds, or a guest at a tourist ranch
dude
Armchair quarterbacks are noted for 20/20 hindsight on this weekday morning
Monday
Hummingbirds hum & bees do this
buzz
The ramp you'd use to get off the freeway, parkway, thruway or interstate
the exit ramp
This phrase may be a corruption of "He's the very spirit and image of his father"
spitting image
This word for a motherless calf may be an alteration of "doughgut"
dogie (doggie)
Day considered unlucky for new projects or love affairs, since Jesus was crucified on that day of the week
Friday
A boa constrictor's boo
a hiss
The twin cities on the Arkansas-Texas border are both named this
Texarkana
When you take an irrevocable step, you "cross" this river, like Caesar
the Rubicon
It's also a synonym for a round-up but you know it better as a public exhibition of ropin' & ridin'
rodeo
It's sometimes called "hump day"
Wednesday
In the mid-1800s William & Andrew Smith began producing drops to cure this condition
a cough
This New Hampshire prep school was established way back in 1781
Phillips Exeter
People who live with zestful exuberance have this, French for "joy of living"
joie de vivre
The milling around of frightened bison may have given us this word that means "confused"
buffaloed
Day of the week on which the U.S. changes to Daylight Saving Time
Sunday
The 2 words, both with double "z"s, that describe soda in a can & steak in a pan
fizz and sizzle
Paul Revere went through this town on his famous ride, then, after the British caught him, went back on foot
Lexington
In a speech by Ophelia, Shakespeare coined this phrase for the "floral" road of self-indulgence
the primrose path
This "inflammatory" term for liquor is probably a translation of a Native American word
firewater
Solomon Grundy was christened on this day
Tuesday
A spot of light on a radar screen
a blip
Anglo-Saxon kingdom that by 927 A.D. had conquered Essex & Sussex to take over all of England
Wessex
HAVE A NICE NIGHT