It's a great one-two punch that covers a lot of popular letters. AISLE is also a favorite for me, using three vowels and two favorite consonants.Īnd check out this CNET TikTok, which recommends starting with ADIEU and then throwing in STORY. I've started with ADIEU, but these days I also like to start with REGAL, just to get the E and A information known, and to see if my fave consonants are involved. But eh, what can I say, I like to know the vowels, it helps me narrow down my options. I understand the argument that there are only five vowels (and sometimes Y), so you don't need to figure those out immediately. The opposite of lay odds in sense is take odds which means offer a bet with odds unfavourable to the other person betting.On the day that the wordle answer is ‘adieu’ social media will implode- vasili January 20, 2022 Offer a bet with odds favourable to the other person betting This phrase and what's the odds below come from an earlier use of odds to mean difference in advantage or effect. It does not matter - informal chiefly British 1285-1349).the image is that of the razor cutting away all extraneous assumptions. This principle takes its name from to the English philosopher and Franciscan friar William of Occam (c. The principle that in explaining something no more assumptions should be made than are necessary. Not influencing or restricting choices or decisionsġ998 - Independent - I'm a very impulsive buyer, if I see something I buy it, money no object. The expression has been current since the late 16th century… from the mid 16th to the early 17th century, wild oat was also used as a term for a dissolute young man. Wild oats are weeds found in cornfields which resemble cultivated oats…spending time sowing them would be a foolish or useless activity. Go through a period of wild or promiscuous behaviour while young.
Oats are used as feed for horses, making them friskier and more energetic.ġ965 - William Dick - A Bunch of Rat bags - I was kissing her excitedly and passionately….Cookie, you're going to get your oats tonight for sure, I thought to myself. Give an opinion or advice without being asked – informalġ992 - Daily Telegraph - My only minor fault is sometimes like putting my oar in and my advice can be a little brutal. Stick your oar in = poke your oar in = put your oar in Someone who is not able to fit easily or comfortably into a group or societyĬease rowing by leaning on the handles of your oars thereby lifting them horizontally out of the waterĪ US variant of this phrase is lay on your oars. Someone or something that is different to the others
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