Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,alt.usage.english,rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: The proof is in the pudding, or where to get physical dictionaries of idioms? Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:22:48 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 36 Message-ID: <6AC29978.49A@ix.netcom.com> References: <119t0n4$3n070$2@dont-email.me> <119t7sq$3pisr$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:22:49 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="174799"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/5Z+onfHCM31v55EuBDiCQaBiRpV7RPjA="; posting-host="5fbf0bb8224ee729fba270fdec923b5a" Cancel-Lock: sha1:7h+54ddV9oeeabnZX254vf8CBNs= sha256:qOOGkHtVmx/QOiYryc7kxhaQg+l2eeTAjbour+HhRQ0= sha1:cJ4BpsYx8/tUGdKRbmz1NGfupt4= sha256://F4u0xBXCjY+2Jj3qUOZLW6syGqP75Kv8zhqkPeNlQ= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 261004-6, 10/04/2026), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:674180 alt.usage.english:1151803 rec.arts.tv:1858782 Peter Moylan wrote: > > On 04/10/26 18:54, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote: > > Den 04.10.2026 kl. 04.41 skrev Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson: > > > >> So, what do posters of alt.usage.english suggest? > > > > Read books by English writers. > > And be suspicious of what you read on the web. Is that an idiom???? An English catch phrase? Sounds like grandma talk to me... "And be suspicious of what you read on the web." PUT DAT IN THE BOOK!!! > > -- > Peter Moylan peter@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org > Newcastle, NSW -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.