Adjective / Noun The definition of a Pollyanna is a person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything. It was coined from the 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter called, “Pollyanna” wherein the main character was unfailingly optimistic. Movies were made and the novel is considered a children’s classic. The question is, …
Proverb Not seeing friends or being able to spend much time with them makes the time spent together more valued and treasured. Long visits from friends can cause problems, disdain, impatience, or criticisms unwanted or unneeded and can cause friendships to end. Kind of the same thing as the old adage attributed to Benjamin Franklin …
– Idiom / Proverb / Idiomatic This expression means you have two alternatives that are equivalent or indifferent; or, it doesn’t matter which one your choose because they are really the same. The expression comes from the fact that half a dozen is an expression that means six. Supposedly, the earliest known use of the …
