From “let the cat out of the bag” to “the dog days of summer,” there are all sorts of idiomatic expressions that don’t actually mean what they sound like they mean. Take “quit cold turkey,” for ...

Centuries ago, the Pilgrims found in America a wild fowl somewhat similar in appearance to a guinea fowl they had known back in England — a fowl that acquired its name because it was first imported by ...

The word consists of three syllables. The ‘a’ in the first sounds like the ‘a’ in ‘ant’, ‘pant’ and ‘chant’, while the vowel in the second, is like the ‘a’ in ‘china’. The final syllable rhymes with ...

“Meleagris Gallopavo Day” is a bit of a mouthful. Which may be why this Thanksgiving, most people will opt for the less ornithologically precise “Turkey Day.” And just as turkey is a versatile meat – ...