Nov 25, 2017 · This old man (self explanatory) He played knick knack on my thumb (He played with/used a knick knack - likely spoon or other trinkets and used them on hit his thumb) With a knick kack Paddywhack (With this trinket this irishman) Give a dog a bone (old saying, referring to asking to be given something, 'give me a leg here' is another, 'give me a bone' is being given a beneficial gift and the ...

Apr 1, 2016 · Knick-Knack and Bric-a-Brac, both defined as: Small, decorative object(s) of little value. Bric-a-Brac derives from French and is Uncountable. Knick-Knack is Countable. Apart from these differences, I can’t see why there are different words. Perhaps different classes or regions use different words? In addition, we have gewgaw and doodad.

Jun 2, 2015 · You may have made an iffy connection in your mind. I suspect that you started with the word "knack", meaning "ability", as in "He has the knack of coming up with the right question to clarify a misunderstanding." So your sentence may have started out along the lines of "XX have been here a while now, so they have the knack of fixing the problems."

Jun 28, 2017 · Lib-Lab jingle-jangle clish-clash slip-slap pit-pat ric-rac mingle-mangle clush-clash snip-snap tit-tat tric-trac wringle-wrangle splish-splash rip-rap sheet-shot pid-pad tingle-tangle mish-mash scrip-scrap knit-knot head-hid twingle-twangle pish-pash tip-tap peat-pot nid-nod dingle-dongle squish-squash hip-hop trit-trot chuffe-chaffe crickle ...

Jan 16, 2017 · 1) to have a knack for something (when you use 'a' you use 'for') He has a knack for saying the right thing at the right time. 2) to have the knack of something (when you use 'the' you use 'of') He has the knack of saying the right thing at the right time. 3) There is a knack to this. (speaking about the activity not the person)

Mar 25, 2016 · An alternate connotation of knack implies a tendency based on sheer luck. While using 'talent' here could get your meaning across, 'knack' is preferable. Susie had a knack for picking the winners of the horse race, even though she just picked the horses with cute names

Jan 27, 2018 · Personally I'd be more inclined for using "knack" with something like "decoding alphabets" more than speaking or expressing a language. She has a gift for languages. keywords for gift (IMO), oxford dictionary: 2. a natural ability or talent. As expressed above with 'knack', to some degree there is a suggested "learning" languages, but less so.

Aug 10, 2016 · Wikipedia claims Don Maclean on Crackerjack in the 70s... would regularly give an alliterative reply, such as "Don't get your knickers in a knot" or "Don't get your tights in a twist", the combination of which ("Don't get your knickers in a twist") has passed into popular vernacular.

Andrew Leach's answer has the OED's first quotations [parenthetically in 1884, and] in 1890. Their first quotation for "in good nick" is The English dialect dictionary from 1905.

Dec 12, 2013 · brainwave. NOUN. 2 [USUALLY IN SINGULAR] informal A sudden clever idea: then he had a brainwave. More example sentences