What Does the Devil Is in the Details Mean?
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Maggie Cramer
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January 26, 2021
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Common Phrases
The devil is in the details… sounds ominous, doesn’t it? Indeed, this idiomatic and proverbial phrase does issue a warning.
Maggie Cramer
January 26, 2021
Common Phrases
The devil is in the details… sounds ominous, doesn’t it? Indeed, this idiomatic and proverbial phrase does issue a warning.
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Maggie Cramer
January 26, 2021
Common Phrases
The devil is in the details… sounds ominous, doesn’t it? Indeed, this idiomatic and proverbial phrase does issue a warning.
Maggie Cramer
January 25, 2021
Common Phrases
Keep reading to learn all about the idiomatic and proverbial expression still waters run deep.
Maggie Cramer
January 24, 2021
Common Phrases
You’ve likely heard the popular idiomatic expression sky’s the limit before. But do you know what it means?
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January 23, 2021
Common Phrases
Has someone ever asked you for “scratch paper”? Did you, ahem, scratch your head over the term?
Maggie Cramer
January 22, 2021
Common Phrases
Have you ever heard or read the phrase out of sight, out of mind and wondered what it meant?
Maggie Cramer
January 21, 2021
Common Phrases
Have you ever heard the phrase necessity is the mother of invention and wondered what it meant?
Maggie Cramer
January 20, 2021
Common Phrases
As is the case with so many of the common phrases explored here at The Word Counter, we’ve got William Shakespeare to thank for my kingdom for a horse.
Maggie Cramer
January 19, 2021
Common Phrases
Have you ever faced a daunting task and had friends and loved ones encourage and comfort you by saying, “Many hands make light work”?
Maggie Cramer
January 18, 2021
Common Phrases
And it turns out, not only does it feel good, it’s also good for you—hence the expression laughter is the best medicine.
Maggie Cramer
January 15, 2021
Common Phrases
No doubt you’ve been told (or at least heard) at some point in your life that “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”
Maggie Cramer
January 14, 2021
Common Phrases
Will Farrell, playing the legendary reporter Ron Burgundy, comically utters it along with a string of other silly sayings while warming up his vocal cords before delivering the news.
Maggie Cramer
January 13, 2021
Common Phrases
You’d be hard pressed to figure out the definition of the expression heavens to Betsy by considering the definitions of the individual words it contains.