Dec 22, 2011 · Is there a difference between a sledge, a sleigh and a sled? Dictionary definitions suggest they are synonymous, but it certainly sounds wrong to refer to Santa Claus on a sledge.

Nov 23, 2015 · I found "A sledgehammer to crack a nut" as one example. What are some others?

Apr 12, 2019 · Is the phrase "swatting flies with a sledge hammer" a proper way to say that something is a litle bit too complicated?

Actually the idiom goes, "to break a (butter)fly on the wheel ". The wheel in question being a torture device, for humans rather than flies. From Wikipedia: The breaking wheel, also known …

Jan 30, 2015 · Sledding requires a sled (or as some responders have called it, a sledge. I think "sledge" is British; I know Americans call it a sled.) I went sledding as a kid, in western …

Jan 16, 2013 · In Russian we have idiom/saying "To shoot out of cannon into sparrows" (literal translation) which is used to convey an idea of applying too drastic measures to small …

May 9, 2017 · The peasant who sets out for that purpose [to collect fuel] of a winter's morning from his house in the valley, begins by ascending some neighboring mountain, and having …

ODO's entry for slide defines "let something slide" as: negligently allow something to deteriorate: Papa had let the business slide after Mama’s death Therefore, the connotation is quite literal in …

Dec 30, 2023 · The stone was first found in Siberia and early references to it all describe it in that context. Its optical properties were noted when it was discovered, but the specific saying in …

Mar 27, 2013 · In spite of the excitement of frequent sorties upon ox-wagons; of dollar-pitching, and an endless series of games of "old sledge;" as well as the occasional exhibition of a chuck …