Jan 1, 2012 · Play a blinder is British slang for play exceptionally well, successfully execute a cunning plan, etc. All instances shown on that link are UK usage - set the corpus to American, …

This is a cognitive bias tendencies to think in certain ways that can lead to systematic deviations from a standard of rationality or good judgment, and are often studied in psychology and …

Dec 15, 2015 · It's a kind of mask that is worn by horses so that they can't see sideways or backwards. I think it's called a blinder (not sure though) but is there a proper term for this …

Mar 6, 2014 · You could compare this with the BrE expression playing [or pulling] a blinder. This is a UK sports idiom for a brilliant performance, and used metaphorically in other areas …

Jul 15, 2014 · I want to describe someone who fanatically follows one of the following: Governmental body Political party Country Basically, someone who will agree with their …

Oct 22, 2014 · Is worser correct grammatically? I know it seems incorrect, but I stumbled upon the word when reading Hamlet: Oh, throw away the worser part of it, And live the purer with the …

Nov 26, 2019 · I'm in the US. "To have your blinkers on" to me means: lights blinking on your car when it is in a dangerous situation, so that others will notice you. But I suppose if Jos Buttler is …

Blind spot, at least when it means the part of the eye without photo-receptors, seems to have exactly the same name (or with the words reversed) calqued in a large number of different …

Feb 21, 2014 · Is there a single word or metonym for someone or something that "blocks a view"? I'm looking for a word that, unlike "obstacle" or "obstruction", conveys the "view" part.

Jul 2, 2019 · I hear this word used in place of words or phrases like "trying to" or "attempting to". What is the word origin of this verb? Research: Article regarding the word "efforting" Urban …