If someone looks very proud or satisfied with himself, we say he looks like the cat that ate the canary.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money,for an object or service.

VOA: special.2011.06.19

If someone offers me an amount that is close to my selling price, I might say the amount is in the ballpark.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

If someone is doing an extremely good job and is very successful, you might say he or she is batting one thousand.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money, for an object or service.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

One of his patients asked if someone might have her pacemaker for reuse after she died.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

If someone has been fired from a job they might say, "My boss eighty-sixed me."

VOA: special.2010.01.08

If someone does something bad to you, you should not do the same to him.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

There is no single laboratory test to tell if someone has lupus.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

There is no single test to tell if someone has lupus.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

They say it feels as if someone is sitting on them.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

Paul looked nervously around as if someone might be watching him.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

You might ask your brother, "Is it okay if I borrow your car? Or if someone asks you to do something, you might say,Okay,I will. Still,language experts do not agree about where the word came from.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

"There is so much talent back here. And I know that this might sound outrageous, but if someone reads that book, perhaps it will not sound so outrageous.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21