In eighteen ninety-seven,the word came to mean the huge groups of people running or stampeding to Alaska and the Klondike.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

It is a very old expression. Hot water was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

In other words, just because women cry more does not mean they are more likely to have a "good" cry.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

News of her success in Scandinavia did not mean much to concert hall owners in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

He is a leader in the sign-making industry - a real big gun,if you know what I mean.

VOA: special.2010.11.28

She may work with cowboys, but she says that does not mean she cannot make something more feminine once in a while.

VOA: special.2011.01.31

The last hurrah also can mean the last acts of a politician, before his term in office ends.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Still,this would only mean that there are community-level outbreaks in at least one other country in a different area of the world.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Another reason is that a small change in temperature can mean the difference between snow and rain.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

He said he did not mean that customs or institutions must be the same in every state.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Word expert James Rogers says the word "it" in the saying can mean any and all difficulties.

VOA: special.2010.11.21

And what does that mean? It means I am trained in geology, but with interests in the other planets and Mars in particular."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

However, if I say we are not in the same ballpark, I mean we cannot agree because my ideas are too different from yours.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

The golden mean says moderation in all things is the best way to live one's life.

VOA: special.2010.06.06