I love the decoration on this dolphin…
His name is Freedom which is very appropriate but the expression on his face suggests he’s not keen on being surrounded by kids clothes. He told me he feels silly here and would rather be down by the harbour so he could have a swim in this hot weather.
Is that silly enough for Silly Saturday?
Today’s saying of the day is ‘horses for courses’. I know what it means but couldn’t understand why and just thought it was silly, so of course ideal for Silly Saturday. I now understand how it originated but still think it’s a bit silly. See what you think…
Horses for courses” is used idiomatically in English to refer to the wisdom of choosing the right tool or worker for the job at hand. Its rhyme is actually less clever than it appears, and not at all coincidental, when you consider the etymology. “Horse” and “course” are a prehistoric doublet, both deriving from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, “running”. Both are verbal nouns, the idea behind horse is basically “runner”, while the idea behind course is “running”. So, runners for runnings, essentially.
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