Amuse-bouche:

“Head down?” (to the basement)

I nodded and opened the door. “(Keep your) Head down. We have to duck here for the duct work.”

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Today’s Wonderful Words:

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Ever find yourself searching for the meaning or origin of an expression? Eager to learn a new idiom every day? Visit the Free Dictionary at https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com.

The Free Dictionary has many wonderful language resources. It’s great for learners of English as a foreign language and for native speakers alike. You can search single words, verb phrases, and more. 

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The Makeup of Idioms as told by Merriam-Webster

If you had never heard someone say “We’re on the same page,” would you understand that they weren’t talking about a book? And the first time someone said he’d “ride shotgun,” did you wonder where the gun was? A modern English-speaker knows thousands of idioms and uses many every day.

Idioms can be completely ordinary (“first off,” “the other day,” “to make a point of,” and “What’s up?”) or more colorful (“asleep at the wheel,” “bite the bullet,” and “knuckle sandwich”). A particular type of idiom, called a phrasal verb, consists of a verb followed by an adverb or preposition (or sometimes both); in “make over,” “make out,” and “make up,” for instance, notice how the meanings have nothing to do with the usual meanings of over, out, and up.

Here’s another source for idioms and their explanations: https://www.merriam-webster.com/topics/idioms.

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Answer to Saturday’s riddle:

Rain

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