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  • For entrepreneurs and inventors
    • Dave was Interviewed
    • 200+ websites for entrepeneurs and inventors
    • Trade Show & Conference links
    • Patent Getting Process
    • LinkedIn groups for inventors
    • Invention Idea Assessment
    • Idea killers to overcome
    • Don't call yourself an inventor
    • Price Before Product Always
    • Licensing "Dead Weight" Patents
    • 96 article links for inventors
  • Our Book
    • Custom Editions for Mrktg. and Gifts
    • Endorsements and Praise
    • Productive Family Meetings
    • videos on end-of life topics
    • Who are they going to call?
    • Our interviews on Remembrance
    • Managing online accounts of loved ones
    • Who Among You?
  • Video services for oganizations
    • Video shooter services
  • Family Video
    • video samples
    • Advice on creating your video
    • interviews about sharing
    • creating a video
    • 6 activities for story sharing
    • 200+ questions for story sharing
    • Resources to Inspire Story Sharing
    • Testimonials
  • For and with kids
    • Come to Grammie Camp
    • Family traveling games
    • Reading the dollar bill
    • Raising Kids 2b entrepreneurs
    • The Detective Game
    • Learning Idioms
    • Life and Skills Development
    • The art of gift receiving
    • Playground diplomacy
    • Names of very big numbers
  • Buckets O' Fun
  • Good Stuff from Dave
    • Microsoft Word Shortcuts
    • Raising Kids 2b entrepreneurs
    • Body and Organ Donation
    • Good Stuff Testimonials
    • My Oasis Hug Practice
    • Emergency Information Sheet
    • Contractor Bid Negotiations
    • home design suggestions
    • Names of very big numbers
    • Wedding & Reception Advice
    • Are you a Sociopath?
    • I pet wild birds in my hand
    • My Oasis Hug Practice
    • Finding a suitable mate
    • Esalen Massage Practitioner
  • My Other Art
    • My Saikei Miniature Japanese Gardens >
      • About the art of Saikei
    • My Garden Sculptures
    • My other art and furniture
  • My Garden Sculptures
  • Author Resources
  • Secular Jewish Celebrations
    • Bar & Bat Mitzvah Prep.
    • Yiddish and Hebrew words
    • Hannukah family program
    • Shabbat services
    • Passover Haggadah
    • Fun Seder Songs
  • Being Mortal Documentary And...
    • Have the Conversation
  • Our Bold Color Studio art
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Where did that phrase or word come from and what does it mean?
An intergenerational fun and learning game.
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There are thousands of words, phrases and word combinations that have mysterious, disputed and controversial origins. They are most often called idioms and evolved with meanings that don’t make sense when you just look at the words being used. There are always several stories, rumors and legends of why and how we use and pronounce them and how they became popular at some point in time.

to put the kibosh on a project
all hands on deck
cut the mustard
clear as a bell
at the drop of a hat
bought the farm
heard through the grapevine
whole nine yards

This is a great intergenerational game for all ages.  Bring out the coins, poker chips, M&Ms or scraps of paper with point or money values to be used as rewards for knowing something about a phrase when used in a sentence. Perhaps let them earn their way to something that you were going to do for them anyway or they can earn a bonus to the experience such as 2 scoops of ice cream instead of just one or their choice of toppings on the pizza for dinner.
If you are coming for a visit you can send them lists of idioms to learn and this list of online sources to study from before you arrive. Have them anticipate the possible rewards.

Here are a few online idiom sites:
Worldwidewords.org
Wikipedia.org

idioms.thefreedictionary.com
idiomeanings.com
usingenglish.com
idiomsite.com

 
From DaveSavage.com where you will also find the measurement game and family story recording advice and questions for kids to ask their family.

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