This idiom first appeared with its current meaning ... or "suppose so-and-so were to go under a bus." It entered the common American lexicon in the mid-2000s when US sports journalists popularized ...

At any rate, the cited expressions are extremely popular. The common American phrases, along with idioms, collocations, slang and other word combinations or "chunks" of language will help students ...

American English, particularly, is swimming with colorful sayings and idioms that often leave foreigners ... So, let’s consider 15 common American sayings that often leave foreigners mystified ...