Idiom of the Day
with a vengeance
with determination and eagerness
The basketball team played with a vengeance and won the game easily.
Science Facts
The English rhyme Ring-a-Ring-o'-Roses dates from the time of the bubonic plague.The ‘roses' refer to red spots that appeared before boils started, the ‘posies' to flowers people carried around to counteract the bad air that they thought caused plague, and the sneezing was an early symptom.
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