Inspired by something I said last night when complaining about an achievement at work and the only way I could think to describe it was “pure frippery.”
Inspired by something I said last night when complaining about an achievement at work and the only way I could think to describe it was “pure frippery.”
Last week a coworker described a restaurant as being “kitty-corner” from our office. Took me forever to figure out what they meant
I occasionally hear “catty-corner” too.
I was always under the impression that was a similar expression to ‘dog-eared’, i.e. a bit beaten up. But maybe I’m conflating it with another phrase