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I'm giving up drinking until Christmas.
Sorry...I meant
"I'm giving up. Drinking until Christmas.

#1 is closer to the idea being expressed, except, in this case it's not really a way or direction between two places. It's a way or direction between two (or more) choices. Imagine that your final "destination" is a Thanksgiving dinner. A traditional American Thanksgiving dinner is usually a roast t...

I think your best bet would be to find whoever wrote/said that and ask them exactly what they mean. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Nothing good ever comes from purposeful ambiguity.

It's just a little too restrictive, for me. First thing I do when I get into a hotel bed is kick my feet around a bit to loosen it up. I'm not really into foot- bondage.

Not really. "No place comes close" means that it is so much better than any other choice, it's hardly worth comparing. Saying "no place is similar" is not nearly as strong (of) a statement.

#1 might be taken as a threat and #2 doesn't really make any sense...I'd probably just consider myself lucky and drive on or give him the "palms up" gesture, which (around here) means "what the fuck were you thinking?"

That's odd. I always thought that the construction "too good of a person" sounded more "proper" and that "too good a person" was informal. Turns out, it's the other way around (if you believe that "of" can be used at all, in these circumstances.) I didn't even realize there was a debate on whether i...

It's fairly common around here. I use it, myself. In the phonetic alphabet (often used by the military) "Roger" stood for the letter "R". Used in a reply, Roger means "R", which means "received", which means I understand what you are saying. "Copy that" means the same thing but is not from the phone...

"Makes my mouth water" would be my choice. "Drool" has a bit of a negative hint to it. When I think "drool", I think of a dog and imagine the saliva actually running out of its mouth. Dogs drool, babies drool, people with dementia or other neurological disorders might drool. Try Googling "slobber" (...

Certainly, #2 is more common. In fact, I had to check and see if forgettery was even a real word. It is, but I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've encountered it. Maybe I just unremembered it. Somewhat coincidently (this being Remembrance Day), "forgettance" is also a word...9:00 am and I've a...

If you are talking about having the fan move back and forth to alter the direction of air flow, that movement is known as oscillation
You feel more comfortable when the fan is oscillating.

We call them "drinking fountains". I guess it's a sign of the times, but when I was a kid they were everywhere... in department stores, bus depots, random spots on the sidewalk downtown...

Most certainly, it can apply to a person. Your example is perfect. When you apply it to a person, you need some sort of qualifier, explaining in what way they you think they are second to none...as a cook, as a Mom , as a friend, as a bullshitter, etc. You wouldn't just say "Julia is second to none"...

...and it probably won't be the last time!

Is it just me, or does using "doctor" (change in order to deceive) in a statement about something medical seem to somehow detract from the statement? I immediately thought there was some (attempt at) humour injected in there and questioned how serious the statement was. For some reason, I would not ...