"Out of the box" — when should I use this phrase?
WEBIn an episode of Battlestar Galactica 1, for example, the expression "out-of-the-box" is used with the meaning of non-traditional, innovative: Starbuck: Rumor mill has it that you’re planning an op. Adama: Rumor mill’s right, for a change. Captain Adama and Col. Tigh are working up a plan now and I need some serious out-of-the-box thinking.
syntactic analysis - a [box [of apples] ] vs [a box] [of apples ...
WEBFeb 17, 2016 · a box of apples. is that we have a determiner (a) which acts on (modifies?) box of apples. (For an example of standard analysis, see e.g. Fig. 6 here). CGEL refers to box of apples as a nominal, though I understand that others would prefer to call it an NP'. Then box of apples is further parsed into box being modified by of apples. In other ...
Which is correct, "voicemail box" or "voice mailbox"
WEBDec 8, 2015 · Between "voicemail box" and "voice mailbox", there's seems to be slight preference for the former, but definitely not enough that the latter can be considered incorrect. I looked at the websites for several phone/voice companies and found: AT&T: voicemail box; Mitel: voicemail box; T-Mobile: voicemail box, mailbox; Google Phone …
“Out of” or “Outside” the box - English Language & Usage Stack ...
WEBSep 28, 2023 · 0. “Out of the box” and “outside [of] the box” have sharply different meanings in typical, generally informal, use. The first means ready for use without alteration, customization, or assembly, whereas the second implies creativity and is often used in the phrase “thinking outside the box.”. In both, what’s in the box is more or ...
What does "box-ticker" mean when applied to a person?
WEBAug 8, 2016 · Of course someone who ticks boxes is a "box-ticker" but it doesn't mean anyone would call them that just for filling in a form. By the same token, they could just as appropriately be called a "form-filler", but it doesn't mean anything beyond filling out a form. "Box-ticker" has a specific, pejorative meaning which you haven't mentioned here. –
Differences between "carton" and "box" (Express service)
WEBMar 11, 2016 · The reason we ever felt compelled to say 'cardboard' before 'box' is that the word actually derives from the box tree, suggesting that boxes are made of wood. box (n.) Old English box "a wooden container," also the name of a type of shrub, from Late Latin buxis, from Greek pyxis "boxwood box," from pyxos "box tree," which is of uncertain origin.
etymology - When was the term "idiot box" coined? - English …
WEB1. According to The Phrase Finder, idiot box was coined in the mid 50's but there is no reference to who may have coined it. One reference dates "idiot box" back to around 1955. "Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 2, H-O, by J.E. Lighter, Random House, New York, 1997." This references Merriam-Webster's Collegiate ...
word choice - Is there such a term as "dinner box"? - English …
WEB1. The terms dinner pail, dinner bucket, lunch box, lunch pail, and lunch bucket all have some currency, per ngrams,, but dinner box much less so. Dinner pail is found in euphemism for death "To hand in one's dinner pail", and in the 1900 campaign slogan of William McKinley, "Four more years of the full dinner pail". answered.
etymology - Is there a relationship between "boxing" (sport) and …
WEBDec 28, 2014 · Old English box "a wooden container," also the name of a type of shrub, from Late Latin buxis, from Greek pyxis "boxwood box," from pyxos "box tree," of uncertain origin. box (n.2.) "a blow," c.1300, of uncertain origin, possibly related to Middle Dutch boke , Middle High German buc , and Danish bask , all meaning "a blow," perhaps imitative.
"Pandora's Box" metaphors - English Language & Usage Stack …
WEBJul 26, 2023 · IV. Another possibility is, " Don't let your curiosity get the best of you." Zeus told Pandora not to open the box, but she allowed her curiosity to get the best of her, and look what happened: she unleashed all the world's miseries and evils. The implied metaphor seems to be that you and curiosity are in a struggle.