Historical clue formulations

• "Talk turkey" or "eat crow" — 2026-03-16
• "A pain in the neck," e.g. — 2025-03-11
• Challenge for an interpreter, perhaps — 2025-01-30
• A perfect storm, e.g. — 2025-01-26
• "Break the ice" or "break a leg" — 2024-12-09
• Cultural expression — 2024-09-23
• Bad apple or sour grapes, e.g. — 2024-08-01
• "Up in arms" or "break a leg" — 2024-07-22
• "Have a cow" or "hold your horses" — 2024-04-23
• Expression — 2024-04-02
• Challenge for a translator, perhaps — 2023-09-12
• Figure of speech — 2023-04-04
• Never say never, say — 2023-03-04
• Challenge for a translator, maybe — 2023-01-24
• "Getting on in years," e.g. — 2022-09-27
• Put two and two together, e.g. — 2022-09-20
• Challenge for a language learner — 2021-10-23
• "Hot to trot" or "cool as a cucumber" — 2021-03-23
• "Fall in love" or "fall to pieces" — 2020-11-25
• Hit the nail on the head, e.g. — 2020-08-02
• "Horse around" or "rain cats and dogs" — 2020-04-27
• In a pickle or in a jam — 2019-06-15
• In the wings or in full swing — 2019-02-08
• "Play it by ear" or "see eye to eye" — 2018-07-10
• "Piece of cake" or "easy as pie" — 2018-02-05
• "Double talk" is one — 2017-08-02
• "Dark horse" or "bring to light" — 2015-10-22
• Challenge for an E.S.L. student — 2015-09-18
• Burn the midnight oil, e.g. — 2015-05-30
• "In the red," e.g. — 2014-11-19
• "Hot to trot" or "cold feet" — 2014-10-08
• Jump the shark, e.g. — 2014-02-26
• "Green thumb" or "purple prose" — 2013-10-08
• No laughing matter, e.g. — 2012-05-06
• "In the raw," "in the red" or "in the running" — 2012-03-13
• Cut to the chase, say — 2011-11-23
• Colloquialism — 2010-12-26
• Hit the ceiling, say — 2010-01-29
• "Knock it off" or "get it on," e.g. — 2009-05-25
• Local language, say — 2009-03-01
• Translator's challenge — 2008-08-23
• Go for broke, e.g. — 2008-07-24
• Expression — 2007-04-02
• For crying out loud, e.g. — 2006-09-26
• Translator's obstacle — 2005-01-19
• Manner of speaking — 2004-12-03
• By hook or by crook, e.g. — 2004-03-18
• Going to the dogs, e.g. — 2003-06-10
• Unintuitive thing for language learners — 2002-12-27
• Colloquialism — 2002-11-06