What if the phrases you rolled your eyes at growing up were actually the key to better mental health, stronger relationships, and a longer life? As it turns out, modern science is finally catching up ...

Every day we pull some stats from a survey and say have a chat about the findings. Today: The childhood sayings that stay with us. Top 10 words of wisdom – sayings Britons picked up in childhood and ...

On my first trip to the former Soviet Union in 1964, I heard the Russian proverb, "A word is not a sparrow. Having flown out, you cannot catch it." Some years later in Japan, someone remarked to me, ...

People love using sayings for their ability to convey complex meanings in a short, memorable phrase. A lot of the time, they create really vivid imagery too – an elephant in a human-sized room? Surely ...