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  2. What does the phrase "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish" mean?

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/44538

    Stay hungry = Always be curious to learn more and achieve more.. Stay foolish = Dare to make unconventional decision as Steve Jobs did when he quit his college to persue his quest, as Gandhi did when he adopted satyagraha against oppression, as Buffet did early in his career when he made some well calculated investments in low priced high potential companies.

  3. quotes - What does the phrase AS YOU WERE mean? - English...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/561246/what-does-the-phrase-as-you-were-mean

    Feb 25, 2021 at 13:38. As you were = In the manner/style that you previously had. As a command = resume your previous position with the implication of the previous position was relaxed/informal or occupied with something else. – Greybeard. Feb 25, 2021 at 13:40. I’d guess he’s using ”as you were” to mean ”if you will” which is ...

  4. To stay one's hunger is perfectly acceptable, and not at all uncommon (though it's actually more likely to be "stay your appetite"). Less common, and with less of a "temporarily" sense, would be assuage one's hunger. But I think probably the most common idiomatic usage is... Here - have a sandwich to stave off your hunger until dinnertime.

  5. Adjective/adverb that means "seemingly clever, but actually...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/53924

    Among single words for "someone... clever or smart on the surface, but... actually quite foolish or unproductive" is wiseacre, "One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; an insolent upstart." Some related terms: smart aleck and cleverclogs , the latter meaning "An intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable".

  6. grammaticality - "stay home" vs. "stay at home" - English...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/37770

    E.g: i’ll go back to the house or I’ll stay back at the house. Home usually shouldn’t be used with at or to although we frequently use it with stay-at-Home (which is now considered correct) Eg: I’ll stay home, I’m on my way home, I’m driving home, I’ll be home, I’ll go home.

  7. "Stay the night" is pretty generic. "Come visit me, if you can't find a hotel you can stay the night." "Stay for the night" is more rare, and in my experience might be used to indicate that it's only going to last one night. "His girlfriend kicked him out and he showed up on my doorstep, so I let him stay for the night."

  8. grammar - Stay tuned on or to? Which one is correct? - English...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/509013/stay-tuned-on-or-to-which-one-is...

    Sorted by: 1. Objectively speaking, according to Google Books Ngram Viewer, stay tuned to our is the only phrase with any hits when looking at the printed word. (And this is comparing on, to, and in.) Strangely, despite the results claim that it "yielded only one result," if you click stay tuned to our at the bottom of the results page, you'll ...

  9. Be/keep/stay in touch - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/149326/be-keep-stay-in-touch

    2. All correct, but mean different things: Let's be in touch: Call me later to discuss this [after an event has occurred]. Let's keep in touch: I hope to keep hearing from you in the future [now that we've reconnected with each other]. Let's stay in touch: May mean the same as keep in touch, but also may mean, Check back with me periodically to ...

  10. A foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way for a brief moment is a boutade or a sudden outburst or outbreak. By its nature, all uncontrolled speech is "foolish, excited, or incomprehensible": Drivel: Driv"el, n. 1. Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth. [1913 Webster] Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance; foolish talk; babble.

  11. "am/remain/stay" as linking verbs or not

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/246203

    I am here. (linking— am is a form of be) I remain here. (linking— remain describes the temporal aspect of where you are) I stay here. (linking— stay also describes the temporal aspect of where you are) Referencing the source again, if you can replace the verb with am, are, or is and the sentence still makes sense, it is most likely a ...