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Hold the fort (British, American & Australian) also hold down the fort (American): to be left in charge of a situation or place while someone is away. Someone had to stay at home and hold the fort while my mother was out. (Cambridge Idiom Dictionary) According to the Phrase Finder: The correct phrase is "hold the fort" - there's no "down".
@Harshit there's a limited set of possibilities: 1) you misheard them, or misunderstood somehow, 2) they genuinely (and mistakenly) believe that "hold the forth" is an English expression or 3) It was a trick question, to which the answer is "'Hold the forth' is not an English expression.". Those are the only options.
To "speak one's piece" means to say something prepared, as in an opinion or statement... so telling people to "forever hold their piece" is saying "don't ever say what you came here to say." A. Hold your peace: Be silent, and be at peace. B. Hold your piece: Shut up. Share.
Yes, they're similar and you could mistake them: you can "put a hold on something" which means to stop it, or you can "hold off something" which means to stop it. But as Elliot says, they're not interchangable. A dictionary is your friend. –
A fortress is a female fort. fortis. fort is an outpost, suggesting removal from the main military presence. fortification is built on an existing structure (building or village) or advantage in terrain (i.e. a hill or cave); it suggests being less remote, but also ad hoc. "They fortified the hill with a stone wall."
2. The phrase "not hold with" isn't an idiom or a set phrase. You've just encountered a somewhat obsolete meaning of the word "hold", meaning "agree" or "associate myself with". Look up hold in your favorite dictionary, the 2nd or 3rd sense, I'm sure. It will also provide the full etymology (or at least what's known), but it's a sensible ...
15. If you are down with something it means that you have knowledge of something or are in agreement with it. I'm down with science means "I am familiar with science" or "science is a good thing." To be down with something is a slang phrase, and not terribly common in formal speech or writing. You could also speak of having a disease, sometimes ...
This saying comes from the following quote: “ When writing the story of your life, don't let anyone else hold the pen.”. What the quote says is pretty simple. All through our lives, we have been influenced by people, society, books, TV, family and so on. We let others have a lot to say. What the quote is saying is that no matter what, we ...
I hear/read the phrase "going down a/the rathole" used as a synonym for the phrase "going down a/the rabbit hole," the later taken from chapter 1 - "Down the Rabbit Hole" of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. For example, "let's not go down a rat hole," "that topic is a rathole," etc.
3. Meaning. Win easily, with little effort. Origin. Jockeys need to keep a tight rein in order to encourage their horse to run. Anyone who is so far ahead that he can afford to slacken off and still win he can drop his hands and loosen the reins - hence winning 'hands down'. This is recorded from the mid 19th century.