Mnemonic:   Rhyme formula or device used as an aid to memory. For example, the colors of the rainbow can be recalled by the sentence   Richa...

Whipping boy : Person who gets blamed for the mistakes of others, especially those more powerful. This phrase goes back to an old aristocra...

Pig in the Poke : A purchase made sight unseen. The phrase goes back to the old market custom of selling live piglets in a sack or ‘poke’. A...

Archaism : Word or expression widely used in earlier days which now sound very old-fashioned, such as doth, perchance, yonder and wench. Bu...

Gobbledegook:   Needlessly complicated and unclear speech or writing, as used by some officials. It often includes an excessive use of burea...

Cloud-cuckoo-land : An idealized fantasy world: this term is a translation of the name for an imaginary city, floating in the air in the pla...

In India the lingam was also symbolized and worshiped in the shape of lotus flower or the lotus bud. The lily is often the symbol of The Fat...