The photo above will, if you click it, bring you to a five-star recipe for deviled eggs. I bet that since Halloween is coming up, when you saw "Why Embrace the Devil," your first thought wasn't about eggs, was it?
In fact, when I came up with the title for this post, I wasn't thinking about anything nefarious; I was thinking about language. Consider these expressions:
- The devil's in the details. (getting something exactly right)
- It was a devil to do X or Y. (a difficult task)
- Catch the devil for doing something. (punishment or scorn)
- Better the devil you know. (to avoid doing something risky)
- He's a crafty devil. (someone who's clever)
- Devil-may-care (a breezy attitude)
- Fight like the devil (work hard)
- A lucky devil (has great luck)
- Devil's advocate (thinks of both sides)
- Give the devil his due (acknowledge that people aren't all bad)
- Idle hands are the devil's workshop. (People should stay busy.)
- Devil's food cake (dark chocolate -- not my favorite, but I know many people love it)
Lots of these expressions provide useful reminders. What's your favorite "devil" phrase? Please share your thoughts in the comments and have a devil of a Halloween (whatever that means to you)!
The devil made me do it!! By luck, a six word story!!! (so is that!)
I love both of those stories! (6)
Yes, great way to deny responsibility. (6)
When I was in Omaha last year, the thing I wanted to do most was go to a restaurant with 50 kinds of deviled eggs, but alas it had closed. Fortunately, it turned out that Omaha was lovely, and there were plenty of other things to do.
I like having ONE deviled egg now and again, but the idea of eating fifty of them seems problematic. I’m glad you had fun without going overboard on deviled eggs!
My favorite? Devil if I know.
This is a funny one, I think, because it means “I don’t know,” but then I’d be deviled, right?