Pants are named after a clown...

Wordymology is a series in which the editors at The Free Dictionary explore the origins of the names of things.

Let’s undress all the weird ways your two-legged garments got their names.

Jeans, Dungarees, and Denim

The terms “jeans,” “dungarees,” and “denim” are all closely associated with

the ubiquitous blue-hued pants popular the world over, but their etymologies are literally all over the map.

Idiom "over the hills and far away"

Idioms that Start with Prepositions

Definition: Most idioms that start with prepositions are prepositional phrases and consist of a preposition followed by a noun or noun phrase. This type of prepositional idiom can be used adverbially or adjectivally and may come at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. Here are some of the most common prepositions found at the beginning of prepositional idioms:

• in
• on
• out of
• at
• for
• by
• from