One of the things that I love about your in-depth explanations on the word groupings is how extensible they are to other phrases once you grasp the concept. Take, for example, your discussion of "on the shoulders of the." I would agree it's not a commonly used phrase per se, BUT, the same concept can be applied to the following phrases fairly easily. On the brink On the same page On the rocks On the up and up On the fence On the same wavelength On the verge On the dot On the mend On the back burner On the cusp On the fly On the horizon On the run On the surface On the same boat On the record On the cutting edge (I would imagine the "i" for "ing" could also form the "e" in edge?) On the rocks Really limitless possibilities. Learn a concept once and use it everywhere. How is that not superlative?!
One of the things that I love about your in-depth explanations on the word groupings is how extensible they are to other phrases once you grasp the concept. Take, for example, your discussion of "on the shoulders of the." I would agree it's not a commonly used phrase per se, BUT, the same concept can be applied to the following phrases fairly easily.
On the brink
On the same page
On the rocks
On the up and up
On the fence
On the same wavelength
On the verge
On the dot
On the mend
On the back burner
On the cusp
On the fly
On the horizon
On the run
On the surface
On the same boat
On the record
On the cutting edge (I would imagine the "i" for "ing" could also form the "e" in edge?)
On the rocks
Really limitless possibilities. Learn a concept once and use it everywhere. How is that not superlative?!