Sentence examples for origin and meaning from inspiring English sources

What is the origin and meaning of each phrase?

Here's more about the actual origin and meaning of Yin and Yang.

In the interest of global public understanding and linguistic history, however, this department is obliged to unearth the origin and meaning of the Gore charge of snippy.

The potential payoff is nothing less than learning about the origin and meaning of life and whether we are alone in the universe.

The river's name derives from "Patawomeck," as it was recorded by the colonist John Smith in 1608; its origin and meaning are unknown.

Most of what was found is separated into 15,000 fragments that make up about 900 documents, fueling a longstanding debate on how to order the fragments as well as the origin and meaning of what is written on them.

With idiom dictionaries in hand, I scrolled through and took a look at the origin and meanings of idioms that evolved from our relationship with dogs and cats.

(Its origins and meaning remain tantalizingly mysterious).

7. Investigate the origins and meaning behind your state's or country's flag.

But telling stories about the origins and meaning of the holiday for very young children is a bit more daunting.

The piece, the program told us, was inspired by "the Nazca Lines in Peru whose mysterious origins and meaning have never been understood".