Word by word

I recently read Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary.  I love language. I love how authors put words together to create thoughts, emotions, ideas. Call me crazy, but I also love the meaning of words and where they come from. After reading this book, I looked up some phrases with the word "naked" for this blog.

*naked as a jaybird
*buck naked
*stark naked
*naked eye
*naked truth
*naked ape
*butt naked
*in all one's glory
*in the altogether
*in the pink
*with the naked eye

I know, dear readers, that you can think of others. What have I missed?

• nakedhead
• naked-armed
• naked as a needle
• naked as a robin
• naked as a stone (also rock)
• naked as a worm
• naked as one's nail
• naked as the day one was born
• naked bat
• naked-beard grass
• naked bed
• naked-bladed
• naked boys
• naked-breasted
• naked-eyed medusa
• naked fallow
• naked fallowing
• naked flame
• naked flooring
• naked-flowered
• naked-flowering
• naked-footed
• naked force
• naked forme
• naked-handed
• naked ladies
• naked-legged
• naked-limbed
• naked-looking
• naked mole-rat
• naked-nerved
• naked oat
• naked-seeded
• naked sight
• naked-tail
• naked-tailed