About this site
Idioms are one of the hardest parts of learning a language. A dictionary can tell you that "across the pond" means "across the Atlantic" — but it will not tell you that the joke is calling an ocean a pond.
Why Is It Funny fills that gap. Every entry breaks a phrase into four parts: what it means, where it came from, why it is funny, and how to use it in a sentence. It is built for English learners, ESL teachers, and anyone who has ever nodded along to a phrase without quite getting the joke.