NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out a more than 500 million U.S. dollar penalty plus interest against U.S. President Donald Trump in a civil fraud case.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington, D.C., said Monday that the federal government's takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department was "unsettling" and "unprecedented," ...

“Empty” in the idiom “run on empty”, however, does not refer to empty or starving stomachs. Instead, it refers to automobiles ...

As an idiom, “hanging by a thread” comes from the Greek legend popularly known as the Sword of Damocles, as TheIdioms.com ...