HEY, WHAT'S UP???
A little word with lots of meanings...maybe more than any other 2 letter word.
It's easy to
understand UP meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but why do we WAKE UP in the morning? or SPEAK UP? Or why are officers UP for election? Or secretaries write UP a report?
Why does a topic COME UP? We call UP our friends; brighten UP a room; warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.
We LOCK UP the house and some guys FIX UP the old car. Some people STIR UP trouble; LINE UP for tickets, WORK UP an appetite and THINK UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be DRESSED UP is special.
And a confusing one... a drain must be OPENED UP because it is STOPPED UP! We OPEN UP the store in the morning, and CLOSE IT UP at night.
We seem to be pretty MIXED UP about UP. If you are UP TO IT, you might try BUILDING UP a list of all the ways UP is used. It will TAKE UP a lot of your time, but if you don't GIVE UP, you may WIND UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it's CLOUDING UP. When the sun comes out, we say it's CLEARING UP. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things DRY UP. Lets WRAP IT UP for now, time
to SHUT UP.
Oh, one more thing...what is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at
night?
U - P!
