Nov 12, 2018 · Richard Turere has been has been working hard on his inventions as well as trying to experiment with his version of an electric fence, therefore Chris Anderson has said, he has been "in the trenches". There is also possibly a reference to the danger of dealing with lions, relating to the dangers of war which relates to the origin of the phrase.

"No man's land" originally meant "disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies.". It became a figurative expression meaning "an indeterminate or undefined place or state.". If an act is in a "legal no man's land" then it is not certain whether it is legal or illegal, or if it is illegal, under which statute.

Feb 24, 2025 · You’ve been on my mind lately is a perfectly common and normal thing to say in English. It means I’ve been thinking about you recently – whether because I miss you, because I’m worried about you, because I sympathise with something you’re going through, because I’m going through something that reminds me of you, or anything else.

May 8, 2023 · @ChrisH - I remember also reading of accounts of hand-to-hand fighting in Flanders where British troops invaded German trenches and used their 'entrenching tools' to attack the troops they found there. A kind of folding spade I think. –