Idiom of the day :- Blue stocking
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
A woman who is very intellectual or academic A : My brother’s fiancee is definitely a blue stocking — quite honestly I’m surprised she wants to marry him. Sam left school at fourteen and has never read a book in his life ! B : That’s true, but on the other hand he does look like that tall, handsome actor, Tom Hank ! Lady Elizabeth Montagu lived in London during the 18th century and held ‘intellectual’ parties at her home. Instead of gambling and gossiping, the guests listened to lectures given by learned people. A favourite speaker was the academic Benjamin Stillingfleet who talked about natural history and always wore blue stockings. As intellectual parties became popular, blue stocking clubs started all over London and their members wore blue stockings in admiration of Stillingfleet. The reason that the expression is now only used to describe women may be because of the evolution of stockings. In the 18th century these were garments for both men and women. today, stockings are only worn by women