Showing posts with label piece of one's mind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label piece of one's mind. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

peace, piece

Peace or peace means tranquility, calm, or quiet; the absence of strife or war--
When the war was over, both sides signed a peace treaty.
The peace symbol is still popular on t-shirts after all these years.
Those children never give their mother any peace.

Piece or piece ( rhymes with peace ) means a section or segment of, or a part of something that has been divided or even torn--
She cut the cake equally, and gave each of them a piece.
He tried to sew the piece of his torn shirt back on.
Can we have a piece of pie?
Pie? Those children never give their mother a piece.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"This is so nice--peace and quiet and a piece of pizza for everyone."

Note--not to be confused with "peas", the plural of "pea", as in the green vegetable that grows in a pod--
They are as like as two peas in  a pod.
Note #2--"apiece" means each--
Those apples cost fifty cents apiece.
They were paid $100 apiece for the day's work.
"Apiece", meaning each, is one word--but "a piece" ( two words ) may also be part of a sensible sentence--
The candy is twenty cents a piece. ( Each piece of candy costs twenty cents. )
They paid twenty cents apiece for candy.  ( Each person paid twenty cents. )
Note # 3--"peace of mind" means contentment or mental tranquility--
She always checked the gas before they left, for her own peace of mind.
Not to be confused with "a piece of one's mind", meaning an angry outburst or rebuke--
I'm so mad; I would like to give him a piece of my mind.