Dec 10, 2014 · "At the moment" means right now. For example, "He's asleep at the moment". "In the moment" means with a special focus on the present time. For example, "living in the moment" means paying special attention to what you're doing at that particular time, as opposed to looking back on the past or planning for the future.

Jun 2, 2013 · That was the moment when I started to doubt him. I'm not sure if where or when would be incorrect grammatically speaking, but either would be confusingly redundant, as they serve essentially the same purpose as the prepositional phrase from that moment-- …

Aug 31, 2014 · Think of ‘As of now’ being like - ‘stop! Freeze the moment!’ Take a photo! And tell you what’s going on. It also can mean that the speaker is telling you ‘the best that he knows - so far’ ie ‘as of’ or what is going on ‘now’. His or her own, ‘on the ground’ direct experience.

Mar 14, 2017 · a watershed event/moment The discovery of penicillin was a watershed in the history of medicine. The origin of its figurative usage appears to be from the geological term, where a ridge or other geological feature separates flowing water into different drainage systems.

I have often seen war described as "interminable boredom punctuated by moments of terror," or some variant thereof. More recently, it seems that I have been hearing this phrase used to describe ot...

The first moment of realization of a lucid dream is, to me, not unlike a feeling of rebirth. So, I think it would be appropriate to describe the sensation using a word which means "the first movements of a fetus."

Dec 12, 2013 · A light bulb moment TFD. Informal a moment of sudden inspiration, revelation, or recognition [from the cartoon image of a light bulb lighting up above a character's head when he or she has an idea] Related to the concept of light providing an answer, is the noun. illumination "In a moment of illumination" TFD

Sep 9, 2016 · By the time the plane landed, I had attained the 'Gotcha' moment that is the Nirvana of the vengeful reader. It took me only an hour to get a fax of the 'original article' (by Norman Podhoretz. in the New York Post a few weeks previously), compare the sentences word for word, and fire off an extremely contented and self-righteous letter to the ...

Jun 27, 2013 · A pregnant pause is a pause that builds up suspension in the listener/viewer, for a greater dramatic (especially comic) effect of what follows after the pause.

Jul 13, 2015 · A literal fit would be hindsight bias (wikipedia).. Hindsight bias, also known as the knew-it-all-along effect or creeping determinism, is the inclination, after an event has occurred, to see the event as having been predictable, despite there having been little or …