A man who I was drinking with referred to a woman as an onion to express the idea that her inside and outside are different, so you can't understand her personality until you've known her longer and seen deeper into her psyche. It was neither a compliment, nor an insult, just an observation.
In Cumming's system, Onions are people who are hard on themselves, while Garlics are people who are hard on others. The extreme version of an Onion is the anxiety-ridden “neurotic” person who worries about everything, blames themselves for things that go wrong and stews in their own juices.
Onion Girl is a Girl who you can't jut pull apart because she has too many layers. she's complicated and deep. She also can make you cry if you "cut" her. "Cut" Does Not necessarily actually cutting something, it can mean hurting or damaging someone and possibly even opening past wounds.
Life is like an onion because as human we are like onions. We have several layers on the top of a core which is very deep in side. An onion perfectly represents how humans interact each other based on how they see each other from the first meeting till several years relationship.
Davos Seaworth, also known as the Onion Knight, earned his nickname through his skills as a smuggler during Robert's Rebellion. He successfully smuggled food, mostly onions, to Stannis Baratheon and his forces at Storm's End.
In French, there's the expression occupez-vous de vos oignons which means "mind your own business" in English but can be literally translated as "take care of your onions". Know your onions however means to be knowledgeable about a subject - a meaning which is clearly distinct from the French saying.
“Ninjas cutting onions” is a slang term, usually used by men when they cry while watching something tear jerking such as a romantic video or a sad movie scene. The term is often used to condone “manly tears”. By using this term, the crying person falsely ascribes his tears to an invisible ninja cutting onions near him.
An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classified as a separate species until 2011.
According to many other users who were already familiar with the concept of shower onions, keeping these veggies in your bathroom actually helps to neutralize any unwanted odors. That's because onions act as a natural deodorizer, meaning they can basically absorb smells, unpleasant and otherwise.
If someone says you know your onions, it means you are experienced in something or you know a lot about a particular subject. So really, it means you're clever!
As cold weather approaches, people often ask, “How should my crews dress?” The simplest answer is dress like an onion and think in terms of layers; an onion has many layers and so should anyone working outdoors in cold temperatures.
Pearl onions, also known as baby onions or creamers, are small varieties of bulb onions (Allium cepa). They're round like the classic white or yellow onion you typically see at the grocery store, but they're much smaller, ranging from about a quarter of an inch to about a half of an inch in diameter.
Our word "onion" comes from the Middle English unyun, from the French oignon, which came in turn from the Latin unio, meaning "onion." Ancient names for this plant in Sanskrit, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin are apparently unrelated, indicating widespread culture of onions from prehistoric times.
Onion (uny'n) is simply not something that we say regularly - you could talk to someone all day without finding out how they say it, unless the conversation turned to cooking. Ocksh'n is the Australian pronunciation, awkshun is English - the ACOED gives both, SOED gives only the second.
