favorable. They are wholesome when, as food, they promote the health
of those persons who eat them.

In a fix

Many persons instead of saying "He is in trouble," or "He is in an
awkward position," or "He is perplexed," or embarrassed, employ the
vulgarism, "He is in a fix." Although Shakespeare may say, "This was
the most unkindest cut of all," and De Quincey may write, "Poor Aroar
cannot live and cannot die-- so that he is in an almighty fix," we
lesser mortals are forbidden such expressions.

Fly, Flee

In a general sense fly is applied to winged creatures and flee to
persons. "What exile from himself can flee?" "When the swallows
homeward fly." The past tense forms are sometimes confused, as, "The
inhabitants flew to the fort for safety," "The wild geese have all
fled to the South." The principal parts of the verbs are:
Present. Past. Perf. part.
fly, flew, flown.
flee, fled, fled.

The verbs flew and fled in the foregoing sentences should be
transposed. Fly implies motion either
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from or toward. Flee implies motion from. Fly may be used, in a