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Reader question: “The recipe went to the grave with him...” What does this mean? My comments: Are we talking about a cooking recipe here? Or a recipe for an elixir or something. Whatever it is doesn’t matter. It’s now in the grave, buried deep with its owner. It will forever stay buried, never to be known again. “Going to the grave”, you see, is a variation from the phrase “take something to the grave”. Mostly this phrase involves a secret of something or other, something you don’t want to ever tell anyone about, for if you take it to the grave with you, obviously it will die with you. A secret love affair, for example. People take this to grave to avoid a scandal or to avoid hurting people. iPhones, too. I hear some people literally take their iPhones to the grave with them. They love their high-tech gadgets so much that they take them to the grave? Sounds equally scandalous to me. I’m joking. I don’t really mind people taking their iPhones to the grave. It’s their gadget and, therefore, theirs to deal with. Still, it sounds quite bizarre that people take their iPhones to sleep an eternity with. iPhones won’t last an eternity but that’s beside the point. Point is, this is just one more reason not to own a modern gadget. It may get you addicted, so addicted that you may think that even death will not do you apart. Well, just beware and now let’s examine media examples, old as well as recent, of people taking secrets to the grave: | 
