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On the warpath
WotD: On the Warpath Japanese are peaceful people. They enjoy calm things such as viewing cherry blossoms or observing pandas. Things must change. They, you, me – WE – have to get on the warpath. When someone is on the warpath, you know they are very angry and getting ready to fight. We must declare…
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War of words
WotD: War of words Make no mistake, people; we are in a dire situation at the moment. We are NOT fighting a losing battle, but it is an uphill battle. This is the moment when we must put our differences aside, end the war of words, and concentrate on defeating our common threat: coronavirus. Here…
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Uphill battle
WotD: Uphill battle No one said this fight against COVID-19 was going to be easy. Well, some people did say that, but we don’t listen to them anymore. Ladies, gentlemen and those of no specific gender, we are fighting an uphill battle. It’s a daunting challenge, and it’s not going to get easier as we…
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All-out war
WotD: All-out war This is serious, everyone! It is time for all of us to declare an all-out war on this coronavirus. Let’s do this thing. What I mean by all-out war is that we must use every weapon in our arsenal to flatten the curve, slow down the rate of infection and hang on.…
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Fight a losing battle
Phrase: Fight a losing battle Have you read the news lately? I have. God, it’s disheartening. Sometimes it makes me feel as if we are fighting a losing battle against an invisible enemy. When you fight a losing battle, you try hard but know that your efforts are doomed to failure. You realize there is…
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Lingua franca
WotD: Lingua Franca You know, it’s been a while since I dropped some Latin on you guys. Today we’ll take a look at lingua franca. No, this is not some kind of funky pasta. A lingua franca is a universal language between people who speak different mother tongues. As history has progressed, English has become…
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Until the cows come home
Phrase: Until the cows come home Oh boy, here’s another one from my childhood. I heard the phrase until the cows come home so many times when I was a kid that I can hear it in my sleep sometimes. My mother comes from a family of 20, yep, 18 children, and my father comes…
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A dog’s life
WotD: A Dog’s life We are so lucky to live in this time and age. We may sometimes feel that we are living a dog’s life, but in reality, it’s nothing like the life people used to lead not that long ago. To live a dog’s life means your life is very difficult and unhappy,…
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Much craves more
Phrase: Much craves more We’ll start the week with a phrase I heard from my mother multiple times a day, almost every day during my childhood: “David, much craves more.” I resented it then but understand it perfectly now. Because I grew up the oldest of five children with four younger sisters, a stay-at-home mom…
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Have a ring to it
Phrase: Have a ring to it Yes, bells ring, and they may sound very nice. A bell, however, is not the only thing to have a ring to it. Words such as titles, names or even phrases can have a nice ring to them as well. For us to say that something has a ring…
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