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Speak over your head
Phrase: Speak over your head No one enjoys listening to someone who is speaking over their head. It’s usually rude, and in some cases, it can discourage your listeners. When a person speaks over your head, they talk about things which you cannot understand. Often, when a speaker uses a lot of jargon or industry-specific…
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Foolhardy
Word of the Day: Foolhardy There’s a limit to everything. The problem is some people always have to push things too far. That’s the difference between being brave and foolhardy. A brave person doesn’t show fear when faced with a dangerous situation. They do, however, show caution. Brave people hope for the best but prepare…
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Fight the clock
Phrase: Fight the clock Has everyone settled back into their routine of fighting the clock after the summer and Bon holiday vacations? I’m sure everyone will agree it was hot in more ways than one. First, we had temperatures in the high 30s, and the mercury even hit 40℃ in Niigata. Then, we had a…
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Hand-to-mouth
WotD: Hand-to-mouth A common theme of my posts seems to be money. Today is no different because a hand-to-mouth existence is a tough way to live. Some of us are lucky enough to have managed to put away a little rainy day fund for unexpected emergencies. Refrigerators don’t break down very often, but when they do, we cannot delay…
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Downsize
Word of the Day: Downsize Downsizing has become a trend over the past 15-20 years. It used to be that a couple got married, purchased a house, raised their family and then lived out their retirement in the same home. Now, the family home is seen as an investment for the future. The house you raise…
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Lost cause
WotD: Lost cause Before we can understand what a lost cause is, we need to know what a cause is. A cause is a socially valuable principle or a reason for doing something. For example, a cause could be providing free health care for those who cannot afford it, and the reason for doing this is that…
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Have it together
Phrase: Have it together We all live life at our own pace. Some of us get it together reasonably quickly, while others take longer than usual. Those who have it together live sensibly. They have a roof over their heads, can pay the bills and no longer act foolishly and make mistakes as they did in their youth. That’s…
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On the horizon
Phrase: On the horizon Here we are in the dog days of summer at the beginning of August. It’s a time for taking it easy, not necessarily thinking about what’s on the horizon. Nevertheless, that’s what I’m going to do. If something is on the horizon, we just notice it. It’s a good idea to keep a lookout…
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Go overboard
Word of the Day: Go overboard It would have been easy to use a picture of a person falling off a boat to illustrate go overboard today, but that may have been a little misleading. The meaning of go overboard, as I’m introducing it today, has nothing to do with boats, ships, rafts, or other watercraft. Neither does it…
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Money to burn
Idiom: Money to burn Writing a blog post every day is challenging. Often, it helps to write about experiences that I have had. This time, I will write about something I’ve never had: money to burn. If you have money to burn, you spend a lot on unnecessary things. It doesn’t mean you’re filthy rich. People may…
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