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Stars align
Idiom: Stars align Every once in a while, your stars align, and your dreams come true. I thought I’d begin today’s post with a bit of positivity. Actually, how about today be a day about positivity? It’s my first day back to work after two days off. I feel refreshed, relaxed, rejuvenated and ready to take…
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Modus operandi
WotD: Modus operandi If you enjoy watching police dramas, you will have heard the actors talking about a perpetrator’s modus operandi. A modus operandi is a repetitive pattern or a person’s particular way of doing things. Actually, it’s more often referred to as a bad guy’s MO. You’ll hear them say serial sex offenders, peeping toms or…
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After your own heart
Phrase: After your own heart We all seek out and enjoy being around people after our own hearts. If someone is after your own heart, they are a like-minded person who is similar to yourself in their thoughts and ways of doing things. We experience a sense of peace of mind when we are around people who think…
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Overkill
Word of the Day: Overkill There’s something about us humans which wants us to collect stuff. To a certain extent, it’s OK, but collect too much, and it soon becomes overkill. Overkill occurs when you have too much of something, more than you can use. Whatever you have loses its effectiveness. I’m trying to say that…
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Tarred with the same brush
Idiom: Tarred with the same brush It’s often said that you can tell what a person is like by their friends. Unfortunately, this is not always correct. Good people can have bad friends. If that’s the case, it’s unfair for good people to be tarred with the same brush. If everyone in a particular group is…
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Wunderkind
WotD: Wunderkind I have a nice, positive word for you today that originates from German: wunderkind. In North American English, the pronunciation is different from the spelling. The pronunciation is voon der kint. You can see that the W is pronounced as a V, and the D at the end is pronounced as a T. So,…
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Shout from the rooftops
Phrase: Shout from the rooftops I don’t recommend you do this, but sometimes you feel so proud or overjoyed about something you want to climb to the top of the highest building and shout from the rooftops. That may be one of the best ways to let everyone know how you feel. Shouting from the rooftops…
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Terra firma
WotD: Terra firma I know, I know all about it: Latin again. Terra firma is Latin and means solid or dry land. Hey, amigo, English is not a single language. It’s a catch-all of every language which was, is now or is very rarely spoken on Earth. Yes, some people may consider Latin a dead language,…
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Close but no cigar
Phrase: Close but no cigar If you think I’m an American, I have to say you’re close, but no cigar. I am, of course, Canadian from the true north, strong and free. Although my roots are not in the United States of America, today’s phrase does originate in the good old U.S. of A. In the…
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In the tank
Phrase: In the tank Today, I have yet another multi-use idiom for you. In the tank can mean prices, such as for stocks or oil, are plummeting. It can also mean to have something available for use, such as, “I still have twenty litres of gas in the tank.” Finally, today’s idiom also means supporting someone…
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