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All get out
English Phrase: (As) all get out Dare I say it? Christmas is just around the corner. Soon, everyone in North America will be as busy as everyone else. They will be clicking at Amazon and in malls across the continent shopping so quickly that the plastic credit cards will melt. I hope you are not…
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Solar farm
Word of the Day: Solar farm What would you say if I were to tell you that the above picture is a photovoltaic power station? Yeah, that’s what I thought. It’s much easier to say solar farm because it’s not such a mouthful of words as photovoltaic power station. A solar farm turns rays from the…
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Scratch your head
English Phrase: Scratch your head Every week, I have to scratch my head to come up with Idioms and Words of the Day to put in my posts. Scratching your head is a nervous reaction to concentrating and thinking hard. When I decided to write about this phrase, Colombo came to mind immediately. The perpetrators…
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Sketchy
Word of the Day: Sketchy Have you ever been on an overseas trip in a new city and found yourself unexpectedly in a sketchy part of town? When something or somewhere feels sketchy, the danger isn’t obvious, but your senses tell you something is not right, and there may be danger lurking somewhere. You’re in…
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In a nutshell
Phrase: In a nutshell Definition of In a Nutshell In a nutshell is a common English phrase people use when they want to summarize something in a simple, brief way. In a nutshell, it means giving only the most important information, without extra details. It’s a little phrase people use when they want to say that they are going to…
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Tech bro
Word of the Day: Tech bro/techbro Silicon Valley is full of tech bros who are, of course, geeks who work in the Internet technology industry. A tech bro is a technology geek who works in Silicon Valley’s tech industry. Stereotypically, they don’t have much luck with the ladies or spend so much time with technology…
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Best of both worlds
English Phrase: The best of both worlds It’s not every day that you can have the best of both worlds, but when it happens, man, it’s fantastic. To have the best of both worlds, you must enjoy the advantages of two completely different situations without any of the drawbacks. In other words, you have all…
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Blemish
Word of the Day: Blemish A blemish is a small mark on something that ruins its appearance, such as a flaw or defect. Sometimes, it’s called an imperfection. The pumpkin in the picture has a blemish, probably caused by sitting on the ground. If you go to a grocery store to purchase your vegetables, you…
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Practice makes perfect
Proverb: Practice makes perfect No matter what you are trying to do, you can become good at it if you practice enough. Some people are lucky enough to have an aptitude for something. Unfortunately, the rest of us need to practice, practice, practice because practice makes perfect. The only way to get good at something,…
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Stickler
Word of the Day: Stickler People who stick to the rules or believe that things must be done in a certain way every time are sticklers. Being one is similar in many ways to being a perfectionist. Depending on your personality, you can be a stickler for different things. I am very particular about cleanliness.…
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