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Eat like a horse
English Idiom: Eat like a horse Horses are big. I hope we can all agree with that statement. We can also all agree that if a horse is big, it requires a lot of food. Therefore, it is easy to understand that eating like a horse means eating a lot of food. This expression can…
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En masse
Word of the Day: En masse The English language has adopted many words and terms from other languages. Some have been changed and no longer look or sound like the original language, while others are used in their original form. En masse is one of these terms. En masse is a French loanword used when…
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The last straw
Idiom: The last straw Most of us are patient, and we can handle a lot of disappointment or pressure. However, there comes a time when just one more thing—one more bad experience, one more late train, one more night of working overtime, one more cold coffee, or one more ignorant comment from a coworker—makes us…
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Humdrum
Word of the Day: Humdrum Humdrum means dull or lacking excitement and is usually used to describe someone’s life situation. Believe it or not, some people feel that life is tedious and slow. They believe that their life is boring. Many people also say that they have a tedious job. Every day, they do the…
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Take the reins
Idiom: Take the reins When we talk about taking the reins, we are talking about taking control of a situation or thing. The phrase originally comes from the world of horse riding, where reins are the thin leather lines used to control the horse. If someone is holding the reins, they can control the horse…
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Tarpaulin
Word of the Day: Tarpaulin In Japan, everybody has seen the ubiquitous’ ‘blue sheet.’ Not many Japanese, though, know its English name. Well, I’m here today to tell you that a ‘blue sheet’ is called a tarpaulin (tarp for short). I’m also going to tell you that they are not all blue. Farmers and construction…
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Go big or go home
English Expression: Go big or go home This phrase means that you should always strive to be the best. Go big or go home means that if you do something, do it with 100% of your energy and ability. If you are going to play a game, play to win. If you are going to…
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Peruse
Word of the Day: Peruse Today’s word is a nice little one to enhance your vocabulary. Peruse can have two opposite meanings. First, it can mean to read something very lightly or to look through something quickly. When I was a high school student, one of my teachers would assign reading for English literature classes.…
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A kick at the can
English Idiom: A kick at the can I’ll start today’s idiom with another saying: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. If you want to succeed, the most important thing is to continue working at it. Each try is another kick at the can. The idiom means to attempt to do something. If…
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Utmost
Word of the Day: Utmost In my personal opinion, we should all do our utmost every day to be the best that we, personally, can be. Utmost means the greatest or highest amount. Therefore, if we put our utmost effort into what we do, then we will do our best. Society spends a lot of…
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