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Don’t get me started
English Expression: Don’t get me started Don’t get me started is, ladies and gentlemen, the idiom for today. Now, what does it mean? Well, many Westerners tend to get very excited about specific topics, such as politics, government policies, or other sensitive issues, such as sports. When a person says don’t get me started, it…
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Canuck
Word of the Day: Canuck My favourite ice hockey team is the Vancouver Canucks. Most sports teams have a nickname. We have the Orix Buffaloes in Japanese baseball; the Brave Blossoms is the nickname for the Japanese national rugby team, and so on. But I digress. To get back to my point, Canuck is a nickname…
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Old money
Word of the Day: Old money Today, I have another idiom about money: old money, which refers to families that have been rich for many generations. As you can probably tell, I like talking about working, earning money, and talking about money in general. For example, Steve Jobs was rich, but he was an example of new…
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Quaint
Word of the Day: Quaint As some of you know, I live in a quaint part of the countryside in Japan. It’s always quiet here, and nothing much happens. That’s why I moved here. The countryside looks old-fashioned, and things are more traditional than in cities. Life unfolds at a slower pace. That is what…
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Money laundering
Word of the Day: Money laundering I mentioned dirty money yesterday and promised to talk about ‘cleaning’ dirty money, which is often referred to as money laundering, today. The process of ‘cleaning’ dirty money and hiding where the money originally came from is called money laundering. For example, if a bad dude earns dirty money…
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Wild West
Word of the Day: Wild West An interesting term that came up in one of my classes this week is the Wild West. Wild West refers to the days when people were moving into the unsettled American West. At that time, there was no law and order. Now, we all know that the western part…
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Dirty money
Word of the day: Dirty money Dirty money does not mean money that has become stained or has been dropped on the ground. It’s money earned illegally, such as by selling drugs or doing other illegal things. When people make large amounts of dirty money, it is easy for the government or banks to catch…
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Hunch
Word of the Day: Hunch I’m going to introduce a word related to posture today on the way that we usually sit in front of a computer. Most people these days spend hours and hours and hours every day sitting in front of a computer, and this affects our body posture. Many of us are…
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Allude
Word of the Day: Allude The word that I will cover today is allude. It is commonly used with the preposition to as in allude to (something). It means to refer to or hint at something indirectly. If a girl makes a lovely bento for her boyfriend, she is not saying ‘I love you’ directly, but…
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Work around the clock
English Idiom: Work around the clock When people work around the clock, they work all day long without any breaks. During an emergency, rescue workers will work non-stop to save as many people as they can. We in society see this as an example of their dedication to the job and admire them for it. Thank goodness…
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