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Different kettle of fish
Idiom: Different kettle of fish I have a strange idiom for you today. Many phrases and expressions in English need to be clarified and are almost impossible to understand if you try to figure them out based on the words alone. Well, a different kettle of fish could drive you crazy. I vividly remember trying…
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Come home to roost
Phrase: Come home to roost Ignored mistakes are like chickens; they will eventually come home to roost. If you are a city dweller, you may not know that chickens will always come home to roost even if they run away. During my childhood, we always had laying hens for eggs. My father let them run…
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New blood
WotD: New blood The New Year is here, and with it comes inevitable change. It’s a fact of life. When it comes to business, one of the best ways to force change is to inject new blood. New blood means people with a lot of energy or fresh ideas. No, new blood does not have…
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Self-starter
WotD: Self-starter Happy New Year, and welcome to 2023! The New Year allows you to do things differently and take control of your life. Let’s begin the year with a positive word of the day – self-starter. If there is something you are not satisfied with, then now is the time to begin to put…
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Five-hour rule
WotD: The Five-hour rule It’s the middle of December, and as the year winds down, our thoughts turn to the next New Year. I suggest starting the New Year by changing things up. Why not try the 5-hour rule? I have talked and written ad nauseam about the power of building new positive habits and rituals…
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Matter of time
Phrase: Matter of time You may look back on 2022 and think it was a bad year for you. Now that I think about it, the past three years have been pretty crappy for most of us, but you know what? Things will improve. It’s only a matter of time. It’s one of the rules…
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Badge of pride
WotD: Badge of pride I had my birthday in the middle of November. I’m 49. Wow! I’m 49, but you know what? I don’t feel 49, and my wife tells me I don’t act my age. When I look in the mirror, there are new lines on my face that weren’t there before, and my…
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Know thy enemy
Phrase: Know thy enemy With Christmas around the corner and the New Year fast approaching, it’s only natural to look back on the past year of accomplishments, lessons learned, and mistakes made. Of course, the year’s major event that has affected everyone on earth has been the Russo-Ukraine War. The famous Chinese general Sun Tzu…
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Push your luck
Phrase: Push your luck Recently I created a new lesson titled The Joy of Fear. Some people enjoy the endorphin rush they get after exposing themselves to a scary situation. I’m referring to safe things with a low risk of injuries, such as horror films and roller coasters. However, some people prefer to push their…
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Asking for it
Phrase: Asking for it People who invest their money in increasingly risky ventures and eventually lose everything often receive little sympathy from others. In fact, they may hear more risk-averse investors say they were asking for it. So, what does that mean? What were they asking for exactly? When you say someone is asking for…
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