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Lose steam
WotD: Lose steam How are you feeling? Are you starting to lose steam as the year comes to an end? Well, Yes, I understand there are still roughly three weeks left to go in 2022. I look at the first week of December as the beginning of the end of the year. If you are…
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Put the cart before the horse
Phrase: Put the cart before the horse There is a natural order to most things. If you upset that order to put the cart before the horse, so to speak, bad things can happen, or in a best-case scenario, things will not work correctly. As a basic example, if you quit your old job before…
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Moreish
Word of the Day: Moreish “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” When Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote these words, she wasn’t thinking about food. Or was she? Of all the moreish foods we have to choose from, to which one would you dedicate a poem? Would it be a sweet or savoury…
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Good things come to those who wait
Expression: Good things come to those who wait The end is fast approaching! The end of the year, that is. That means Christmas is just around the corner with the New Year on its heels. They say good things come to those who wait, and when it pertains to dates on the calendar, we have…
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Wake up on the wrong side of the bed
Idiom: Wake up on the wrong side of the bed Those of you who are married or in a long-term relationship know one of the first things you did as a couple was determine who slept on which side of the bed. Single people think about going to bed, but they never think about which…
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God helps those who help themselves
Saying: God helps those who help themselves We are living through challenging times. Sometimes you may feel like giving up, but remember God helps those who help themselves. This pertains to all gods, no matter which faith you follow. There are people in this world who work extremely hard and enjoy the fruits of their…
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Go up in smoke
Phrase: Go up in smoke It’s sad but true. Sometimes, all our efforts come to naught, and even the best-laid plans of mice and men go up in smoke. Now, some would call that failure, whereas others would say it’s a learning opportunity. The first person leans towards negativity, whereas the second prefers to look…
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Have your hands full
Phrase: Have your hands full It’s Saturday! I’m sure you have been looking forward to this day since last Monday. There’s something about weekends that tends to take a weight off our shoulders even if we still have our hands full. I’ve noticed recently that there is always something to do. It’s bad enough that…
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Throw a monkey in the works
Phrase: Throw a monkey in the works Before getting into today’s post, let me clarify that I did not throw a monkey in the works or anything else while writing this post. To throw a monkey in the works is an idiom that, by definition, means the words do not help you understand its meaning.…
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Comedy of errors
Phrase: Comedy of errors If it weren’t such a serious event in history, we would be laughing, but we can say that from one point of view, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a comedy of errors. I’m not saying it was funny or some extremely violent slapstick comedy show. A comedy of errors is…
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