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Simple is best
Expression: Simple is best We’ll start the week with one of the simplest expressions in English – simple is best. Now, you may think it’s only natural and makes total sense that simple things are the best, but as humans, we tend to spend the first half of our lives complicating things and then the…
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Make the most of
Phrase: Make the most of Nothing is ever perfect. It’s too hot in summer and too cold in winter, and if you plan to have a picnic, Murphy’s Law states that it will rain. So, what’s a person to do? Well, the only thing you can do is make the most of every situation and…
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Warts and all
Phrase: Warts and all Women fart! Every woman will deny it, but I’m sure that every woman farts. Despite this shocking fact, every man who loves a woman has decided to accept her warts and all. Or should I say farts and all? Warts and all is a phrase used to describe all the bad…
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Creature of habit
Phrase: Creature of habit Humans are creatures of habit. It’s one of the main ways we cope with a constantly changing world. Everyone has little sayings or turns of phrases that they often repeat. Creature of habit is one of mine. A creature of habit is someone who always does the same thing in the…
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Can’t win for losing
Phrase: Can’t win for losing Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a fly on the wall of a session between Vladimir Putin and his therapist? I imagine him lying on a sterilized sofa in an underground bunker at the Kremlin, talking to his doctor on Zoom and saying, “I don’t…
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Ring a bell
Phrase: Ring a bell We meet so many people during our lifetimes and do so much that sometimes a face, name or even a smell will ring a bell, but you can’t remember where you saw or heard it before. When something rings a bell, you have a vague memory but can’t remember it clearly. …
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Tall order
WotD: Tall order Life is full of tall orders. That’s nothing new, and it’s also not a negative if you are in the right state of mind. You see, a tall order is something that is considered very difficult to accomplish. When you first entered high school, you may have thought that getting through the…
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Youth is wasted on the young
Saying: Youth is wasted on the young A saying in English goes youth is wasted on the young. At first, you may think that sounds strange. I mean, youth and young are interdependent, right? If you are a youth, you are young; if you are young, you must be a youth. So, how can a…
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Safety net
WotD: Safety net You know, in many ways, life is not fair. Some of us can go through life and never require a safety net. Others of us have been able to take advantage of a safety net when we needed it, and yet for others, there never was a safety net, and they fell…
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Give and take
Phrase: Give and take As we grow up and mature, we are supposed to learn that life is a game of give and take. Give and take refers to the never-ending negotiation of mutual concessions and compromises that make up most of life. Sometimes you get what you want, and sometimes you don’t. If you…
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