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Take the words out of your mouth
Phrase: Take the words out of your mouth They say great minds think alike. I say that’s why sometimes another person can take the words out of your mouth. Yes, I know I shouldn’t mix my metaphors, but this is my post, so I’m going to do it anyway. The singer Meatloaf might have said…
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Complacent
WotD: Complacent Coronavirus is back, baby! And it is back with a vengeance! The truth of the matter is it was never actually gone, and now that people have become complacent, we have allowed it to attack again. Now the danger zone is India. If you follow the news, you know they were lauded as…
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Bogus
Word of the Day: Bogus I’m not sure what you think, but to me, some English words, such as bogus, just look and sound funny. If something is described as bogus, then it’s not real or legal. It’s counterfeit. Unfortunately, the origin of today’s word has been lost to history. After a bit of research,…
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In a heartbeat
Phrase: In a heartbeat It can take a lifetime to build something up, and then just like that, it’s gone in a heartbeat. How many people in Japan have had their homes destroyed by earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding or landslides? The number must be in the tens of thousands, if not the hundreds of thousands. One…
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Comeuppance
Wotd: Comeuppance Do bad things, and bad things will eventually happen to you. In other words, you will get your comeuppance. Everything comes back to you. Everyone has their little philosophical statements on life, and that is one of mine. When people wrong us in some way, a native speaker may say, “You’ll get your…
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In bed together
Idiom: Be in bed together First of all, this is a family-friendly website. There is no gutter talk here. To be in bed together means to be working or involved with an organization or person in a way that causes distrust among other people. It has nothing to do with beds or whatever you were…
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Force your hand
Phrase: Force your hand Shall we talk about international politics today? Sure, why not? When countries deal with each other on a national scale, they will often try to force the other’s hand. The phrase force your hand means to make someone do something they would rather not do. Let’s look at Japan. In the…
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Half measures
WotD: Half-measures If you are going to do something, do it right the first time. Don’t play around with half-measures. Half measures are actions or plans that only achieve part of what you intended to achieve. In my personal opinion, in Western countries, the coronavirus pandemic has been as bad as it has been due…
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Nimble
Word of the Day: Nimble Being nimble is often the difference between life and death in the animal world. Animals such as rabbits or deer are quite agile. Their actions are very quick and exact. If a hawk is chasing a rabbit, the rabbit’s ability to change direction quickly without falling may be its one…
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The path of least resistance
Phrase: The path of least resistance Are you an expert on how to live life? No? Me neither. To simplify things, there are two ways to live: You can do things by going through the school of hard knocks, otherwise known as the hard way, or taking the path of least resistance which is the…
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