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A new ballgame
Idiom: A different/new ball game I’m writing this post on Friday, November 6th, so by the time you read this, you may know who the next American president is. It could be Biden, or it may remain Trump, but either way, it’s a whole new ballgame. That means the situation is going to be totally…
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Slow on the uptake
Phrase: Slow/quick on the uptake Some people are quick on the uptake. They can walk into a room, read the situation and understand what’s going on almost instantly. Then others are slow on the uptake. For example, if you walk into a room and everyone suddenly walks out, you have a problem. No, it wasn’t…
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Lord it over
WotD: Lord it over The phrase lord it over (someone) doesn’t deal with bullies; it refers more to the bossy type. You know the kind of person I mean. Every classroom has one or two people who like to think they are better than everyone else, giving them the right to tell others what to…
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Antsy
Word of the Day: Antsy The world was antsy as the world waited, and now the world knows (probably). The Donald has won once again. At least, it seems like he will. I am writing this post at 3:42 PM on Wednesday, November 4th, Japan time. By the numbers, Biden is winning, but by the…
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Come back to haunt you
Phrase: Come back to haunt you Be careful what you do today because although there may not be any consequences now, the past, as they say, may come back to haunt you. It’s Halloween, everyone, All Hallow’s Eve, the day when peasants traditionally dressed up in scary costumes to fool returning evil ghosts or spirits…
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Death trap
Word of the Day: Deathtrap I assure you it is not by pure coincidence that I write about the term ‘deathtrap‘ on the day before All Hollow’s Eve. Can you think of anything scarier than living with your family, the people you love most in the world, in a deathtrap? How about driving one? Fortunately,…
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Bewitched
Word of the Day: Bewitched Boy, oh boy, oh boy, we live in scary times. Or is it just me? You feel it, too, right? With Halloween just around the corner, I’m beginning to think that Trumpy has bewitched half of the population and all of the Republican Party in the US. What the heck…
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Gloss over
WotD: Gloss over Little problems, inconvenient facts or faults that we’d rather not deal with are all glossed over to make things progress smoothly or avoid a hassle. I’m not saying that we are all walking around with a small paintbrush and a can of varnish in our back pockets, but human nature intentionally overlooks…
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Flip side
Word of the Day: Flip side Whether you want to admit it or not, Newton was correct in more ways than one when he said, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” We can extend his statement of truth and say that there is a flip side B for every side A, and for every positive side…
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Sugarcoat
Word of the Day: Sugarcoat Any Julie Andrews fans out there? Come on, raise your umbrellas high. I know you’re out there. While as Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews sang about how a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. These days, with such high rates of childhood obesity in the Western world, that would…
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