Tag: stand up for
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Push around
WotD: Push around Canada is being pushed around at the moment. To be fair, the Americans are trying to push Canada around, but we have our elbows up, and they are finding out Canada is no pushover. Canada is not going to be dominated by the American psychodrama. When someone says they feel like another…
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Stand up to
WotD: Stand up to This post will help you understand the value of prepositions. On Monday, I covered stand up for; now, in this post today, I will cover stand up to. As the preposition changes, so does the meaning. Stand up to means to confront or challenge someone or something powerful or intimidating. When…
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Stand up for
WotD: Stand up for We wake up today in a world where we have to stand up to our enemies and those we once considered very close friends or family. Why? Quite simply, if we do not stand up for our beliefs and way of life, no one else will do it for us. To…
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Walk all over you
Idiom: Walk all over you Life is getting faster, more complicated and much more competitive. If you don’t have your wits about you, people will walk all over you and then come back to wipe their feet. When someone takes advantage of you, treating you with little respect or care, they walk all over you.…
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A soft touch
WotD: A soft touch Do you ever feel like a soft touch? It can be frustrating to feel like people are continually getting whatever they want from you, but the good news is you can prevent it. A soft touch is someone easily influenced or taken advantage of. This can manifest in many ways, such…
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Pushover
Word of the Day: Pushover Many Japanese are wired to seek approval and avoid confrontation. However, we become pushovers when we allow others to walk all over us. Times have changed. Japanese are overworked, underpaid, and taken advantage of in the workplace daily. Just because you don’t think you’re being abused doesn’t mean you are…
