I'm happy to say I didn't tear my hair out putting this collection of idioms together! Yes, this time the sayings are all about hair - which, as you'll see, can indicate desperation, frustration, horror... or simply that we're perfectly calm and collected. Did you know all of these? Press the green button below for [...]
Eyes! That's what we're focusing on in this 'Say it with...' feature. I've got eight idioms that involve eyes - how many of them had you heard of? If you can think of any more, perhaps in other languages, feel free to add them in the comments. [...]
It’s Friday again! And Friday is conga day. At least it is for the members of the Phone Credit for Refugees (PC4R) Facebook group, who come together to have fun, chat, join in the virtual dancing, share a GIF or two… while raising money to provide mobile phone credit for refugees. The idea is that once [...]
I'm still having fun thinking of idioms that involve parts of the body, and this time it's all about ears! Perhaps a little less active than the nose, but ears give us lots of input about our surroundings and let us know how other people are feeling. If you've missed any of the other posts [...]
It’s now week three of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s ‘Inside the Circular Economy’ programme and I'm having a great time. Each week there’s a webinar on the Wednesday and a follow-up session on the Friday. And in between there’s a whole lot going on in the Slack group. I’m learning more about what the circular economy [...]
Hendrik asked for noses this time, so noses it is :-) Whether it's poking your nose in where it's not wanted, being nosey or getting up someone's nose, nose phrases seem to be pretty negative. Can you think of any others? Feel free to add them in the comments - and they can be in [...]
‘Green’ is a description that won’t apply for another month or so. It’s muddy underfoot, there are few birds in evidence, although occasionally we hear the surprisingly loud tock-tock of a woodpecker somewhere up in the trees. But there’s a bit of sun and it’s great to be out in the fresh air, away from our [...]
This time we're looking at shoulder phrases. And it turns out shoulders can be broad, hard or even cold! How many of the expressions did you know already? Click on the green button for a printable version with example sentences. PDF version [...]
You probably know the television show “Ready, Steady, Cook!” Competing against the clock and each other, contestents have to produce a delicious meal using random ingredients. Practising my Hindi was like that, too. After 1.5 years of lessons I had a few seemingly useful items in my linguistic shopping bag: some vocabulary, a selection of tenses, [...]
So many hand expressions... But there's one German one that isn't used that way in English: das Handy! That's either a mobile (or mobile phone) in the UK or a cell (or cell phone) in the USA. PDF version to print or [...]
