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Common phrases in their complete form

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 4, 2022August 14, 2022

  A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than…

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The answers to yesterday’s puzzle

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 30, 2022June 11, 2022
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How many figures of speech can you recognise?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 29, 2022June 11, 2022

I will post the answers tomorrow!

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Eggcorns

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on June 20, 2022May 27, 2022

The misuse of certain phrases in English is something that really gets my goat. Some…

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Idioms about March

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 1, 2022February 25, 2022

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb – the month…

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The Streisand Effect

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 14, 2021November 14, 2021

The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of…

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Idiom: to jump the shark

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 20, 2021October 13, 2021

When a tv series ‘jumps the shark’ it means that the story arc reaches its…

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Fashion and Clothing Related Idioms

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 29, 2021September 29, 2021

  A feather in one’s cap À la mode A stitch in time saves nine…

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Idiom – damning with faint praise

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on August 12, 2021August 4, 2021

Damning with faint praise means that you praise someone so so slightly and inconsequential that it…

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Lost in translation

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 6, 2020September 10, 2020
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