Weekly Poem: Scheherazade
Idiom of the Week: Dark horse
Since last week we talked about elephants in rooms being ignored, we decided that this week’s idiom should also be animal-related. This time, the subject is the expression dark horse. This concept is used in different contexts, particularly in politics, although the...
Weekly Poem: Because I could not stop for Death
Because I could not stop for Death—He kindly stopped for me—The Carriage held but just Ourselves—And Immortality. We slowly drove—He knew no haste,And I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility— We passed the School, where Children stroveAt recess—in...
Idiom of the Week: Moving the goalposts
Have you ever been in a discussion with someone who constantly frustrates the point you are trying to make by unfairly changing the rules of the argument to fit their side of the discussion? That action is called moving the goalposts, and it is this week’s idiom. If...
Idiom of the Week: a skeleton in the closet
For this week’s idiom, we have picked the common English expression to have a skeleton in the closet. When someone is said to have a skeleton in the closet, it means that they have a secret that could cause shame or controversy if it were to be exposed – the way the...Gefördert vom
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