von Thom | Mittwoch, November 18, 2020 | Get informed
Invisibility is a super power many people have daydreamed about. IGN ranks it as the second best super power – just after the ability to fly – and it is easy to see why this ability is so sought after. It would allow you to find out what people really think about you,...
von Camila Otálora | Mittwoch, November 11, 2020 | Get informed
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...
von Thom | Mittwoch, Oktober 28, 2020 | Get informed
Animals stuck in rooms are apparently a great source for idioms. Remember our post about there being „no room to swing a cat“? Today we will finally address the elephant in the room. Parts of this idiom are fairly straightforward. It is easy to imagine a...
von Camila Otálora | Mittwoch, Juli 22, 2020 | Get informed
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...
von Camila Otálora | Mittwoch, Juli 8, 2020 | Get informed
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...