Tag: a roof over your head
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Have it together
Phrase: Have it together We all live life at our own pace. Some of us get it together reasonably quickly, while others take longer than usual. Those who have it together live sensibly. They have a roof over their heads, can pay the bills and no longer act foolishly and make mistakes as they did in their youth. That’s…
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A roof over your head
Phrase: A roof over your head The meaning of today’s phrase, a roof over your head, may seem straightforward and require little explanation. However, English is such a tricky language that students are trained to think everything has an alternate meaning. Perhaps most of the time, that’s true, but not with this phrase. To have a roof…
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Live rough
WotD: Live rough I’ve travelled a lot in my time, but some of the biggest shocks and most vivid memories I have are of seeing people live rough on the streets of big cities. I grew up in a small rural town of about 1,200 people. There were no homeless. Yes, there were a lot of poor…
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Work your fingers to the bone
Idiom: Work your fingers to the bone You work your fingers to the bone and then retire. Does that sound like the story of your life so far? There’s no shame in hard work. Most societies value hard work and honour it as an example for others to follow. Canada, the United States, Australia, Japan and China…
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Keep your head above water
Idiom: Keep your head above water Are you able to say that you can keep your head above water? In the financial sense, I mean. Our friendly little sea turtle here has no problem doing it, but she has no money worries to keep her up at night. From the time we enter adulthood until the day…
