Tag: be your own worst enemy
Pooh-pooh
WotD: Pooh-pooh Have you ever had your ideas or dreams dismissed or belittled by someone else? It can be a frustrating and discouraging experience. Unfortunately, this type of behaviour is common in our society. People often pooh-pooh the ideas of others, intentionally or unintentionally, without realizing their impact. When you pooh-pooh something, you say it…
The morning after the night before
Phrase: The morning after the night before Are you a party animal? Do you know the feeling of waking up and feeling like you’ve been hit by a truck? If you have answered yes, then today’s phrase is for you because you already know what it means to experience the morning after the night before.…
Rise from the ashes
Idiom: Rise from the ashes We use the phrase rise from the ashes to encourage people to be renewed after suffering destruction of some kind. People often comment on how remarkable it was if someone was able to pick themselves up, dust themselves off and get on with life after experiencing a traumatic event. It…
Take its toll
Phrase: Take its toll If you look at the news, you’ll quickly see that the lockdown is taking its toll. People are starting to come apart at the seams. When something takes its toll, it causes you some harm or causes you to suffer in some way. I’ve been working from home for a little…
Asking for trouble
English Phrase: Asking for trouble Sometimes, the things we do are nothing but asking for trouble. To be asking for trouble means to be doing something that is going to get you into trouble. Often, it’s something stupid and foolish. Whether it’s intentional or not, we humans are often our own worst enemies. I can’t…
Dig your own grave
English Idiom: Dig your own grave The countdown has begun. It’s only one week until the big day. There’s something about Halloween that causes people to let loose, do stupid things, and, as a result, dig their own graves. Until November first, I’ll be featuring a Halloween-themed word, phrase or idiom each day. My favourite…
Second-guess
WotD: Second-guess There are two ways to look at the meaning of second-guessing. The first is to criticize someone after the fact. What I mean is that after you have completed something, someone else tells you what you should have done or how they would have done it better. In other words, they’re second-guessing you. Don’t you…
Your own worst enemy
Phrase: Be your own worst enemy Sometimes, even though you bend over backwards trying to prevent someone from having problems, they always get into trouble because they are their own worst enemy. You can try, but some people just can’t be helped. When someone is their own worst enemy, they cause most of the problems…
Jaywalk
Word of the Day: Jaywalk When you jaywalk you cross the street illegally, i.e., not in at a crosswalk or intersection or dangerously such as on a Don’t Walk sign. Jaywalk comes from the term Jay-driver which was a person who drove their car or horse and carriage on the wrong side of the road.…
Shoot yourself in the foot
Idiom: Shoot yourself in the foot If you shoot yourself in the foot, you make things unnecessarily difficult for yourself by saying or doing something you shouldn’t. Politicians do this all the time. The current president of the United States shoots himself in the foot daily. If you read his Twitter account, you will…
