Tag: come to light
Lost to history
Phrase: Lost to history Being lost to history can happen for various reasons. It could be due to a lack of interest or significance at the time, or the documentation may have been destroyed or lost. Whatever the reason may be, those who are lost to history are often overlooked and forgotten, leaving them to…
Double Jeopardy
WotD: Double Jeopardy To explain double jeopardy, we’ll first have to step into the law courts and then into the life of a middle-aged woman. I know it sounds complicated, but bear with me here. Under North American laws, a person cannot be tried for the same criminal offence twice. What that means is if…
Bogus
Word of the Day: Bogus I’m not sure what you think, but to me, some English words, such as bogus, just look and sound funny. If something is described as bogus, then it’s not real or legal. It’s counterfeit. Unfortunately, the origin of today’s word has been lost to history. After a bit of research,…
Sweep under the carpet
Idiom: Sweep under the carpet Problems occur in life, and how we face them determines what kind of person we are. We could do the cowardly thing, sweep them under the carpet and hope they go away. The thing is, they never do. The other option is to face the problem head-on, challenge it, deal with it…
Come to light
Idiom: Come to light Everyone has secrets, and eventually, they all come to light. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you are or your walk of life. A secret is only a secret so long as you don’t tell anyone – not a living soul. It is no longer a secret once you share your secret…
Cook the books
English Idiom: Cook the books If you have been following Japanese politics recently, the Moritomo Gakuen scandal is a perfect example of the idiom cook the books. The head of the Japanese Land Ministry appeared in the diet to give testimony about the scandal. After giving his evidence, the official records, which the ministry keeps, were…
Gaslight
WotD: Gaslight (verb) One person will gaslight another by trying to make them believe something that is not true. It’s a type of psychological abuse. Yes, it can be used as a verb. There are numerous examples of kidnapped people being gaslighted. I can remember an incident in Japan; I think it was in Saitama,…
