Tag: eyeopener
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Like chalk and cheese
Simile: Like chalk and cheese The simile, like chalk and cheese, is an idiomatic expression indicating the vast differences between two things, just like living in Canada and Japan. Take, for example, my life journey. Splitting my time between Canada, the land of maple syrup, beaver tails, jigs dinner and pea soup, and Japan, the…
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Opposites attract
Word of the Day: Opposites attract Children are often amazed when they learn how, with magnets, opposites attract. I can remember playing for hours and hours with a piece of cardboard and a set of magnets. I’d put one on top and the other below. By manipulating the one below, I could make the one…
