Tag: fall on deaf ears
Bottom line
WotD: Bottom line If you’re keen to improve your English, you’ve already read my post from yesterday about advice falling on deaf ears. Therefore, it won’t be too much of a stretch for you to understand that when we give advice or make a suggestion, we often try to get to the bottom line. What is the bottom…
Fall on deaf ears
Idiom: Fall on deaf ears Have you ever suggested someone only to have it fall on deaf ears? You can get a lot of satisfaction from a situation like this when you say I told you so in the end. Of course, if you’re reading my blog, you are not a smug or evil person. Therefore, you would…
No harm, no foul
Phrase: No harm, no foul To begin with, I chose today’s picture for no harm, no foul as a play on words. Did you get a little chuckle out of it, or did it at least make you smile? Foul – fowl, a bird is a fowl – It’s a play on words. No matter; let’s give it…
Huff
Word of the Day: Huff (verb) Today, I will introduce huff, which we can use as a verb, such as ‘What are you huffing about now?’ Huff means to say something in an angry, upset or annoyed way. You don’t have to yell at somebody to act angry. When you speak, the tone of your voice can…
