Tag: Fly the coop
Downsize
Word of the Day: Downsize Downsizing has become a trend over the past 15-20 years. It used to be that a couple got married, purchased a house, raised their family and then lived out their retirement in the same home. Now, the family home is seen as an investment for the future. The house you raise…
Jailbird
Word of the Day: Jailbird Informally, a person who is in jail is a jailbird. Usually, they’re habitual criminals or an individual who has been in and out of jail many times. Calling someone a jailbird is not a very nice thing to do. It’s a sort of insult, but it is not a swear…
Nest egg
Word of the Day: Nest egg If you listen to your financial adviser, they will tell you that if you want to retire and maintain a lifestyle similar to the one you enjoy now, you will have to put away quite a substantial nest egg. That’s right; if you haven’t started already, you should be…
Fly the coop
English Idiom: Fly the coop To fly the coop means to escape. Think about chickens on a small farm. The little building in which people keep chickens is called a chicken coop. Sometimes when the door is open, a chicken will escape. If you are in a situation that you do not like, such as…
Empty nester
Word of the Day: Empty nester This term has been around since the early 1960s, so it is not an old term nor a new one. An empty nester is a person whose children have grown up and left the nest (home), and now the parents are left in an empty house (nest) that is…
