Tag: get away from it all
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King of the road
WotD: King of the Road Everyone wants to feel like they are the king of the road. You may have heard the song “King of the Road” by Roger Miller – it perfectly captures the joy of the open road and that footloose and fancy-free spirit. Imagine being the king of the road, going wherever…
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Peter Pan Syndrome
Word of the Day: Peter Pan Syndrome Have you ever met a person who seems never to want to grow up? They could be experiencing Peter Pan Syndrome. I think we can call it a kind of escapism in which an adult doesn’t want to participate in adult behaviour. People with Peter Pan Syndrome choose…
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In the back of beyond
Phrase: In the back of beyond Have you ever been there or wanted to go there? Have you wanted to get away from it all, to disappear for a while in the back of beyond? I know you have. You’ve done what everyone else has done. You’ve looked at pictures of Iceland, Greenland, the Amazon…
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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…
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In the middle of nowhere
Phrase: In the middle of nowhere Sometimes, the best place to be is in the middle of nowhere. Life can get too crazy if you live in a big city; there’s too much happening, and from time to time, people need to get away from it all. One of the best places to find quiet…
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Steampunk
Word of the Day: Steampunk Steampunk is both a genre of science fiction and a type of subculture. As you can guess from the name, it comes from the age of steam in the 19th century when there was no electricity and no internal combustion engine. Think about Jules Verne or Phillip Pullman, and you…
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Staycation
WotD: Staycation When I was young and foolish, I travelled extensively. Actually, I was a backpacker for ten years. As I got older and wiser (my wife disagrees with the wiser part), I lost the travel bug, and now I prefer staycations. A staycation is a vacation that you take close to home. It’s a…
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Get away from it all
Idiom: Get away from it all Do you ever feel like it’s time to get away from it all? When you get away from it all, you leave the stress of daily life behind you and go somewhere you can be happy, slow down and enjoy life. Work, work, work. I bet you think you…
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
English Proverb: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy Now, this is a wonderful proverb to follow in summer. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy means if a person spends too much time working and not enough time relaxing and enjoying life, they will become bored, and their…
