Tag: get off easy

  • With a vengeance

    With a vengeance

    Phrase: With a vengeance Japanese people seem to be a little nervous at the moment. It’s not because of the spread of the coronavirus. It’s due to the early start of the rainy season. Everyone is hoping this doesn’t mean summer will hit with a vengeance when it arrives. Hay fever season began early this…

  • Face the music

    Face the music

    Phrase: Face the music Have you ever made a mistake or done something stupid and had to face the music afterward? Of course, you have. We have all had to face the music at one point in our lives or another. The unfortunate ones have had to face the music more than once. Let me…

  • Get off (easy)

    Get off (easy)

    WotD: Get off (easy) You do the crime, you do the time, as the saying goes, but many people feel criminals get off easy. There is considerable debate about the appropriate punishment for any particular crime when it comes to crime and punishment. For Christians, the Old Testament says an eye for an eye. In other…

  • School of hard knocks

    School of hard knocks

    Idiom: School of hard knocks Most of us do not want to go to school when we’re young. Many of us do not want to return to school once we have graduated. None of us ever want to go to the school of hard knocks. No matter how challenging formal education is, it is never…

  • If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime

    If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime

    English Expression: If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime is an expression often said to criminals who don’t want to go to jail. It comes from common sense. If you can’t accept the consequences of doing something wrong, you shouldn’t have done…