Tag: go sideways
Hit rock bottom
Idiom: Hit rock bottom The climb up is so very hard, but once you begin to tumble down, it is easy to keep going until you hit rock bottom. We use this expression to mean you’re at an extremely low point and unable to go any lower. Now, no one wishes to hit rock bottom,…
Shoulder the blame
Phrase: Shoulder the blame Many people are quite willing to blame others when things go sideways, but few volunteer to shoulder the blame themselves. Think about blame as a heavy burden that people have to carry. Often, we may carry something heavy on our shoulders. Therefore, we can use the word shoulder as a verb…
Go sideways
WotD: Go sideways It always happens at the most inopportune times. When you think everything’s okay, it all goes sideways, which means going wrong or getting worse. It’s a term that’s been around for quite a while but increased in popularity after 2000. I hadn’t heard it used very much until after the subprime mortgage…
Fall guy
Word of the Day: Fall guy Nobody wants to be the fall guy, so you better be sure you know who your friends are. The fall guy is the person who gets the blame when something goes wrong, or they are the person blamed for a crime they did not commit. Most of the time, the person who…
Bite off more than you can chew
English Idiom: Bite off more than you can chew Have you ever felt like you were trying to do too much? Have you ever considered you are burning the candle at both ends? If you answered yes to these questions, you probably bit off more than you can chew. When people bite off more than…
