Tag: live and learn

  • Be a thing

    Be a thing

    WotD: Be a thing Every business person wants their product to be a thing, and almost every famous person wants to be a thing, too. When someone or something is a thing, it/they are well known and recognized. It often refers to fads. So many have been a thing in Japan since I came here…

  • Stick to your guns

    Stick to your guns

    Idiom: Stick to your guns So, as I said yesterday, I’m going to be 146 years old in a day or so. No, I’ll be 46. I only felt like 146 when I got up at 5:30 am. Anyway, one thing I have learned is that you have to stick to your guns if you…

  • Live and learn

    Live and learn

    Phrase: Live and learn If you are a regular reader of these posts, you already know about the school of hard knocks. Well, live and learn is Hard Knocks for Dummies. We can’t attain all our knowledge from books. Sometimes we can only learn from experience.  It’s rare to find Mr. or Mrs. Right the…