Tag: lurch
Lurch
Word of the Day: (in the) lurch Ok, so earlier today, I explained the idiom ‘leave (somebody) in the lurch,’ but you are probably wondering what the heck a ‘lurch‘ is. If you play the card game cribbage, a ‘lurch‘ is when you defeat your opponent by double their score. YAY! But we are not…
Leave (somebody) in the lurch
English Idiom: Leave (somebody) in the lurch The Brexit vote is over. The Bremain side lost, and the Brexit team were the victors. Now what? This is how it feels to be left in the lurch. I’m a bit of a politics junky, so I somewhat enjoy being left in the lurch, but it appears…
