Tag: nothing to write home about
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Run wild
Word of the Day: Run wild We should encourage young people to let their imaginations run wild. As we do that, we should also create a system to nurture the creativity, spontaneity and gaiety that comes from it. There are two negative nuances to letting things or people run wild. The first is to behave…
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Punch above your weight
Idiom: Punch above your weight Writing a post a day is not easy. There are times when I think I’ve taken on too much and am punching above my weight. I had never wanted to be an author, publisher or even an English teacher. Originally, I wanted to be a carpenter, but I became a…
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Garden-variety
Word of the Day: Garden-variety From time to time you may hear someone referring to something such as a housecat, for instance, as being garden-variety. Referring to something as garden-variety means that it is ubiquitous and ordinary, or in other words, nothing special. Most regular people lead garden-variety lives by living in ubiquitous apartments, having…
