Tag: once in a blue moon
Main squeeze
Wednesday Email: Main squeeze Only yesterday, I read that over 30% of Japanese are lonely. Imagine that. I suppose they don’t have a main squeeze or a squeeze of any ranking, for that matter. Someone’s main squeeze is their main girlfriend, boyfriend, or lover. Of course, the implication is that a person, a man or…
Bend the rules
Idiom: Bend the rules Rules are not always hard and fast limitations that must be followed to the letter. It’s not good to break the rules because they were made for a reason, but we can bend the rules on occasion. When we bend the rules, we allow someone to do something that they usually…
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…
Once in a blue moon
Phrase: Once in a blue moon The phrase once in a blue moon means that something occurs infrequently or very rarely. The strange thing is, though, that blue moons – real blue moons – themselves regularly occur every two and a half to three years. Oh, and I should mention that blue moons are not…
Start from Scratch
Expression: Start from Scratch Our busy modern lifestyle means people don’t have enough time to start from scratch when preparing meals anymore, or at least that’s what they say. That’s one reason why prepared meal delivery services are becoming so popular. It’s the same for me, but I like to prepare something from scratch now and then. I like…
Make a good fist/poor fist of something
English Idiom: Make a good/poor fist of (something) This is an idiom that my students and I came across in one of our classes. It is a British and Australian idiom, and I must admit that even though I had spent quite a bit of time in Oz, I had not heard it used before.…
