Tag: put off

  • Put off

    Put off

    WotD: Put off You may not have been left standing at the altar on your wedding day, but chances are you have been put off a few times. Things don’t always go according to plan, and events or meetings have to be postponed or even cancelled, which is one of the meanings of the phrasal…

  • But for

    But for

    English Phrase: But for Here we are. We have a coordinating conjunction and a preposition – two of my students’ least favourite things in the entire world. Now, I have to explain how to use these two highly disliked things together as a phrase. I’ve put off writing this one. Now it is the last…

  • Up in the air

    Up in the air

    Idiom: Up in the air Decisions, decisions, decisions we all have to make; some are harder than others, and most of them are up in the air. What can we do about it? Making decisions is like death and taxes: inevitable. One of the main challenges with making decisions is the knock-on effect. Our decision affects all…