Tag: put your foot in it
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…
Take the cake
Phrase: Take the cake Japan has had a plethora of PMs (Prime Ministers) while I’ve lived here, but Suga takes the cake. So, what do I mean by that? Of course, explaining the phrase is the point of this little post, and I hoped you would not know what it means. Take the cake is…
Put your foot in it
Idiom: Put your foot in it One of the first posts I ever wrote on my blog was we are all English students. Today’s phrase is an excellent example of the truth of that. For me, growing up as a white Canadian of Irish ancestry in Newfoundland, Canada, putting your foot in it means accidentally…
