Tag: run out of steam
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Pull something out of a hat
English Phrase: Pull (something) out of a hat/thin air You’ve seen magicians do it in cartoons. They reach in and pull a rabbit out of a hat, or perhaps your uncle has reached behind your ear and pulled a coin out of thin air. I can’t tell you how they do it because it’s magic,…
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Run out of steam
English Expression: Run out of steam As we saw with the idiom I introduced yesterday, a head of steam means to build up momentum and become successful. Well, today’s expression run out of steam is the opposite. If you run out of steam, you lose momentum or enthusiasm for something and fail or give up. We…
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Momentum
Word of the Day: Momentum Momentum is a physical force that keeps you moving in a forward direction. Regarding people, it can be similar to desire determination, which comes from within ourselves. As we can see with my example of Hiroshi, his enthusiasm ran out of steam. Hiroshi lost his internal momentum, desire, and determination…
