Tag: stand on your own two feet
Down for the count
Idiom: Down for the count Down for the count is an idiom that originated in boxing. It describes a boxer who is down for the count, knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to ten and declared unable to continue the fight. Outside of the boxing ring, down for the…
Safety net
WotD: Safety net You know, in many ways, life is not fair. Some of us can go through life and never require a safety net. Others of us have been able to take advantage of a safety net when we needed it, and yet for others, there never was a safety net, and they fell…
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you
Phrase: Don’t bite the hand that feeds you Helping someone out of the goodness of your heart is considered a virtue. Likewise, you should never bite the hand that feeds you. I used to work for a Lebanese man who was a very good person. He was the type of person who would bend over…
Like a drunken sailor
Idiom: (Spend money) like a drunken sailor Money! You can never have enough! Most of us try to save as much as possible, while others spend money like a drunken sailor. From the moment we learn the significance of money and want to stand on our own two feet, we enter into a ceaseless quest…
Bite the dust
Idiom: Bite the dust Here we are, nine months into a pandemic few of us saw coming and none of us want to be experiencing. It’s quite sad, but many businesses that were thriving this time last year have already bit the dust. They are gone, victims of an unfair natural phenomenon. Mostly it’s through…
