Tag: take the cake
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Wolf down
WotD: Wolf down Working as an assistant language teacher (ALT) in Japan is a great way to expose yourself to the grassroots of Japanese culture. You’ll see how students in sports clubs wolf down their food with unbelievable speed. When you wolf food down, you eat as much as you can as quickly as possible…
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Half measures
WotD: Half-measures If you are going to do something, do it right the first time. Don’t play around with half-measures. Half measures are actions or plans that only achieve part of what you intended to achieve. In my personal opinion, in Western countries, the coronavirus pandemic has been as bad as it has been due…
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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…
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Green thumb
WotD: Green thumb I was having a conversation with a student the other day about Biophilic Design. She told me she doesn’t have a green thumb because every potted plant she has had has died. This lady must remain anonymous to protect her identity because she may be charged with planticide. {It’s a joke. Homicide…
