Tag: the best thing since sliced bread
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Put (someone) up on a pedestal
Phrase: Put (someone) up on a pedestal Around America and in Britain, statues were hauled down from pedestals and even thrown into harbours in some cases. I used to think the fall of Saddam’s statue in Iraq was pretty cool. This all just goes to show the danger of putting someone up on a pedestal.…
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To die for
Idiom: To die for English is a language which seems to have been designed to frustrate, irritate and confuse its learners. Let’s take the idiom to die for as an example. When you say something is to die for, you mean it is fantastic, wonderful or highly desirable. We generally look at death as an unwelcome thing.…
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The daily grind
Idiom: The daily grind It’s the first of April! YAY! Spring is in the air, and that means that many newly graduated university students will be starting their new jobs. Let me be one of the first to welcome them to the daily grind. That’s right, the first month or so will be very exciting.…
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The best thing since sliced bread
Expression: The best thing since sliced bread If someone is excited about something, such as a new idea or product, they can say they are excited about it, or they can say it is the best thing since sliced bread. The invention of sliced bread was so great that it became an idiom, meaning a…
