Tag: up in the air

  • Bet your bottom dollar

    Bet your bottom dollar

    Phrase: Bet your bottom dollar I’m not a betting man, but when the Japanese government approved Integrated Resorts (IR) with gambling casinos, I told my wife she could bet her bottom dollar there would be corruption and scandal. Well, there are no IRs yet, but the corruption and scandal are here all the same. On…

  • Up in the air

    Up in the air

    Idiom: Up in the air Decisions, decisions, decisions we all have to make; some are harder than others, and most of them are up in the air. What can we do about it? Making decisions is like death and taxes: inevitable. One of the main challenges with making decisions is the knock-on effect. Our decision affects all…

  • Leave someone/something in your wake

    Leave someone/something in your wake

    English Expression: Leave someone in your wake There are two ways to look at this Expression. First, leave someone in your wake can mean to pass them in a race or competition of some kind.  Of course, it’s never nice to experience someone passing you in a race, but the expression itself is neither negative…

  • Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it

    Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it

    Adage: Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it Wow! This one is quite long. It may be long, but the meaning is pretty easy, actually. Think about it this way: You watch a movie that has a cute chimpanzee in it. You tell your friend that it would be cool…