#idiomoftheday

[minister-erik]

LOOKING DUMB (giving the expressions/impression that you have no intellectual thoughts) - Composition Friday

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[just-english-ielts]

Often those who are learning English or want to improve it , fall short of appropriate words , idioms or phrases to express themselves. So here are few of them:

Native Idioms, Phases and Collocations

Stop beating about the bush. Come to the point.

Sachin is going to call it a day.

The belief in witchcraft is losing ground.

He gave up smoking.

He made a fortune from the new business.

He wants to get the job done by hook or by crook.

Of late, I have not been able to sleep well.

To reap the harvest of hardwork, patience is a good quality.

On the spur of the moment, he resigned.

His joke really cracked me up.

Struggles are part and parcel of everyday life.

To get the job, I had to pull a few strings.

Books like these are a dime a dozen these days.

The current effort to reduce pollution is a drop in the bucket.

** These group of words can be used in speaking or informal writing or daily conversations to sound more natural. **

[twinkdrama]

the lights are on but no ones home

[ci-lan]

[yun-plans]

Currently 咖啡 ☕️ is one of my favorite words… probably because I have a raging coffee addiction… but also… I kind of really like how the strokes are laid out, that word makes my brain happy to look at.

This is Loki, (第四小猫）one of the study buddies… adorable, yes… motivated… not so much.

I also found a new favorite idiom today (which, to be fair, I haven’t delved too deeply into idioms yet) but:

爱屋及乌 / ai wu- ji wu

(Lit.) Love the house and it’s crows

Or rather love for a person extends even to the crows that perch upon the roof of his/her house.

e.g. - to love absolutely everything there is about a person

I think that is a really beautiful sentiment 🥰

[sources:

• screenshot from Drops Language app:

Word by word, Drops helps you learn new vocabulary through fun, fast-paced games with simple mnemonic images in just 5 minutes a day.

• idiom definition: Pleco Dictionary application]

[simplewaterz]

Funny idioms from 10 countries. Comment an idiom from yours !

[hindisoup]

• 100 days: LANGUAGE CHALLENGE • Day 21

समय - time (masculine) पंख - wing (masculine) पंख लगाना - to spread wings (verb, transitive) उड़ना - to fly (verb, intransitive)

The कर-construction, ie. conjunctive, conveys the meaning of actions happening in a sequence. Literally: having spread [it's] wings the time flew.

[liefdesverdriiet]

“E” is the most common letter in French. Do you know that? 🇫🇷

It makes sense that “e” is the most used letter in the language. Think about all the common words with this letter.

Je (I), elle (she), au revoir (goodbye), merci (thank you), “France” (France), vie (life).. “E” is everywhere!

Not to mention, four of the language’s four accent marks can be used with the letter “e,” more than any other letter in the French alphabet. That’s a lot of opportunities to use “e!”