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The Best Way Is 'Tried-and-True' (2022/9/25)
This Is 'The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread'! (2022/9/18)
Who Would 'Bring Sand to the Beach'? (2022/9/11)
Where Is the 'Wrong Side of the Tracks'? (2022/9/4)
Blaming Others With a Goat: A 'Scapegoat' (2022/8/28)
'The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions' (2022/8/21)

Problems Happen When You Are 'Asleep at the Wheel' (2022/8/14)
Learn How to 'Read the Room' (2022/8/7)
Stay on Time with Clock, Watch Expressions (2022/7/31)
Let the 'Doors of Opportunity' Open Wide! (2022/7/24)
Solving Problems with Sleep Expressions (2022/7/17)
Got Something to Hide? Try 'Sweeping It Under the Rug' (2022/7/10)
Use a Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut (2022/7/3)
English’s ‘Mile’ Expressions Are a Mile Long (2022/6/26)
'Full Steam Ahead!' (2022/6/19)
Use the 'Ocean' to Express Big Thoughts (2022/6/12)
Describing Things That Happen Very Fast (2022/6/5)
Do Your Best with This Car Expression (2022/5/29)
'Airbrush' Your Way to Perfection (2022/5/22)
You 'Hit the Jackpot!' (2022/5/15)

Let's Get to the 'Root of the Problem' (2022/5/8)
What Does It Mean to 'Hit the Nail on the Head'? (2022/5/1)
Are You Guilty of 'Sitting on the Fence?' (2022/4/24)
What Does It Mean to Get the 'Greenlight?' (2022/4/17)
'April Showers Bring May Flowers' (2022/4/10)
'Fresh As a Daisy,' Other Daisy Expressions (2022/4/3)
Hope Springs Eternal (2022/3/27)
Are You a ‘Big Fish in a Small Pond?' (2022/3/20)
Do You Believe the 'Grass Is Always Greener'? (2022/3/13)
Two Gold Expressions (2022/3/6)
Learn to Be Careful with the Alphabet (2022/2/27)
'Sugarcoat' Pills and Bad News (2022/2/20)
Let Something 'Pull at Your Heartstrings' (2022/2/13)
Wordle: The Game that Quickly Became an Internet Hit (2022/2/6)
Do You Feel Stuck in 'Groundhog Day'? (2022/1/30)
Sometimes It Is Better 'To Let Sleeping Dogs Lie' (2022/1/23)
Is It Time to 'Clean House'? (2022/1/16)
Doctors and Nurses (2022/1/9)
'Trash Talk' and Other Trashy Expressions (2022/1/2)
Boxing Day and Box Expressions (2021/12/26)

‘Omicron’ and ‘Eilish’ Among Most Mispronounced Words of 2021 (2021/12/19)
Expressions to Help You Stay Healthy (2021/12/12)
Vaccine or Vax for Word of the Year (2021/12/5)
It's OK to 'Take a Page from Someone Else's Book' (2021/11/28)
Dots and Spots (2021/11/21)
Let's Talk About Our Shadow (2021/11/14)
455 New Words Added to Dictionary (2021/11/7)
Eek! Ghosts in our Expressions (2021/10/31)
It's Nothing but Trouble to 'Let The Genie out of the Bottle' (2021/10/24)
Have Your ‘Chickens Come Home to Roost?' (2021/10/17)
A Leopard Doesn't Change Its Spots (2021/10/10)
The 'Burn Everything' Policy (2021/10/3)
Monkeys Cause the Best Kind of Trouble (2021/9/26)
Time Wasters: Lollygag and Dillydally (2021/9/19)
'That Train Has Left the Station!' (or...It's too late) (2021/9/12)
Bed Expressions (2021/9/5)
‘Heyday’ Is The Best of Times (2021/8/29)
Don't Sweat It and Other Sweaty Expressions (2021/8/22)
What Does It Mean To Be 'On the Nose?' (2021/8/15)
Expressions for Getting Things Done (2021/8/8)

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