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Words & Their Stories

'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)
Start Off on the Right Foot (2021/8/1)
Summer Fun with Family Expressions (2021/7/25)
What 'Strikes a Chord' with You? (2021/7/18)
Time to Get ‘Back on That Horse’ (2021/7/11)
It's Time for Your ‘Day in the Sun’ (2021/7/4)
You Don't Have to Sing to 'Preach to the Choir' (2021/6/27)
Funny, Or Not So Funny, Things Dad Say (2021/6/20)
‘Stepping-Stone’ Is a Way Up and Out (2021/6/13)
Falling 'Down the Rabbit Hole' (2021/6/6)
Deciding by a ‘Flip of a Coin’ (2021/5/30)
What Happens When Insects Get in Our Idioms? (2021/5/23)
Don't Get Caught in a 'Whirlwind' (2021/5/16)
What It Means to Be a ‘Stick in the Mud’ (2021/5/2)
Be Brave: 'Go Out on a Limb'! (2021/4/25)
Time to 'Get Your Hands Dirty' (2021/4/18)
'Climbing the Ladder' to Success (2021/4/11)
Making Things 'from Scratch' (2021/4/4)
What Is NIMBY? (2021/3/28)

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