Category: idioms

Holidays are scattered throughout the year to keep mankind from throttling each other in boredom, so use this season to relax and have some fun! To download high resolution poster click here. Embed this image to your site: [Infographic provided by Grammar.net] Visit Friends and Family Christmas is a time for appreciating those we care…

English and music evolve constantly and have a tendency to affect each other; a surprising number of idioms have come from music. To download high resolution poster click here. Embed this image to your site: [Infographic provided by Grammar.net] Chin Music Meaningless talk is “chin music”. “Stop the chin music and give me some solutions.”…

Love is blind The “blindness” of love is not just a sentiment of English literature; modern research shows that the parts of the brain which control critical thinking are suppressed by feelings of love. Shakespeare used this saying several times, including in The Merchant Of Venice. I am glad ’tis night, you do not look…

When springtime arrives, the poet in all us comes alive. Sunnier days, fresh rains, budding trees and the first garden blooms caused Christina Rossetti to proclaim, “Spring is when life’s alive in everything,” and Doug Larsen to remark, “Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.” Winter’s no longer…