Tag: idioms

No Qualms (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #752 To Have no Qualms… (with transcript) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/752-To-Have-no-Qualms—-with-transcript-e2jbmoi

To have no qualms,
Scotland gets a new First Minister who says he wants to eliminate child poverty.
My thoughts on Miss World and beauty contests.

Full Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ai6G0i621YlF94L9p7Ox-SH4c8dav5VJhVWcYBuQRFo/edit?usp=sharing

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To be Rigged (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #747 To be Rigged (with transcript) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/747-To-be-Rigged-with-transcript-e2j5dfn

Transcript https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EAOtcKX3LOgmTEWRU5SaEV4pLLDDtzx9/view?usp=drivesdk

Today’s phrase is to be rigged. Now when something is rigged, it is believed that it’s operated using deceit or some kind of malicious behaviour to promote a desired outcome. Now, let me just give you some examples to show you what I mean:

So, if we say, for example, 

We had an election today to vote for our Union leader but I honestly believe the election is rigged. 

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In a Quandary (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #682 In a Quandary (with transcript).

I look at the phrase “in a quandary” and discuss students who sometimes become confused while learning.

https://anchor.fm/joseph-mc42/episodes/682-In-a-Quandary-with-transcript-e2geaf6

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14FKIA9KlmhM_-HmFXas4WFEXaSc9261B/view?usp=drivesdk

The Phrase “To Play Out” (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #678 To Play Out (with transcript)

The phrase to Play Out, a British Falklands Helicopter becomes  a bedroom and Glamping, the new version of Camping. https://anchor.fm/joseph-mc42/episodes/678-To-Play-Out-with-transcript-e2g84p1

Transcript : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ri4VbtFpyQGVP13m9KD5_4RqGFFVm4m8/view?usp=drivesdk

Examples of “Head nor Tail”

More examples, supporting my podcast from this morning.

  1. I’ve read the instructions for the new software several times, but I can make neither head nor tail of them.
  2. After listening to the lecture, I could make neither head nor tail of the professor’s main argument.
  3. She told me her plans for the weekend, but I could make neither head nor tail of what she actually intends to do.
  4. The plot of the movie was so complicated that I could make neither head nor tail of it by the end.
  5. I received an email from the bank about my account, but I can make neither head nor tail of its content.
  6. He gave me directions to his house over the phone, but I could make neither head nor tail of them and got lost.
  7. The witness’s testimony was so contradictory that the jury could make neither head nor tail of it.
  8. I tried reading the philosophical text, but I could make neither head nor tail of the author’s theories.
  9. The financial report was filled with so much jargon that I could make neither head nor tail of our company’s performance.
  10. After trying to decipher the ancient manuscript, the historian admitted that he could make neither head nor tail of its meaning.

A song with Collocations and Idioms — Mary’s English Blog

The English language is full of collocations and idioms. By collocations, I mean words that naturally go together like ‘high hopes‘, ‘heavy rain‘, and ‘make friends‘. We don’t say ‘tall hopes’, ‘huge rain‘ or ‘produce friends‘. Idioms are expressions whose meaning cannot be predicted by the words in the expression; for example, ‘to kick the […]

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The #Goldengirls theme #idioms

The Youtube clip is here

Today’s Idiom: “to throw a party” which means to arrange or make a party

Lyrics:

Thank you for being a friend

Travelled down the road and back again

Your heart is true you ‘re  a pal and a confidant.

And if you threw a party

Invited everyone you ever knew

You would see the biggest gift would be from me

And the card attached would say thank you for being a friend.

#idioms in the song Alone by #annwilson

Todays Idiom can be found in this song on youtube

“And now It chills me to the Bone” – to be afraid of something  (or to be extremely cold)

I hear the ticking of the clock
I’m lying here the room’s pitch dark
I wonder where you are tonight
No answer on the telephone
And the night goes by so very slow
Oh I hope that it won’t end though
Alone

Till now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
And now it chills me to the bone
How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone

You don’t know how long I have wanted
To touch your lips and hold you tight, oh
You don’t know how long I have waited
and I was going to tell you tonight
But the secret is still my own
and my love for you is still unknown
Alone
Till now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
And now it chills me to the bone
How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone

How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone
Alone, alone