BLAST FROM THE PAST Idiom: Hit rock bottom

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Friday, July 3, 2021. Our idiom is ‘hit rock bottom.’ When you hit rock bottom, you're at an extremely low point and unable to go any lower. It may be financially, emotionally or physically. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/HitRockBottom Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. You listen to the posts. Now check to see if you learned from what you heard. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz I also offer FREE 20-minute lessons twice a month for anyone. All you have to do is sign up to win. Look under Book a Private Lesson at ArtisanEnglish.jp for Saturday Free-For-Anyone https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SatFree4Any1and Sunday Free-For-Anyone  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SunFree4Any1. Below are four terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Binge-watch: To binge-watch means to watch multiple episodes or perhaps even a full season of a television program in one sitting. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/BingeWatch Go sideways: It always happens at the most inopportune times. When you think everything's fine, it'll go sideways, which means to go wrong or get worse. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/GoSideways Look on the bright side: When you look on the bright side, you refuse to focus on the negative and instead focus on the positive. Positivity is a conscious choice. https://b.link/WednesdayOnTheBrightSide Pull yourself up by the bootstraps: To pull yourself up by the bootstraps means to improve your circumstances through your efforts instead of depending on others for help. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/PullYourselfUpByTheBootstraps