BLAST FROM THE PAST: Panic buying

This episode was first published on Thursday, May 7, 2021. Our Word of the Day is ‘panic buying.’ Panic buying results out of fear. It is a natural way for people to react to a perceived threat. They want have control so they buy stuff. 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/PanicBuying Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. You listen to the podcast episodes. 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 (NUMBER) terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure means it's easier to prevent bad things from happening than it is to recover from them. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/AnOunceOfPrevention Caught short: When someone says they were caught short they mean they suddenly had to use the bathroom but there was no bathroom around for them to use. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/CaughtShort Out of your hands: Once something is out of your hands, you no longer have responsibility for it because someone else is now in charge. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/OutOfYourHands