BLAST FROM THE PAST: Throw caution to the wind

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Friday, July 10, 2020. The phrase we are looking at today is ‘throw caution to the wind.’ When you throw caution to the wind, you stop worrying about the risks or consequences of a decision and go for it. 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/ThrowCautionToTheWind 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 three terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Leap of faith: When you take a leap of faith, you believe something that is not very easy to believe. It does not have to be related to religious beliefs.1 https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LeapOfFaith Nothing ventured, nothing gained: In English, we have the proverb nothing ventured, nothing gained. It means that if you don’t try, you’ll never succeed. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/nothingVenturedNothingGained Try your hand at (something): When a person tries their hand at something they attempt to do something which is new to them. We learn by trying our hand at something new. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/TryYourHandAt