Idiom: Bend the rules

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Sunday, June 28, 2020. Our idiom is ‘bend the rules.’ When we bend the rules, we allow someone to do something that they usually cannot do. Bending the rules can make others feel jealous. 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/BendTheRules 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 two terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Go to hell in a handbasket: When someone says everything is going to hell in a handbasket, they mean that things are deteriorating or getting worse very quickly. https://b.link/WednesdayGoToHellinAHandbasket Once in a blue moon: Once in a blue moon is used to refer to things that happen exceptionally rarely. The funny thing is, blue moons occur every three years or so. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/OnceInABlueMoonthat