Idiom: Go nuclear

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp today. This episode was published on Monday, March 21, 2022. Our idiom for today is ‘go nuclear.’ If you go nuclear, you become outraged and use force to the full extent of being extreme and perhaps in an irrational way. 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/GoNuclear 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 Below are four terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. At first blush: At first blush or at first glance means the moment when you first start to think about something before you have given it any deep thought. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/AtFirstBlush Euphemism: A euphemism is a gentle word that is used instead of a harsher word that someone may feel is offensive or unpleasant to hear. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Euphemism Have two pennies to rub together: Have two pennies to rub together is an expression people use to emphasize how poor they are or how much hardship they face. https://b.link/HaveTwoPenniesToRubTogether Step out (on someone): To step out on someone means to be unfaithful and fool around with someone else other than your romantic partner. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/StepOutOn