Phrase: In dribs and drabs

Today’s episode is for Friday, January 22, 2021. Our phrase for this Friday is ‘in dribs and drabs.’  In dribs and drabs means slowly or a few at a time. In Japan, changes occur in dribs and drabs, but they need to happen much more rapidly. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: http://bit.ly/aeInDribsAndDrabs Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly Quizzes. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. (https://bit.ly/ThursQuizzes) I also offer 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://bit.ly/Saturday-Free-Lesson) and Sunday Free-For-Anyone (https://bit.ly/SundayFreeLesson). Here are some other terms in today’s episode that may have been new for you today: Around the corner: When you hear someone say that something is (just) around the corner, they mean that it will be happening in the very near future. https://www.artisanenglish.jp/debate-and-discussion-online/around-the-corner/ Read the tea leaves: To read the tea leaves means to predict the future from the small signs around you. No, tea leaves are not always involved.  https://www.artisanenglish.jp/debate-and-discussion-online/read-the-tea-leaves/