Phrase: Put the fear of God in you

Today’s episode is for Thursday, September 9, 2021. Our phrase is ‘put the fear of God in you.’ When you put the fear of God in someone, you make them very afraid. Often this is done to change their behaviour in some 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/PutTheFearOfGodInYou 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. Ignorance is bliss: The proverb ignorance is bliss states a real truth. If you don't know about the bad things in life, then you are not bothered by them. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/IgnoranceIsBliss Like water off a duck's back: If insults or stress don't affect you they roll off you like water off a duck's back. Water doesn't bother ducks; stress doesn't bother you. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LikeWaterOffADucksBack  With bated breath: If you wait with bated breath, you wait eagerly. You are so excited you breathe heavily and try to control it by breathing slowly. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/WithBatedBreath