Phrase: Rock the boat

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp today. These podcasts and posts were created to help my students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary. This episode was published on Monday, May 16, 2022. Rock the boat: When you rock the boat, you say or do something that disturbs the current situation. Most people don't like it when you rock the boat. 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/RockTheBoat Try an English Vocabulary 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 to you. Get something off your chest: When you get something off your chest, you tell another person about problems that have been bothering you for some time. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/GetSomethingOffYourChest Persona non grata: If someone is persona non grata, it means that they are not welcome. Persona non grata is Latin, but English speakers still use it today. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/PersonaNonGrata Raison d’etre: Raison d'être is a French term that is used in English. Raison d'être means the reason for being or existing. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/RaisonDetre Status quo: Status quo is Latin for the way things are now or the current situation. Status quo is still used in the English language today. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/StatusQuo