Phrase: Until you are blue in the face

Until you are blue in the face: When you say or shout something until you are blue in the face, you have no positive results; you are wasting your time and breath.  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/UntilYouAreBlueInTheFace    Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today.  These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary.  Take the first step to perfect your English ability take a FREE TRIAL LESSON with me, David, at https://www.artisanenglish.jp/contact/    https://links.artisanenglish.jp/TrialLesson    I provide 100% error correction, fantastic discussion topics and detailed after-lesson written feedback.  Here are some terms from today’s episode that may have been new to you.  Learn the hard way: if you learn the hard way, you learn through mistakes instead of through what you learned in school or what others have tried to teach you. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LearnTheHardWay  The Big Smoke: the Big Smoke refers to a big city. It can be any city really, but initially, it referred to London, England. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/TheBigSmoke  You can lead a horse to water: you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink means you can make it easy for someone to do a thing, but you can't force them. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/YouCanLeadAHorseToWater      Website: https://www.artisanenglish.jp  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/artisanenglish.jp  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/david.artisanenglish.jp/  X: https://twitter.com/ArtisanEnglish  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT_UtvyQI9nVO3oX-z9t2mg  Spotify Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artisanenglishjp