Word of the Day: Brush yourself off

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp today. This episode was published on Thursday, January 19, 2022. Our Word of the Day is ‘brush yourself off.’ We have all fallen down. After falling down, it's important to get back up and brush yourself off or remove the dust from your clothes. 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/BrushYourselfOff 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 three terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Get back in the saddle: When people talk about getting back in the saddle, they talk about learning from your failures and then trying again. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/GetBackInTheSaddle The brush-off: Giving the brush-off is to treat someone with a lack of consideration or respect. It can be a form of rudeness or a way of expressing anger. https://b.link/TuesdayTheBrushOff One's better half: Calling someone your better half is humorous. It means the other person is the more intelligent, better looking one in a relationship. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/BetterHalf