All Episodes

Urban Myth - ArtisanEnglish ESL Word of the Day

Skin in the game - ArtisanEnglish ESL Phrase

Act of God - ArtisanEnglish ESL Idiom

Justice must not only be done, but it must be seen to be done - ArtisanEnglish ESL Phrase

Jump in with both feet - ArtisanEnglish ESL Phrase

Kick in - ArtisanEnglish ESL Work of the Day

Benefits of Bilingualism - ArtisanEnglish ESL Discussion Lesson

Mundane - ArtisanEnglish ESL Word of the Day

Set the Mood - ArtisanEnglish ESL Conversation Lesson

Do Justice - ArtisanEnglish ESL Idiom

Reinventing Yourself - ArtisanEnglish ESL Conversation Lesson

Send for vs Send to - ArtisanEnglish ESL Prepositions

The Invisible Hand - ArtisanEnglish ESL Conversation Lesson

Neverposters - ArtisanEnglish ESL Conversation Lesson

On the edge of your seat - ArtisanEnglish ESL Idiom

Bottom out - ArtisanEnglish ESL Word of the Day

You Need a Hobby - ArtisanEnglish ESL Conversation Lesson

Hit it off - ArtisanEnglish ESL Phrase

Youngism - ArtisanEnglish ESL Conversation Lesson

The Silent Generation - ArtisanEnglish ESL Conversation Lesson

Come of age - ArtisanEnglish ESL Phrase

Cartel - ArtisanEnglish ESL Word of the Day

Cardinal Rule - ArtisanEnglish ESL Word of the Day

Being Creative - ArtisanEnglish ESL Lesson

How to Finish - ArtisanEnglish ESL Lesson

Grey zone - ArtisanEnglish ESL Word of the Day

Elderly Smartphone Addiction - ArtisanEnglish ESL Conversation Lesson

Black humour - ESL Word of the Day

Work wonders - ESL Word of the Day

Spring in your step - ESL Idiom

Switching Off - ESL Conversation Lesson

Truth will out - ESL Idiom

Brownie points - ESL Word of the Day

Instant Gratification - ESL Word of the Day

Aphorism - ESL Word of the Day

Give with one hand, take away with the other - ESL Idiom

Chasing rainbows - ESL Word of the Day

Beware the Ides of March

Warm welcome - ESL Word of the Day

Leave Money on the Table - ESL Phrase

Embrace the Hard - ESL Discussion Topic

Damn with faint praise - ESL Phrase

Thrill of a Lifetime - ESL Idiom

Dopamine Detox - ESL Conversation Lesson

In the Red - ESL Phrase

Fair-weather Friend - ESL Word of the Day

Envy - ESL Conversation Lesson

Back out - ESL Word of the Day

Dilly-dally - ESL Word of the Day

Die-hard - ESL Word of the Day

If You... - ESL Discussion

Tough it out - ESL Word of the Day

Humble Beginnings - ESL Word of the Day

Shy away - ESL Word of the Day

Sphere of Influence - ESL Word of the Day

Dress for Success - ESL Phrase

Through Thick and Thin - ESL Phrase

Love is in the air - ESL Valentine's Day Idiom

Flood Back

Unrequited Love - ESL Valentine's Day

Word of the Day: Old Flame

ESL Idiom - Get a Handle on

Distance makes the heart grow fonder

Rub Salt in a Wound - ESL Idiom

Rare Breed - ESL Word of the Day

ESL Phrase: C'est la vie!

Creative Destruction - ESL Word of the Day

Pre-crastination or Procrastination - ESL Discussion Lesson

Put up with - ESL Phrasal Verb

Intro to Leisure Sickness - ESL Conversation Lesson

Take Aback - ESL Phrasal Verb

Lighthearted - ArtisanEnglish - Word of the Day

Whistleblower - ESL Word of the Day

The Psychology of More - ESL Conversation Lesson

Word of Mouth - ESL Word of the Day

Stick with - ESL Phrasal Verb

How to Begin - ESL Conversation Lesson

In the long run - ESL Phrase

Dark Skies - ESL Discussion Lesson

The worse for wear - ESL Phrase

Holiday cheer - ESL Christmas Word of the Day

Stocking Stuffer - ESL Christmas Word of the Day

Cancel your Christmas - ESL Christmas Phrase

Eat, Drink and be Merry - ESL Christmas Phrase

Deck - ESL Christmas Word of the Day

Slow Living - ESL Discussion Lesson

The greater good - ESL Christmas Word of the Day

He who hesitates is lost - ESL Proverb

Get stuck in - ESL Phrase

Proverb: It's Better To Give Than Receive

Christmas came early - ESL Christmas Phrase

Merrymaking - ESL Christmas Word of the Day

The Big Picture - ESL Word of the Day

Boomers - ESL Conversation Lesson

Tenure - ESL Word of the Day

5Gs in the Office - ESL Conversation Lesson

Off-putting - ESL Word of the Day

Take the initiative - ESL Phrase

The Art of Appreciation - ESL Conversation Lesson

Pass the Baton - ESL Phrase

Throw you for a loop - ESL Phrase

On the ball - ESL Phrase

Gerontocracy - ESL Conversation Lesson

Daunting - ESL Word of the Day

Barebones - ESL Word of the Day

Art for Health - ESL Discussion Lesson

Freemium - ESL Podcast

Pundit - ESL Word of the Day

On A Knife Edge - ESL Idiom

Sweet Tooth - ESL Word of the Day

How Donald Trump Speaks - ESL Discussion Lesson

Quality not Quantity - ESL Saying

Self-deception - ESL Conversation Lesson

So To Speak - ESL Idiom

Self-checkout - ESL Discussion Lesson

On the Rise - ESL Phrase

Cleanliness is Next to Godliness - ESL Phrase

Useful Idiot - ESL Word of the Day

Race to the Bottom - ESL Phrase

Part-time Pacifism - ESL Discussion Lesson

Self-made Man - ESL Word of the Day

Japan Prepares For War - ESL Discussion Lesson

Prim and Proper - ESL Phrase

Stick Out Like A Sore Thumb - Phrase

Lighten up - ESL Word of the Day

Plutonomy - ESL Word of the Day

Self-talk - ESL Conversation Lesson

Anocracy - ESL Word of the Day

The Perfect AI Girlfriend - ESL Discussion Lesson

Tailwind - ESL Word of the Day

Post-Truth - ESL Word of the Day

Drivers Wanted - ESL Discussion Lesson

Pomp and Ceremony - ESL Phrase

Cleaning - ESL Discussion Lesson

IQ Isn't Everything - ESL Conversation Lesson

Graveyard Shift - Halloween Word of the Day

Cauldron - Halloween - Word of the Day

Ghoul - Word of the Day

Intermittent Fasting - ESL Discussion Lesson

Tough As Nails - ESL Phrase

Put A Spell On You - Phrase

The Tradwife - ESL Discussion Lesson

Spine-tingling - Word of the Day

Town Hall - ESL Word of the Day

Supernatural - Word of the Day

Old Soul - Word of the Day

Town Square - Word of the Day

The Dead Of Night - ESL Phrase

Vintage - ESL Discussion Lesson

Finger Food - ESL Word of the Day

Are We Desensitized? - ESL Discussion Lesson

On The Upswing - Phrase

Safe And Sound - phrase

Swimmingly - Word of the Day

It's A Man's World - Proverb

Grey Divorce - ESL Discussion Lesson

Headwind - Word of the Day

Technofeudalism - ESL Discussion Lesson

Overstay Your Welcome - Phrase

Pet Peeve - Word of the Day

For A Laugh - Idiom

Floored - ESL Word of the Day

Grit - ESL Discussion Lesson

Creative Juices - ESL Word of the Day

In The Spotlight - Phrase

Microlearning - Word of the Day

The Purse Strings - Idiom

Can You Trust Your Gut? - ESL Discussion Lesson

Choke Point - ESL Word of the Day

Screen Time - ESL Discussion Lesson

White Noise - ESL Word of the Day

Nadir - Word of the Day

Heavy-handed - Word of the Day

Fork Over

Biophilic Design - ESL Discussion Lesson

Golden Years - ESL Word of the Day

Like Walking On The Moon - Phrase

Get Burned - Idiom

In the Flesh - Idiom

Last Man Standing - Phrase

Sharing Economy - ESL Discussion Lesson

Gap Year - Word of the Day

Hit The Nail On The Head - Idiom

Mind Of Its Own - Phrase

Old School - Word of the Day

Incremental - Word of the Day

Xenotransplantation - ESL Discussion Lesson

Mature Beyond Your Years - Phrase

Milestones - ESL Discussion Lesson

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction - Idiom

Vertical Community - ESL Discussion Lesson

Trump Card - Word of the Day

Put On The Map - Idiom

Polarization - Word of the Day

Stagflation - Word of the Day

UK Civil Unrest - ESL Discussion Lesson

Populism - Word of the Day

Transparency - Word of the Day

Try Before You Buy Phrase

They Can't Afford to Live - ESL Discussion Lesson

Communal Living - ESL Discussion Lesson

Promise The Moon - Expression

Cramp Your Style - Phrase

Rise Of The Right - ESL Discussion Lesson

Eccentric - Word of the Day

Bad Hair Day - Word of the Day

Phrase: Worth The Wait

Stupid Is As Stupid Does - ESL Discussion Lesson

Small Talk, Big Issue - ESL Discussion Lesson

Word of the Day: Fixed Mindset

Phrase: Change Of Heart

Idiom: Climb The Ladder

ESL Discussion Lesson: Buy 3, Return 2

Word of the Day: Hodgepodge

Money and Your Mind - ESL Discussion Lesson

Word of the Day: Extrinsic Motivation

ESL Discussion Lesson: Lingua Franca

Word of the Day: Brain Rot

ESL Discussion Lesson: Why Seek Solitude

Word of the Day: Trade War

Phrase: Take Your Breath Away

ESL Discussion Lesson: Surviving Extinction

Word of the Day: Push Around

ESL Discussion Lesson: Pocket Power

Word of the Day: Stand Up To

ESL Discussion Lesson: The End of the Knowledge Economy

Idiom: There Are Plenty Of Fish In The Sea

ESL Discussion Lesson: Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories

ESL Discussion Lesson: Gen X

WotD: Narrow-minded

Phrase: Fake It Until You Make It

ESL Discussion Lesson: Mandatory Service

ESL Discussion Lesson: Keep Cash

Phrase: Broaden Your Horizons

ESL Discussion Lesson: Popcorn Brain

Phrase: At A Premium

ESL Discussion Lesson: Quiet Quitting

Word of the Day: Sonder

Word of the Day: Fixed Mindset

Idiom: Cracks Appear

ESL Discussion Lesson: American Exceptionalism

ESL Discussion Lesson: People Watching

Get caught up

ESL Discussion Lesson: Why Smart People are Poor

ESL Discussion Lesson: The Giving Pledge

Word of the Day: Unicorn

Word of the Day: Propaganda

Laggard

ESL Discussion Lesson: Putting the Brakes on Senior Drivers

Intrinsic motivation

ESL Discussion Lesson: Young & Single

Dogged

ESL Discussion Lesson: Resurrection Biology

Strata Fees

Peer Pressure

ESL Discussion Lesson: Stoicism

Cling To

Chain reaction

Mercurial

ESL Discussion Lesson: Goodbye Smartphone Hello...

ESL Discussion Lesson: News: To Read or Not to Read

Buy-in

ESL Discussion Lesson: Looking For An Answer

Crave

ESL Discussion Lesson: Maiden Name: I do or I don't

Tempers Flare

Convergence

Price-gouging

ESL Discussion Lesson: Ultra-Processed Foods

Speak Volumes

Brinkmanship

Constructive Criticism

ESL Discussion Lesson: Introverts

ESL Discussion Lesson: What Happened to Headwear?

ESL Discussion Lesson: Is This A Simulation?

The Gilded Age

ESL Discussion Lesson: Gen Z

ESL Discussion Lesson: Walk The Labyrinth

ESL Discussion Lesson: Zombie Apocalypse

Stand Up For

Grand Scheme of Things

ESL Discussion Lesson: Attention Wars

ESL Discussion Lesson: Mommy, What's that Mean?

ESL Discussion Lesson: A World of Colour

Walk all over you

ESL Discussion Lesson: Outdoor Shoes Indoors

Keep on keeping on

ESL Discussion Lesson: The Toothbrush

ESL Discussion Lesson: Future Humans

Word of the Day: Enshittification

ESL Discussion Lesson: Going Grey

Hand down

Moment of weakness

ESL Discussion Lesson: Men in Pink-collar Jobs

Work up

ESL Discussion Lesson: Microplastics

Eat your lunch

ESL Discussion Lesson: Enshittification

ESL Discussion Lesson: Assisted Dying

Come Into Play

ESL Discussion Lesson: Light

Like the back of your hand

Lesson: The Singularity

Stand out

Double back

Hands off!

Lesson: Baring Your Soles

Fear of the Unknown

Blindside

Green Shoots

Lesson Intro: Male Malaise

Out and About

Lesson: Effort Begins with an E

Personal Growth

Lesson Intro: Wildlife Trafficking

Morbid

Witches' Brew

Lesson: Halloween

Open Secret

Lesson: Password1

You can't fight progress

Cult of Personality

Lesson: Gimme Shelter

Grow on You

Lessson: It Smells OK

Phrase: Stroke of luck

Word of the Day: Derth

Shoot first and ask questions later

Lesson: Hostile Design

Lesson Intro: Tourist Dual Pricing

Lesson: Recipe for Success

Lesson: Go The Underdog

Lesson: Men and Women Speak Differently

Fine-toothed comb

Lesson: Snacking

Lesson: High School Student Jobs

Normalcy bias

Look the other way

Lesson: For the Money

Lesson: Enhanced Games

A Piece of Your Mind

Lesson: The No-Wash Movement

Raring to go

Look Back On

Lesson: Cold Therapy

You and yours

Holiday Spirit

Lesson: Soft Fascination

Of all

Lesson: Extreme Tourism

Lesson: Career Pivot

Toss and Turn

Come to think of it

Lesson: Consciousness

Pooh-pooh

Posterity

Turn the other cheek

An eye for an eye

In stitches

Foolhardy

Calculated Risk

Cash in hand

Live to tell the tale

Lesson: Phones in Schools

Old wives' tales

Lesson: Daydreaming

Suitor

Hunt-and-peck

Lesson: Carbon Capture & Storage

Get the hint

WotD: Breadwinner

Lesson: National Productivity

WotD: Heinous

WotD: Shortcoming

Lesson: Dreams

WotD: Jargon

Saying: Life is what you make it

Phrase: Dumb is never cute

Phrase: Fall into Place

Idiom: In your right mind

Phrase: Hand in hand

Phrase: Like a bee to honey

Lesson: Minimum Wage

Phrase: The morning after the night before

Phrase: Behind your back

Idiom: Tail between your legs

Phrase: I scratch your back, you scratch mine

Phrase: Keep you up at night

Lesson: #Thrifting

Phrase: Every man for himself

Phrase: Since time immemorial

Phrase: Take a step back

Phrase: Run off your feet

Phrase: Until you are blue in the face

WotD: King of the Road

Word of the Day: Protestant Work Ethic

WotD: Trial and Error

Phrase: On top of the world

Lesson: Super Rich

WotD: Passed Over

Flush with cash

Idiom: The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

Lesson: Technosolutionism

Idiom: Don't count your chickens before they hatch

Lesson: Finding Serendipity

Word of the Day: Backseat driver

Word of the Day: A Living

Idiom: Over the edge

Phrase: Put food on the table

Phrase: Dance with the devil

Word of the Day: Crutch

Lesson: How Many Clothes do you Need?

Word of the Day: Solitude

Word of the Day: Smash-and-grab

Word of the Day: Comb-over

Word of the Day: Rat race

Lesson: Bald Men

Lesson: Junk Fees

Lesson: A Home for a Song

Lesson: Timekeeper or Timebender

Lesson: Weight Loss Drugs

Lesson: Budgeting for Dummies

Lesson: Find Your Passion

Lesson: Premiumization

Saying: Is the juice worth the squeeze?

Saying: April showers bring May flowers

Lesson: Fashion Rental

You reap what you sow

Lesson: Growth Mindset

Lesson: Womenomics

Lesson: Recession Survival

Phrase: Turn your stomach

Phrase: Act your age

Lesson: Boredom

Phrase: Eaten alive

Lesson: Bbbunkers

Phrase: After the fact

WotD: Rapport

Expression: If I only knew then what I know now

Phrase: Under the gun

Phrase: Like shooting fish in a barrel

Lesson: AI Comes for Google

Phrase: Out of your gourd

Phrase: Dog eat dog

Phrase: Different Strokes for Different Folks

WotD: Hard Feelings

WotD: Mad dash

Lesson: Hygge

Lesson: Commercialization of Space

Phrase: Kick in the teeth

Idiom: Different kettle of fish

Idiom: Come home to roost

WotD: New Blood

WotD: Self-starter

Word of the Day: The Five-hour Rule

Lesson: Surviving the Silly Season

Word of the Day: Badge of pride

Phrase: Know thy enemy

Lesson: 8 Billion

Phrase: Matter of time

Phrase: Push your luck

Phrase: Asking for it

Lesson: SNS RIP

Word of the Day: Lose steam

Phrase: Put the cart before the horse

Word of the Day: Moreish

Expression: Good things come to those who wait

Idiom: Wake up on the wrong side of the bed

Lesson: Beautification

Lesson: How to set up a GREAT day

Saying: God helps those who help themselves

Phrase: Go up in smoke

Phrase: Have your hands full

Idiom: Throw a monkey in the works

Phrase: Comedy of errors

Lesson: Dawdlers' Lost Time

Lesson: What Makes MEn Happy?

Proverb: Seek and you shall find

Proverb: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

Phrase: Hit the Jackpot

Word of the day: Liquid Courage

Word of the Day: Midas touch

Lesson: Death & Taxes

Lesson: Peak Intelligence

Phrase: Up your game

Idiom: Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely

Proverb: One door closes, another opens

Proverb: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Word of the Day: Suspension of Disbelief

Lesson: Spring Ahead, Fall Back

Lesson: The Joy of Fear

Word of the Day: Surreal

Phrase: Walk the walk

Phrase: Talk the talk

Word of the Day: Head Honcho

Word of the Day: Top brass

Lesson: America's Campground

Lesson: Daily Rituals

Saying: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade

Lesson: Winnie the Pooh

Word of the Day: Frumpy

Word of the Day: Ephemeral

Word of the Day: Rhetorical Question

Phrase: Jinx yourself

Word of the Day: Rank-and-file

Idiom: Go down the drain

Expression: Simple is best

Lesson: Comfort Food

Phrase: Make the most of (something)

Phrase: Warts and all

Phrase: Creature of habit

Phrase: Can't win for losing

Phrase: Ring a bell

Lesson: Sneakerheads

Lesson: The Skill for Turbulent Times

Word of the Day: Tall order

Saying: Youth is wasted on the young

Word of the Day: Safety net

Phrase: Give and take

Word of the Day: Pork barrel politics

Lesson: The Role of Libraries

Lesson: Why Countries Prosper

Phrase: Call the shots

Word of the Day: Hit-or-miss

Phrase: On the go

Phrase: In a vacuum

Phrase: Past your prime

Lesson: Working after Retirement

Lesson: Generated Goo

Word of the Day: Brain drain

Word of the Day: Strong suit

Word of the Day: Power suit

Word of the Day: Change things up

Word of the Day: Weekend warrior

Lesson: Pie in the Sky

Lesson: How d'ya like yer coffee?

Phrase: Land on your feet

Phrase: Heads will roll

Phrase: Sucker for punishment

Word of the Day: Second nature

Word of the Day: Decision fatigue

Lesson: Who's your Anti-hero?

Lesson: Buy Now, Pay Later

Idiom: Crunch numbers

Idiom: Have blinders on

Expression: A victim of your own success

Phrase: Got your back

Idiom: In the same ballpark

Lesson: Reading for Life

Lesson: Space Debris

Word of the Day: Carpool

Idiom: Take the plunge

Word of the Day: Elastic

Phrase: Live out your days

Phrase: In its own right

Lesson: Pronounced Social Reclusiveness

Lesson: Space Agriculture

Lesson: The Semantics of Food

Lesson: Thriving with Online Education

Lesson: You're so Cute

Lesson: Scientific Integrity

Lesson: Order from Chaos

Lesson: Secret Weapons

Lesson: Friends: Quality or Quantity?

Phrase: Fall from grace

Word of the Day: Downplay

Phrase: Date yourself

Word of the Day: Avid

Conversation Lesson: Flynn in Reverse

Lesson: Uninfected Minority

Phrase: Speak truth to power

Word of the Day: Disruptive technology

Phrase: Left holding the bag

Word of the Day: Close call

Word of the Day: Happy Camper

Conversation Lesson Topic: Really, Rights for Robots?

English Conversation Lesson Topic: The Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal

Phrase: Bend over backwards

Word of the Day: Go sideways

Word of the Day: Dog-tired

Phrase: Give up the ghost

Proverb: You can't judge a book by its cover

Lesson: La Dolce far Niente

English Conversation Lesson topic: Budget Culture

Word of the Day: Veiled threat

Idiom: Hit a wall

Word of the Day: Ghost

Phrase: Pay your dues

Idiom: To die for

Lesson: Discovery

Lesson: Enjoyment vs Pleasure

Idiom: Cost an arm and a leg

New Lesson: A Heatwave Named Zoe

Word of the Day: Wannabe

Idiom: Push your buttons

Word of the Day: Party pooper

Idiom: Run through your mind

Latin: Quid pro quo

Idiom: Rain on your parade

Word of the Day: Niggle

Phrase: Tricks of the trade

Word of the Day: Nag

Idiom: Bang for your buck

Word of the Day: Fine print

Expression: Let yourself go

Word of the Day: Bane

Phrase: Turn a blind eye

Idiom: There's the rub

Word of the Day: Dappled

Idiom: Working for the man

Word of the Day: Unsung

Proverb: Don't fish off the company pier

Word of the Day: Freeloader

Word of the Day: Repertoire

Idiom: How goes the battle?

Idiom: The cream rises to the top

Phrase: Give your all

Word of the Day: No-brainer

Phrase: With open arms

Phrase: In dire straits

Phrase: Like a ton of bricks

Word of the Day: Band-Aid solution

Phrase: In the loop

Phrase: Frozen in time

Idiom: Glued to (something)

Phrase: Fifteen minutes of fame

proverb: If you play with fire, you get burned

Phrase: Rock the boat

Phrase: Tooth and nail

Proverb: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

Phrase: Don't bite the hand that feeds you

Word of the Day: Camaraderie

Phrase: The great unwashed

Phrase: The naked eye

Word of the Day: Education deflation

Proverb: It's not what you know, it's who you know

Phrase: Publish or perish

Idiom: Laughter is the best medicine

Saying: Idle hands do the devil's work

Proverb: Speak softly and carry a big stick

Word of the Day: Soft power

Word of the Day: Well-rounded

Phrase: Land of milk and honey

Word of the Day: Trickle-down

Phrase: The error of your ways

Phrase: Like a lamb to the slaughter

Idiom: Back into a corner

Word of the Day: Balkanization

Proverb: Trust but verify

Word of the day: Oligarch

Word of the day: Epiphany

Proverb: If you want a thing done well, do it yourself

Word of the day: Deathbed confession

Phrase: On the side

Word of the day: Bigwig

Word of the Day: Offshore

Idiom: Put your thumb on the scale

Idiom: Take to the grave

Phrase: For the birds

Word of the day: Willful blindness

Phrase: The nature of the beast

Proverb: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

Word of the Day: Grassroots

Idiom: The wolf is at the door

Word of the Day: Significant other

Word of the Day: The Dark Side

Idiom: Go nuclear

Word of the Day: Wolf down

Word of the Day: Wake-up call

Phrase: Cry wolf

Phrase: In full swing

Word of the Day: Get by

Word of the Day: Trials and tribulations

Word of the Day: Off-kilter

Word of the Day: Zeitgeist

Phrase: Boggle the Mind

Idiom: Stick your head in the sand

Word of the Day: Sabre-rattling

Word of the Day: Smoke and Mirrors

Idiom: Loose lips sink ships

Word of the Day: Tight-lipped

Word of the Day: Entitled

Word of the Day: Retool

Word of the Day: Deflationary spiral

Phrase: Lot in life

Phrase: Point the finger

Phrase: Keep up appearances

Idiom: Neck of the woods

Phrase: Born with a silver spoon in your mouth

Idiom: In a pickle

Word of the Day: Grey rhino

Proverb: Sword of Damocles

Proverb: Heavy is the head that wears the crown

Word of the Day: Far removed from

Word of the Day: Groupthink

Idiom: A weight off your shoulders

Word of the Day: Odds and ends

Word of the Day: Hot mic

Word of the Day: Double whammy

Phrase: Manna from heaven

Word of the Day: Deep pockets

Idiom: Swear a blue streak

Saying: We all have our own cross to bear

Word of the Day: Anecdote

Word of the Day: Empty promise

Word of the Day: Jump ship

Word of the Day: Hipster

Phrase: Slip of the tongue

Word of the Day: Bide time

Idiom: Be up for (something)

Word of the Day: Brush yourself off

Phrase: Sink or swim

Word of the Day- Flip-flop

Phrase: Dip a toe

Idiom: Wrap someone around your little finger

Idiom: Get back in the saddle

Phrase: On your doorstep

Proverb: Where there's a will, there's a way

Phrase: Raise its head

Idiom: Cloud your judgement

Word of the Day: Make waves

Holiday Repost: Stroke of Midnight

Holiday repost: Ring in the New Year!

Holiday Repost: All your Christmases have come at once

Holiday Repost: Snow job

Holiday Repost: Trim the tree

Holiday Repost: The proof is in the pudding

Holiday Repost: Tis the season to be jolly

Holiday Repost: The more the merrier

Holiday Repost: Christmas comes but once a year

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Panic buying

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Finesse

Word of the Day: Accolade

Proverb: The grass is always greener on the other side

Phrase: The only constant in life is change

Word of the Day: Pick up on (something)

Word of the Day: Harp on

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Educated guess

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Hit the spot

Word of the Day: Perfect storm

Phrase: Sell yourself short

Phrase: Follow the crowd

Phrase: How the other half lives

Phrase: Leaps and bounds

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Lead time

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Turning Point

Word of the Day: Chunk of change

Phrase: All ears

Phrase: Age gracefully

Word of the Day: Whirlwind

Idiom: Capture lightning in a bottle

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Sweet talk

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Put Off

Word of the Day: Fly-by-night

Word of the Day: Slum tourism

Word of the Day: Disposable income

Word of the Day: Uncharted waters

Word of the Day: Shrinkflation

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Kitsch

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Be comfortable in your own skin

Phrase: A picture is worth a thousand words

Saying: Can't get blood from a stone (or turnip)

Word of the Day: Getaway

Word of the Day: Feast or famine

Saying: Age is just a number

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Eat your words

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Stab in the back

Word of the Day: Typecast

Word of the Day: Bug out

Proverb: Bloom where you are planted

Word of the Day: On edge

Word of the Day: Old hat

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Take in Stride

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Play it safe

Word of the Day: Imposter syndrome

Phrase: Speak your mind

Idiom: Cast your net wide

Blast from the Past: Put a stop to (something)

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Call (someone) out

Idiom: Under your belt

Word of the Day: Pig-headed

Word of the Day: Long COVID

Word of the Day: Gobbledygook

Word of the Day: Drive

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Throw caution to the wind

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Leap of faith

Idiom: Become poisoned with (something)

Phrase: Make sense of (something)

Word of the Day: Have a head for (something)

Word of the Day: False Commute

Phrase: Dig in the ribs

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Sort itself out

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Bend the truth

Word of the Day: Mondayitis

Phrase: Tie up loose ends

Phrase: A flash in the pan

Word of the Day: In droves

Word of the Day: Breathe easy

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Pull through

BLAST FROM THE PAST Idiom: Hit rock bottom

Phrase: Under your nose

Word of the Day: Pastime

Idiom: Like a house on fire

Word of the Day: Tone-deaf

Phrase: Play on words

Word of the Day: Gamechanger

Phrase: Bear with

Word of the Day: Willpower

Word of the day: Well-heeled

Idiom: Straight and narrow

Word of the Day: Holy Cow!

Word of the Day: Brownout, blackout & rolling blackout

Word of the Day: Outlier

Drag on

Hindsight is 20/20

Idiom: See through you

Idiom: Make your skin crawl

Expression: Do as I say, not as I do

Idiom: Put the genie back in the bottle

Idiom: (Spend money) like a drunken sailor

Idiom: Bend the rules

Phrase: Count your blessings

Word of the Day: Bring (something) on

Word of the Day: Lunatic

Word of the Day: Pet Project

Phrase: Justice is blind

Phrase: Put the fear of God in you

Phrase: Food for Thought

Word of the Day: Humble pie

Phrase: Lose the Plot

Phrase: Straighten you out

Word of the Day: Double jeopardy

Phrase: Cooking with gas

Word of the Day: Caveat Emptor

Idiom: Be still my beating heart

Proverb: All's well that ends well

Word of the Day: Mixed metaphor

Idiom: A nail in the coffin

Phrase: Work smarter, not harder

Phrase: In stereo

Phrase: With a vengeance

Word of the Day: Overnight success

Word of the Day: End up

Phrase: End of the world

Word of the day: Lax (and it's not the airport)

Phrase: The benefit of the doubt

Word of the day: Deadbeat landlord

Word of the day: Smooth talker

Word of the day: Hot-desking

Phrase: Between a rock and a hard place

Expression: Walk in someone else's footsteps

Phrase: Above your pay grade

Phrase: Shoulder the blame

Word of the Day: Parsimony

Phrase: Take the words out of your mouth

Word of the Day: Complacent

Word of the Day: Bogus

Phrase: In a heartbeat

Word of the Day: Fiasco

Word of the Day: Tipping point

Word of the Day: Comeuppance

Idiom: Be in bed together

Phrase: Force your hand

Word of the Day: Half measures

Word of the Day: Nimble

Word of the Day: Caveat

Phrase: Have your wits about you

Phrase: The path of least resistance

Idiom: On the hook (for something)

Idiom: In hot water

Expression: Can't see the forest for the trees

Phrase: In the grips of (something)

Phrase: Powers that be

Idiom: Hard done by

Adage: Rome wasn't built in a day

Phrase: Take the cake

Word of the Day: Famished

Word of the Day: Plug and Play

Word of the Day: Lifesaver

Word of the Day: Pang

Idiom: Lead you down the garden path

Phrase: The end justifies the means

Word of the Day: Offhand

Word of the Day: Peach fuzz

Idiom: Read between the lines

Word of the Day: Green thumb

Phrase: Lift your spirits

Phrase: In its infancy

Proverb: History repeats itself

Phrase: Point of no return

Word of the Day: Pivot

Phrase: Pause for thought

Word of the Day: Free rein

Word of the Day: Cold turkey

Phrase: The odd one out

Phrase: On the rebound

Idiom: Put your foot in it

Idiom: Rise from the ashes

Word of the Day: Circadian rhythm

Word of the Day: Branch out

Adage: This too shall pass

Word of the Day: Promising

Phrase: Come at a price

Word of the Day: Underbelly

Word of the Day: Sport

Word of the Day: Carpe diem

Word of the Day: Pamper

Proverb: People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

Word of the Day: Walk it back

Phrase: Get out in front of (an issue)

Phrase: Take off guard

Phrase: To the gills

Word of the Day: Holistic

Word of the Day: Half-baked

Word of the Day: Wanderlust

Saying: A place for everything and everything in its place

Phrase: On second thought

Phrase: Talk down to (someone)

Phrase: Have your say

Saying: The pen is mightier than the sword

Idiom: Lose your shirt

Proverb: Love me, love my dog

Idiom: Take centre stage

Idiom: Up in arms

Phrase: On the cusp

Word of the Day: Pariah

Phrase: To a T

Phrase: Like a bull in a china shop

Idiom: Beat you to the punch

Phrase: Make your own way

Word of the Day: Splurge

Word of the Day: Profiteering

Word of the Day: Range anxiety

Phrase: A change of pace

Word of the Day: Digital Hoarding

Idiom: Get in on the ground floor

Phrase: Pale in comparison

Word of the Day: Pièce de résistance

Phrase: In dribs and drabs

Phrase: Have blood on your hands

Word of the Day: Make headway

Phrase: The gift of gab

Idiom: Be at the end of your rope

Word of the Day: Cold snap / cold spell

Word of the Day: Bucket list

Idiom: Throw someone a bone

Word of the Day: Windbag

Word of the Day: Echo chamber

Phrase: The winds of change

Idiom: Get the ball rolling

Phrase: All your Christmases have come at once

Phrase: The more the merrier

Word of the Day: Snow job

Idiom: Wild goose chase

Proverb: Christmas comes but once a year

Phrase: Snug as a bug in a rug

Word of the Day: Winter rat

Phrase: Run hot and cold

Phrase: Pure as the driven snow

Idiom: Pour cold water on (something)

Idiom: When hell freezes over

Idiom: Walking on thin ice

Phrase: Tip of the iceberg

Idiom: Not a snowball's chance in hell

Phrase: Put (something) on ice

Phrase: Like the sound of your own voice

Phrase: Living the good life

Idiom: A flea in your ear

Phrase: On a first-name basis

Phrase: Desperate times call for desperate measures

Phrase: Along the lines of

Phrase: Join the club

Word of the Day: Snake oil

Idiom: Not have a leg to stand on

Phrase: Live the dream

Word of the Day: Vice Versa

Idiom: Bite the dust

Phrase: A breath of fresh air

Word of the Day: Summa Cum Laude

Phrase: Out of favour

Idiom: A different/new ballgame

Phrase: Slow on the uptake

Phrase: Lord it over (someone)

Word of the Day: Antsy

Phrase: Come back to haunt you

Word of the Day: Death trap

Word of the Day: Bewitched

Word of the Day: Gloss over

Word of the Day: Flip side

Word of the Day: Sugarcoat

Phrase: Every man and his dog

Idiom: A dog's age

Phrase: What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger

Phrase: Keep your eyes on the prize

Phrase: Throw you a curveball

Phrase: What makes you tick

Phrase: All bets are off

Idiom: Off the bat