Idiom ｜ Go Down In Flames
The idiom to ‘go down in flames’ most likely originated in the 1940s during WWII and means for someone or something to …
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Indiana Jones ｜ Learn English With Movies
Indiana Jones; all around good guy or lowlife sex offender? In this lesson we’ll learn some vocab, idioms, plus explore Indy’s dark past …
Idiom ｜ Go Apeshit
The idiom ‘to go apeshit’ evolved from an earlier phrase, ‘to go ape,’ which most likely originated on college campuses in the southwest United States. The idiom has two different meanings. It can mean …
Idiom ｜ Hang In There
The idiom ‘hang in there’ rose to popularity in the 1970s with the release of one of the first motivational posters, showing a cat hanging from a bamboo pole. The idiom means …
Lars Nootbaar Commercials ｜Learn Real English
Lars Nootbaar commercials will soon be hitting the air in Japan. In this lesson, we’re going to take a look at some clips from the making of these commercials, see what was said and learn how to effectively use English.
Idiom ｜ Like a Broken Record
The idiom ‘to sound like a broken record’ is an interesting phrase because a few years ago many young people would not have understood what it means.
Idiom ｜ Age Like Milk
The idiom ‘to age like milk’ is an interesting idiom, mainly because it is the opposite of the older and more common idiom …
Idiom ｜ Age Like Wine
The idiom ‘to age like wine’ is not quite as old as wine itself, but it might have it’s roots in the bible. It means …
Idiom ｜ Light Up Like a Christmas Tree
The idiom ‘light up like a Christmas tree’ is a great holiday themed idiom, but it actually has two very different meanings. The first is what you might expect, …
Idiom ｜ Best of Both Worlds
The idiom ‘the best of both worlds’ is a frequently used phrased in English. Dating back to the mid eighteenth century, it means …