English of the Day

Saying of the Day

?There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

✍?Possible interpretation:
We should know when to say something and when to say nothing.

➕Origin: Like many "There is a time..." proverbs, this proverb is based on the Bible (Ecclesiastes 3):
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
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Phrasal Verb of the Day

?become of

✍?Meaning:
If you ask what has become of someone you haven't seen or heard from for a long time, you want to know what's happened to them.

❕For example:

become of sb
?Does anyone know what became of Josh after he went to America? Has anyone heard anything about him?

become of sb
?What became of that singer in The Stooges called Iggy Pop? Is he still making music?
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Idiom of the Day

?beyond a shadow of a doubt

✍?Meaning:
Something is true "beyond a shadow of a doubt" if there is no possibility at all that it isn't true.

❕For example:

?Are you absolutely sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he is guilty of the crime?

?A few years ago a great many scientists said they were sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there was no such thing as global warming. Were they right?
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Saying of the Day

?Fair exchange is no robbery

✍?Possible interpretation:
Swapping one thing fairly in return for another is not the same as stealing.

➕Note: exchange (noun) = giving one thing and receiving another (usually of the same value) in return | robbery (noun) = the action of forcefully and unlawfully taking property from (a person or place)
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Phrasal Verb of the Day

?dress up

✍?Meaning:
If you dress up, you put on formal clothes for a special occasion.

❕For example:

?dress up
It's fun to watch the Oscars and see all the movie stars dress up for the biggest night of their year.

dress up in
?When American women dress up they usually wear a gown, while the men wear a tuxedo.
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Idiom of the Day

?lay down the law

✍?Meaning:
If you lay down the law, you tell people what they should do in a forceful and stern way.

❕For example:

?After we lost our third game in a row, our coach got really angry and laid down the law and said we had to try harder or we'd be out the door.

?Shelley's parents laid down the law after she got home late and grounded her for a month.
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Phrasal Verb of the Day

?sit through

✍?Meaning:
If you sit through something like a long speech or a boring show, you wait until it's over before leaving, even though you're not enjoying it.

❕For example:

sit through sth
?We had to sit through another of the chairman's dull speeches before the awards were announced.

sit through sth
?If I hadn't been there with friends there's no way I would have sat through that movie. It was terrible!
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Idiom of the Day

?read between the lines

✍?Meaning:
When you read between the lines you try to understand what someone implies, but doesn't openly state, when they say or write something.

❕For example:

?I got a letter from Robyn and she isn't happy. She didn't say anything but I could tell by reading between the lines that something's wrong.

?A good writer doesn't tell the reader everything directly but leaves it up to the reader to figure things out for themselves by reading between the lines.

➕Origin: Probably derived from a form of cryptography in which secret information was conveyed by writing it in invisible ink between the lines of a text.
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Phrasal Verb of the Day

?settle for

✍?Meaning:
to accept something, even though it isn't what you really want

❕For example:

settle for sth
?If you want to be happy in life, don't settle for a job just because it's easy or it pays good money.

settle for sth
?Keep looking until you find what it is that you really love to do, and don't ever settle for anything less.
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Idiom of the Day

?old hat

✍?Meaning:
If something is old hat, it's old-fashioned and no longer seen as being modern and new.

❕For example:

?When I was a teenager in the 1980's punk and new-wave music was all the rage, but now it seems a bit old hat.

?Lots of technology that seems new and modern here is already old hat in places like Japan and South Korea.
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