English of the Day

Slang of the Day 🔰geezer ✍🏾Meaning: an old person ▫️For example: 🔺I'm late because I got stuck behind some old geezer at the bank who took ages to sort out his stuff. 🔺One day I'll be one of those old geezers who sit in the park all day playing chess...

🍂Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. ━━━━━━━━━ #Quote_of_the_Day 🌀 @Englishoftheday

🔥Fact of the Day "The largest known star is over 1,700 times larger than the sun." ━━━━━━━━━ #Fact_of_the_Day 🌀 @Englishoftheday

Idiom of the Day 📚in the long run ✍🏾Meaning: If you talk about something "in the long run", you mean over a long period of time. ❕For example: 🔺We might pay more now, but we'll save money in the long run because we shouldn't have to pay so much for repairs...

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Slang of the Day 🔰on the take ✍🏾Meaning: to be receiving illegal payments or bribes ❗️For example: 🔺He seems to have a lot of money for a cop. He has to be on the take, doesn't he? 🔺It was a really corrupt period. Just about every member of the governing...

Idiom of the Day 📚a whale of a time ✍🏾Meaning: If you have a whale of a time, you have a great time and really enjoy yourself. ▫️For example: 🔺I went to a karaoke club with my friends last night and we had a whale of a time. It was great! 🔺Janet said...

JOKE OF THE DAY Two men visit a prostitute. The first man goes into the bedroom. He comes out ten minutes later and says, "Heck. My wife is better than that." The second man goes in. He comes out ten minutes later and says, "You know? Your wife IS better."😂 ━━━━━━━━━━━ #Joke_Of_The_Day 🌀...

Phrasal Verb of the Day 🇺🇸 ring back 🇦🇺 ✍🏾Meaning: to return a telephone call or to call again later ▫️For example: ring sb back 🔺I'll ask Mr. Smith to ring you back when he's free. ring sb back 🔺He said he'd ring me back in ten minutes. 👁‍🗨Variety: This...

"There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why." ━━━━━━━━━ #Quote_of_the_Day 💬 @Englishoftheday

Phrasal Verb of the Day 💢laugh off ✍🏾Meaning: to joke about something in order to make it seem less serious ❕For example: laugh sth off 🔺Everyone makes mistakes, and sometimes the best thing to do is just laugh them off. laugh sth off 🔺If you come to...

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Slang of the Day 🇺🇸 dweeb ✍🏾Meaning: studious but socially inept person ▫️For example: 🔺This new guy at school's a real dweeb, but he'll help you out if you've got some problem with math or whatever. 🔺We know this pair of dweebs who think they're dating,...

Idiom of the Day 📚Easy does it! ❗️INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: You can say "Easy does it!" when you want someone to do something more carefully or more slowly. ❕For example: 🔺I was on the back of Suzie's motorbike and she was going really fast, so I said "Easy...

Slang of the Day 🇺🇸 knock over ✍🏾Meaning: to rob a store or a bank ❕For example: 🔺Mr Kim keeps a baseball bat behind the counter in case anyone tries to knock over his store. 🔺Bonnie and Clyde were an American couple who became famous after knocking over...

Idiom of the Day 💥meet your match ✍🏾Meaning: If you meet your match, you meet someone who can do as well as you, or better than you, in something that you're good at. ❗️For example: 🔺I think I've met my match at last. This new guy at the chess club nearly...

Slang of the Day 📚bull dyke 🇺🇸American and 🇦🇺Australian English Offensive ✍🏾Meaning: a lesbian (see note below) who is very manly in appearance and behaviour ❕For example: 🔺My sister is a bull dyke and she's in a gang of women who ride big motorbikes...

Idiom of the Day 🇦🇺up a gum tree ✍🏾Meaning: If you're up a gum tree, you're in trouble or have a serious problem. ❕For example: 🔺The company is up a gum tree because they broke some laws about polluting the environment, and they'll probably get closed...

Phrasal Verb of the Day 💢keep away from ✍🏾Meaning: If you keep away from something or someone, you don't go near the thing or the person. ❕For example: keep away from sb/sth 🔺Janey didn't have any trouble with the gangs. When they saw how big her dog...

Idiom of the Day 📚the jewel in the crown ✍🏾Meaning: If something is the jewel in the crown, it's part of a group or set of similar things, and it's the best of them all. ❗️For example: 🔺Sydney's Opera House is the jewel in the crown of modern Australian...