English of the Day

Slang of the Day 🔰hustler (1) 🇺🇸American and 🇦🇺Australian English ✍🏾Meaning: a person, usually male, who has sex for money ❕For example: 🔺Every night hustlers hang around in the park looking for customers. 🔺We need to teach hustlers about AIDS and tell...

Idiom of the Day 💥on exhibit /ˈɑːn ɪgˈzɪbət / idiom ✍🏾Meaning: being publicly shown in an exhibition ❕For example: 🔺The photographs are on exhibit in the museum's west wing. 🔺The painting went on exhibit last week. 🔺The painting was put on exhibit. ━━━━━━━━━ #Idiom_of_the_Day 🌀...

Slang of the Day 🔰ivories (1) 🇺🇸American English ✍🏾Meaning: teeth ❕For example: 🔺Those Hollywood movie stars have beautiful ivories. They must spend a fortune on dentists. 🔺I've been brushing my teeth twice a day for forty years, but my ivories don't...

"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money." ━━━━━━━━━ #Quote_of_the_Day 💬 @Englishoftheday

Phrasal Verb of the Day 🔋look after ✍🏾Meaning: to make sure something or someone has everything they need and is healthy ❕For example: look after sb 🔺 When I'm too old to look after myself, my children will look after me, I hope. look after sth 🔺Can you...

Idiom of the Day 📚cook the books cook the accounts ✍🏾Meaning: If someone cooks the books, or cooks the accounts, they keep inaccurate accounts for a business, usually in order to pay less tax. ❕For example: 🔺Their accountant was charged with cooking the...

Phrasal Verb of the day 🔰𝐁𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 something ✍🏾Meaning: This is the most important part of something 🔺Examples: ▪️It all boils down to money in the end. (Money is the most important part of this) ▪️What it all boils down to is, can they do the work...

Thought of the Day 🤔If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down. ━━━━━━━━━ #Thought_of_the_Day 🌀 @Englishoftheday

Quote Of The Day "Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." ━━━━━━━━━ #Quote_of_the_Day 🌀 @Englishoftheday

Slang of the Day 🔰wacko ✍🏾Meaning: crazy, insane, mad ▫️For example: 🔺Have you met Judy's sister? She's really hard to talk to, and she gets this crazy look in her eye sometimes. I think she's a bit wacko. 🔺Bernie reckons anyone who really thinks the...

Idiom of the Day 📚just what the doctor ordered ❗️INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: You can say something was just what the doctor ordered when it was exactly what was needed. 📌For example: 🔺That was a great meal, Ken. Just what the doctor ordered! 🔺Kathie said she...

Phrasal Verb of the Day 🔰part with ✍🏾Meaning: to give something to someone else, especially when you'd prefer to keep it ▪️For example: part with sth 🔺Mark hated parting with his collection of rare books, but he really needed the money he got by selling...

Idiom of the Day 📚cross that bridge when we come to it ✍🏾Meaning: You can say "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it" if someone mentions a problem that might occur in the future, but you want them to think about what's happening now instead. 〽️For...

Slang of the Day 🇺🇸 pooped 🇦🇺 ✍🏾Meaning: very tired, exhausted ▫️For example: 🔺I'm going to bed early tonight. I'm pooped. 🔺Our kids hiked about 10 kilometers in the mountains today. No wonder they're pooped! 👁‍🗨Variety: This slang term is typically used...

Joke of the Day ✨Lost purse A lady lost her handbag. It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her. Looking in her purse, she commented, "Hmmm.... That's funny. When I lost my bag there was a $20 bill in it. Now there are twenty $1 bills." The...

Idiom of the Day 💥half-baked ❗️INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: If something is half-baked, it hasn't been properly thought out or planned. 📍For example: 🔺The trouble with Mick is that some of his ideas are good, but a lot of them are half-baked and can't be used....

Slang of the Day 🔰damage ✍🏾Meaning: the cost of something ▪️For example: 🔺Let's get the bill and find out what the damage is. 🔺What's the damage? 💢Note: always used with the definite article "the" ━━━━━━━━━━━ #Slang_of_the_day 🌀 @Englishoftheday...

Idiom of the Day 💢dot the i's and cross the t's ✍🏾Meaning: If you dot the i's and cross the t's, you do something very carefully to make sure you haven't made any mistakes. ▫️For example: 🔺I've nearly finished the report. I just have to go over it once...

Slang of the Day 🔰piece ✍🏾Meaning: a gun ▫️For example: 🔺After he'd walked into the store, Danny pulled out a piece and demanded the money. 🔺As long as he got rid of the piece he'd used to shoot the guy, he didn't think the cops could prove he'd done...

Idiom of the Day 📚ill at ease ✍🏾Meaning: If you're ill at ease, you feel tense or you can't relax in a situation. ▫️For example: 🔺Liam always looks ill at ease when he's being interviewed on T.V. 🔺I don't mean to make people feel ill at ease, but I seem...