執筆者 Modern English | 2015年11月19日 | Trivia
To play hopscotch, you need some rectangles drawn on the ground, usually with chalk. Toss a stone onto the ground. Now, jump along the squares using either one foot (where there is only one square) or two feet (where two squares are next to each other). However, you...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年11月18日 | Idioms
“Are you sure this thing is safe?” “Safe as houses!” We usually feel safe in our own house. That may not be the real origin of this idiom, however. Some say it came from investing in houses, which were a safe investment compared to railways. It...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年11月17日 | Words
A knot is what we create when we tie two strings together. Knots are so important that there are names for many different kinds of knots, and they often appear in metaphors. A problem that’s difficult to solve is “knotty”. When two people get married...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年11月16日 | Pictures
November is a bad month for turkeys in the U.S. Have you ever seen a turkey in person? This one has impressive feathers and a featherless but colorful head....
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年11月14日 | Phrases
“I couldn’t care less what you do. Just leave me out of it.” “I couldn’t care less” is an emphatic way to say “I don’t care.” You can care a lot or a little, but if you “couldn’t care less”, then...
