When you bite off more than you can chew, you take on more work, responsibility or problems than you can handle. “I think we’re biting off more than we can chew with this acquisition”. The speaker here is expressing fear that buying the other company will turn out to be more than her company can manage. […]
Writing Example Dear Julio, First of all, I want to remind you that we have a meeting scheduled for next Monday, the 22th, in the blue room of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. I’m telling you this because I remember that the last time we set a similar meeting so far in advance, you forgot about. […]
Writing Example Oranges”Roll up, roll up. Home grown oranges, sweet and delicious, top quality.” He was laughing a toothless hearty laugh. A wandering orange vendor in his early forties. It was a genuine type of laugh, as he smiled into the face of every customer, indeed into the face of every passer-by. In his smile […]
We can’t talk about the expression as mad as a Hatter without mentioning Lewis Carol and The Hatter, one of his main characters from the chapter 7 of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland when Alice became a guest at a mad Tea-Party with the Hatter and the March Hare. The original meaning of the expression was vague […]
Inviting someone – Would you like to come too? – Do you want to join us? – The party has just begun, why don’t you stay? – What about going to that wedding party? – it has been a while since we last met. Why not have dinner together? – How about Saturday night? – […]
Writing Example ComradeshipThe last time we were together, he was by my side singing loudly. We were marching in rhythmical military step, singing one of his favourite songs. He was singing with great fervour, moving his feet up and down. I realized how much he must be suffering, exhausted as he was and at odds […]