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Fact Check: A List of Idioms for 'It's Raining Cats and Dogs' in Different Languages Contains...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoX user @AdamCSharp Claim: A post shared on X correctly listed idioms indicating heavy rain in...
Got beef with an NPC? Study finds English-learners in the UK want teachers to explain slang
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA new study found 71% of the UK's foreign students want teachers to explain English slang they hear...
The Historical Origins of 7 Idioms You Say All the Time
Woman's World via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLanguage is a curious thing. It's constantly changing, almost as if it’s alive. For every new word...
Wearing a cat on your head? Flies up your nose? Interesting animal idioms found worldwide
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 3 months ago“Right then, mate. I’ll meet you at the marsh just after sparrow-fart.” Or sparrowfarts, depending...
'Time To Hit the Books!' 50 Common Idioms and What They Really Mean
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSome idioms you likely use all the time, while others might be new to you. Idioms, phrases that come...
I sometimes think the French should just throw in the towel and speak English instead
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoI have just spent some weeks in France, and have encountered a recurrent problem: how does one cope...
Want to learn English for free? Here are the resources you'll need
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA young girl practices her English through online school. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) Not...
17 Things Americans Say That Non-Americans Hate
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThere are 171,476 words in current use in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. If you’re learning English for the first...
Animal idioms we can't resist: Why do we say ‘cat got your tongue’ and other popular phrases?
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoEver wondered where popular phrases come from? Here are three favorite sayings with interesting...
Mark J. Price: Pardon the grammar from this mammer jammer
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere's nothing like making a grammatical error in an item about grammatical errors. We recently...