Idiom Series

By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why would wishing someone harm ever become the kindest thing you could say to them? 🍃 Act Two: The Picture Picture standing at the side of a stage, just five minutes before the curtain goes up. The audience fills

By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why would an expression about steam engines become one of the most human ways to describe emotional relief?  🍃 Act Two: The Picture Imagine coming home after a day when all appeared to go wrong. The commute dragged on.

By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why would biting down on a bullet become the image we reach for when we need to face something hard?  🍃 Act Two: The Picture Imagine a field hospital in the 19th century. There is no anesthesia. A surgeon

By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why would taking one bite too many become a lesson about knowing our limits?  🍃 Act Two: The Picture Imagine someone starting a new semester, a new job, or a new year. Their calendar is wide open, and everything

By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why do we so often forgive lateness when we would never forgive giving up?  🍃 Act Two: The Picture Imagine someone standing at a door they should have knocked on months earlier. Maybe they’ve been putting off an apology,

By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why do people sometimes hide behind words instead of saying what they really mean?  🍃 Act Two: The Picture Imagine a conversation that should only last half a minute, but instead drags on for five awkward minutes. One person

By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why would we borrow a lesson about human mistakes from a hunting dog?  🍃 Act Two: The Picture Imagine a forest in early 19th-century America. Darkness surrounds a hunter and his dog as they track a raccoon. The dog

By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why would the sound of a gun become a way to measure value?  🍃 Act Two: The Marketplace Visualize walking into an American store in the 1950s. A customer stands in front of two almost identical products. They serve

🍃 By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: Wonder Why do we talk about paying full attention by mentioning just one part of the body? 🍃 Act Two: The Picture Imagine someone leaning in a bit, looking right at you while everything else fades into the background.

By Daniel, an ESL Educator, Idiom Series Author, and a Curious Guide 🍃 Act One: The Fable A fly lands on a bald man’s head and bites him. Annoyed, the man swats at it as hard as he can. He misses the fly completely and ends up hitting himself, much harder than the fly ever