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Words and their stories
'Watching the Grass Grow' Is Not Fun
Green Means Spring and Other Things
How to 'Dish Up' Something Good
The Importance of Being ‘Dialed In’
Don't Miss a Thing With 'Eagle Eyes'
What Does It Take to Be a 'Power Couple'?
‘Kitchen-Table’ Is a Type of Politics
Sometimes We 'Spread Ourself Too Thin'
Knee Jerk and Gut Reactions: When We Are Not in Control
The Story of Jack Frost
'Kicking Off' a New Year
Expressions for New Year's Resolution
Expressions That ‘Stop You Cold’
For Words of the Year: Brat, Brain Rot, Polarization
'Show Your Hand', other Card Idioms
What Does ‘Like Gangbusters’ Mean?
Learn 'Rub Elbows,' Other 'Rub' Expressions
What Does It Mean to ‘Hit Pay Dirt'?
Have You Ever Felt the ‘Long Arm of the Law?’
For When You Do Something Wrong: Mea Culpa
Exploring the 'Butterfly Effect'
Expressions Using Our Head and Shoulders
When in Rome …
Is ‘Pie in the Sky’ Just a Dream?
Keep Your Nose to the Grindstone
How to Use 'Swimming' to Deal with Life's Situations
What Is Your 'North Star'?
‘Dead Giveaway’ Is Not as Dark as It Sounds
An Eye for an Eye
Reaching the 'Tipping Point'
Sometimes Help Is Just 'A Phone Call Away'
One Person's Trash Is Another Person's Treasure
When Is Two Too Many? When It's a 'Double Whammy'!
Let's Talk about 'Going South'
Be Careful What You 'Bank On'
What Gives You 'Food for Thought'?
Partners in Crime
Learn Some 'Wave' Expressions
It’s Showtime!
Being 'Put Through the Wringer' Is Not Fun
Are You Strong 'Out of the Gate'?
Be Bold. 'Break the Mold'!
Many Handy 'Hand' Expressions
Ways to 'Divide and Conquer'
It's Time to 'Separate the Wheat from the Chaff'
What Good Comes from 'Casting a Wide Net'?
To Pull or Not to Pull Punches
Are You the Windshield or the Bug?
Many People 'Thank Their Lucky Stars'
Is It Real or Bogus?
What Are Your ‘True Colors’?
When Is Something 'Ancient History'?
When Do You 'Go Against the Grain'?
'Dip Your Toes' or 'Take the Plunge'?
Read the Riot Act
Influence Others from a 'Bully Pulpit'
US Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions
Why Do Married Couples 'Tie the Knot'?
Do You Have a 'Doppelgänger'?
Snow Day? Don't Be 'Left Out in the Cold'
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