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Come on. We dare you. Get through a conversation -- heck, get through a paragraph of conversation -- without using an idiom. In this edition of Doing What Works you’ll not only learn the origin of some of your most-fallen-back-on expressions but might just be inspired to up your game (oops!) conversationally.
Here are your show notes…
An idiom is a phrase you can’t decipher the meaning of from its individual words, and if overused becomes a cliché.
Here are some idioms and their meanings.
Here are some more idioms and their meanings.
Helen Gurley Brown wrote a book of advice for writers.
Name drop alert! Darrell and Katie and I were in the audience of the 2010 National Poetry Slam where Shane Hawley delivered this masterpiece.
“I bury hatchets but I keep maps of where I put ’em” is from Taylor Swift. (You didn’t think we could get through a show without quoting her, did you?)
Here are your show notes…
An idiom is a phrase you can’t decipher the meaning of from its individual words, and if overused becomes a cliché.
Here are some idioms and their meanings.
Here are some more idioms and their meanings.
Helen Gurley Brown wrote a book of advice for writers.
Name drop alert! Darrell and Katie and I were in the audience of the 2010 National Poetry Slam where Shane Hawley delivered this masterpiece.
“I bury hatchets but I keep maps of where I put ’em” is from Taylor Swift. (You didn’t think we could get through a show without quoting her, did you?)
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Come on. We dare you. Get through a conversation -- heck, get through a paragraph of conversation -- without using an idiom. In this edition of Doing What Works you’ll not only learn the origin of some of your most-fallen-back-on expressions but might just be inspired to up your game (oops!) conversationally.
Here are your show notes…
An idiom is a phrase you can’t decipher the meaning of from its individual words, and if overused becomes a cliché.
Here are some idioms and their meanings.
Here are some more idioms and their meanings.
Helen Gurley Brown wrote a book of advice for writers.
Name drop alert! Darrell and Katie and I were in the audience of the 2010 National Poetry Slam where Shane Hawley delivered this masterpiece.
“I bury hatchets but I keep maps of where I put ’em” is from Taylor Swift. (You didn’t think we could get through a show without quoting her, did you?)
Here are your show notes…
An idiom is a phrase you can’t decipher the meaning of from its individual words, and if overused becomes a cliché.
Here are some idioms and their meanings.
Here are some more idioms and their meanings.
Helen Gurley Brown wrote a book of advice for writers.
Name drop alert! Darrell and Katie and I were in the audience of the 2010 National Poetry Slam where Shane Hawley delivered this masterpiece.
“I bury hatchets but I keep maps of where I put ’em” is from Taylor Swift. (You didn’t think we could get through a show without quoting her, did you?)