Word of the Day

You’re watching Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for December 30.

National Bacon Day

Today’s word is eat, spelled e-a-t.

eat / iːt/ verb

all-you-can-eat adjective

providing an unlimited amount of food for a fixed price

Casa Bonita is, at $8.29, a great value for an all-you-can-eat deluxe Mexican dinner.

— Sally Stich, Sunset, August 1994

The casual restaurant and bar also offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. Sundays.

— Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 19 July 2017

(figurative) Back in December, when … Internet providers went to all-you-can-eat pricing, it caused overloads and brownouts on phone systems from Washington to San Francisco.

— Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., Wall Street Journal, 22 Oct. 1997

eat your words idiom

to admit that what you said was wrong

I’m going to make you eat your words.

They think we can't compete with them - I'll make them eat their words.

what’s eating sb?

spoken used to ask why someone seems annoyed or upset

What’s eating Sally today?

What’s eating you?

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You’re watching Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for December 29.

National Pepper Pot Day

Today’s word is mother, spelled m-o-t-h-e-r.

mother / ˈmʌðə $ -ər/ noun [countable]

the mother of all idiom

—used to say that something is larger, better, worse, etc., than all other things of the same kind

I got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams.

I woke up with the mother of all hangovers.

It has been described as the mother of all construction projects.

a real mother of a car

SOURCE, ORIGIN

Necessity is the mother of invention.

mother verb [transitive]

to give birth to

She mothered two sons but no daughters.

I hope to mother at least one child.

to care for or protect like a mother

Brenda just tries to mother everyone.

I don’t like being mothered!

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You’re watching Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for December 28.

National Card Playing Day

Today’s word is neck, spelled n-e-c-k.

neck /nek/ noun

be up to your neck in something  idiom

deeply involved in or affected by (something)

She's up to her neck in work.

He's up to his neck in debt.

breathe down someone's neck idiom

to watch someone carefully and constantly

His parents are always breathing down his neck.

I can't work with you breathing down my neck.

neck of the woods noun phrase informal

the place or area where someone lives

He's from my neck of the woods.

How is the weather in your neck of the woods?

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You’re watching Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for December 27.

National Fruitcake Day

Today’s word is bite, spelled b-i-t-e.

bite / baɪt/ verb

bite the bullet idiom informal

to force yourself to do something unpleasant or difficult, or to be brave in a difficult situation:

I hate going to the dentist, but I'll just have to bite the bullet.

Brad Paisley – That’s Love

bite off more than you can chew idiom

to try to do something that is too difficult for you

My Way – Frank Sinatra

I think he's bitten off more than he can chew taking all those classes.

Many kids who leave home to live alone find they have bitten off more than they can chew.

bite the hand that feeds you idiom

to harm someone who has helped or supported you

It is hard to bite the hand that feeds you.

Misunderstood – Dream Theater

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You’re watching Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for December 26.

National Thank You Note Day

Today’s word is horse, spelled h-o-r-s-e.

horse /hɔːs $ hɔːrs/ noun

look a gift horse in the mouth idiom

to look in a critical way at something that has been given to one

I noticed the guitar wasn't made of real wood, but I didn't say anything because you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

flog a dead horse idiom informal

to keep talking about a subject that has already been discussed or decided

I don't mean to flog a dead horse, but I still don't understand what happened.

to waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible

Is it just flogging a dead horse to ask for another recount of the votes?

put the cart before the horse idiom

to do things in the wrong order

People are putting the cart before the horse by making plans on how to spend the money before we are even certain that the money will be available.

Aren't you putting the cart before the horse by deciding what to wear for the wedding before you've even been invited to it?

Feist - 123

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You’re watching Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for December 25.

National Pumpkin Pie Day

Today’s word is take, spelled t-a-k-e.

take /teɪk/ verb

take to something phrasal verb

to begin doing (something) as a habit or regular practice

—usually used with a following present participle

take to drinking/smoking

He's recently taken to staying up late on weekends.

Dee’s taken to getting up at 6 and going jogging.

take to something like a duck (takes) to water idiom

to learn how to do something very easily

She took to dancing like a duck to water.

She's taken to her new position like a duck to water.

She took to horseback riding like a duck to water.

take (something) out on (someone) phrasal verb

to treat someone badly because one feels angry, frustrated, etc.

workers who go home and take out their frustration on their families

I'm sorry you didn't get the job, but don't take it out on me.

Rumer - Am I Forgiven

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You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for November 21.

Peanut Butter Fudge Day

Today’s word is frame, spelled f-r-a-m-e.

frame /freɪm/ noun

frame of mind noun phrase

Merriam-Webster: mental attitude or outlook : MOOD

Longman: the way someone is thinking and feeling at a particular time

She returned from lunch in a happier frame of mind.

You have to be in the right frame of mind to play well.

That music puts me in a romantic frame of mind.

frame ●○○ verb [transitive]

to put a picture in a structure that will hold it firmly

I’m going to get the picture framed.

a framed photograph

to deliberately make someone seem guilty of a crime when they are not guilty, by lying to the police or in a court of law SYN set up

Needham’s lawyers claimed that he had been framed by the police.

The two men were framed for murder.

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You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for December 21.

Forefathers’ Day

Today’s word is do, spelled d-o.

do /duː/ verb

ˌdo-or-ˈdie adjective [only before noun]

very determined

Her do-or-die attitude is inspiring.

said when you are in a situation in which you must take a big risk in order to avoid failure

On Tuesday, it's do-or-die in the final game.

With only 10 seconds left, this is a do-or-die situation for the team. If they don't score, the game is over.

do 10 miles/20 kms etc

to achieve a particular distance, speed etc

We did 300 kilometres on the first day.

The car can do 120 mph.

do something ↔ over especially American English to make a place look attractive by decorating it

Can we afford to have the house done over?

do over the kitchen

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You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for November 18.

Mickey Mouse Day

Today’s word is bask, spelled b-a-s-k.

bask /bɑːsk $ bæsk/ verb [intransitive]

to enjoy sitting or lying in the heat of the sun or a fire

basking in the warmth of the sun

We sat basking in the sun.

Tourists were basking on the beaches.

to enjoy the approval or attention that you are getting from other people

He stood before the audience, basking in their applause.

She basked in the admiration of the media.

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You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for November 17.

Baklava Day

Today’s word is word, spelled word.

word / wɜːd $ wɜːrd/ noun

put words into somebody’s mouth

spoken to tell someone what you think they are trying to say, in a way that annoys them

Will you stop putting words into my mouth – I never said I disliked the job.

put your feelings/thoughts etc into words

to express what you want to say clearly

He found it difficult to put ideas into words.

put in a (good) word for somebody

to try to help someone get or achieve something by saying good things about them to someone else

I got the job because Paul put in a good word for me.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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