A caller from Russia wonders about the English idiom can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. What’s so hard about walking and chewing gum? This is part of a complete episode.
If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you is an English idiom suggesting that the listener is gullible. It’s widespread throughout the United States. On our Facebook group, listeners shared other versions, including one that...
Writers and where they do their best creative work. A new book on Geoffrey Chaucer describes the dark, cramped, smelly room where he wrote his early work. Which raises the question: What kind of space do you need to produce your best writing...
“Out of station” is an English idiom used in India to mean “going on vacation.” This is part of a complete episode.
papertalk n.— «When I first learnt about Maradona coming to India, I dismissed it as some speculation or what the English call ‘papertalk’.» —“India Welcomes Diego Maradona” by Rahul Bali Goal.com Dec. 6, 2008...