Jump to top 10 International Idioms You’re in a foreign land and nervous about conversing with the locals. But you’ve studied the basics of their language and have electronic translation tools. You’ve got this. Then they say something off the wall. The literal translation leaves you feeling like a fish out of water. You get…
Jump to top 10 Idiom Etymologies Imagine you are at a soccer game with your Spanish friend, and your team was getting their brains beat in (losing). Besides calling the game football, your friend might say that it was time to “flip the tortilla”. You might respond by telling her not to beat around the…