Friday, January 29, 2021

Proverbs to Ponder: Great Minds Think Alike

   Meaning:

    The proverb "Great minds think alike" means that extremely smart people usually think the same thing.

  Example:

    It's quite obvious that the two smartest kids in class have the same answer, because great minds think alike.


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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Idiom of the Day: Watch My Six

 Meaning:

      When someone says the expression "Watch my six" means that you should watch his back.


 Example:
      Watch my six, we're going to enemy territory.


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Friday, January 22, 2021

Proverbs to Ponder: You Cannot Put an Old Heads on Young Shoulders

Meaning:                                                                                                                                                        The idiom "you cannot put an old head on young shoulders" means that young people can't be expected to have the wisdom of older people.


Example:
      His parents kept telling him not to say bad words, but Tommy didn't listen. Soon, Tommy was punched in the face after insulting someone. You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.


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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Idiom of the Day: Salad days

Meaning:                                                                                                                                                        The idiom "salad days" is the youthful, inexperienced days of a person.                                            

Example:
     My grandpa told me about his salad days as a US Air Force pilot. It was so cool!


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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Idiom of the Day: Raining Cats and Dogs

Meaning:                                                                                                                                                        The idiom "raining cats and dogs" means there is heavy rainfall.                                                             

Example:
      It was raining cats and dogs out there that my mom couldn't go shopping.


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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Idiom of the Day: Deus Ex Machina

Meaning:
      The idiom "deus ex machina" is a fast way to solve a problem in a story. However, it usually doesn't make any sense.                                                                                                                                                     

Example:
      The author had to use a deus ex machina to fix his story, however it made the story a bit crazy.


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Proverbs to Ponder: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

   Meaning:

    The proverb "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" means that when you literally eat an apple, you wouldn't need to see the doctor.

 Example:

    James took the proverb an apple a day keeps the doctor away to seriously and ate 10000 apples in a year!


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Monday, January 4, 2021

Idiom of the Day: House Warming

Meaning:
    The expression "house warming" means a a held celebration for new owners of a house.


Example:
    The whole community held a house warming for the new owners of the Joneses' house, the Tanners. 


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Saturday, January 2, 2021

Home is Cool Channel: Awesome Facts About Komodo Dragon


AWESOME FACTS (Komodo Dragon)

      Let us learn some interesting facts about "Komodo Dragon". Komodo Dragons are huge, meat-eating reptiles that live in Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands. They are considered the largest reptile in the world! Hope you'll have a fun time video-watching!

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Friday, January 1, 2021

No Man is an Island

 Meaning:                                   

      The proverb "No man is an island" means that living a reclusive life will not result in happiness if



Example:
       Don't try to isolate yourself from us Jason, remember, no man's an island. 


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Getting Up

     Do you have an experience that you fell down on the floor or tripped? I had. Me, my brother, and my mom were going to fetch our dad...