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Everything but the kitchen sink
I apologize for my prolonged absence and for not posting anything for months. I cannot even say that I was extremely busy – at least not all of the time – but there was a fair amount of things going...
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Keep a wolf from the door
Photo credit: skazles.ru Another gem from Shaun Keaveney’s breakfast show! He didn’t come up with the idiom, of course, but he reminded me of it. To cut a long story short, he was taking the mickey out...
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To come off
Photo credit: http://www.standard.co.uk Last Saturday I watched Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, which wasn’t really on my top-10 list of films to watch, but it seemed like a good choice for a relaxing...
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Swanky
Today’s linguistic revelation came from… a pot of yogurt. I never win anything in these contests, but at least I can learn a word or two – that’s my consolation prize! A ‘swanky‘ hotel stay is the one...
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To keep your hand in
Photo credit: imgkid.com Yesterday I went to our regular French-Russian meeting, where we chat – in Russian, French and English – with fellow translators who work in these language pairs. As we haven’t...
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To have somebody down as…
Photo credit: dailymail.co.uk Hi there, Apologies again for my rather long absence – there’s been a lot going on lately (and there’ll probably be even more on going on soon – details later), but I...
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It’s a doddle!
Photo credit: justinjackson.ca If I had to pick one of the new–ish words that I’ve been hearing a lot lately, it would be ‘doddle‘! Every now and then I hear ‘it’s a doddle‘ about things that are easy...
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Bumble along
Hi dear readers, Once again I have to apologize for the prolonged silence on this blog, but this time I have a really good excuse – her name is Alisa and she is six months old already! It wouldn’t be...
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I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it
Photo credit: http://www.tourismontheedge.com I stopped teaching when I had Alisa, but 7 months on I have a new student learning Russian and I’m really enjoying our lessons. On Saturday he asked me...
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To plonk yourself
Photo credit: micro-scooters.co.uk Today I ventured out to a BuggyFit class with Alisa in tow for the third time. I really like that she gets some fresh air, while mummy gets some exercise. It is a bit...
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