Idioms are not just 'sayings', these are phrases or expressions whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal ...

Now that my kids are out of the house and I’m in the process of retiring from teaching, I have to be more creative in my efforts to find out how young people are using the language. One place I like ...

Those lists will probably be very familiar to people who have been learning Irish recently. They are a pain to learn but they are very useful on a number of levels. I don’t believe that one language ...

Idioms are words or phrases that are not meant to be understood literally. For example, if someone says they have 'cold feet', that doesn't mean their toes are actually cold. Rather, it means they are ...