People love a good saying. They roll off the tongue, sound wise, and make conversations feel more colorful. But here’s the thing: a shocking number of popular phrases get used in ways that completely ...

Basically, if you think you can't, you won't be able to accomplish something. But if you think you can, you'll succeed. If ...

We use certain phrases so often that we barely think about what they are actually communicating. Often, these common sayings don't mean what people think they do, which is why we encounter serious ...

From phrases like ‘Bob’s your uncle’ to ‘swings and roundabouts’, British English is full of sayings and expressions that appear to make little sense. But for refugees and asylum seekers arriving in ...

If you’ve been searching for funny British sayings, you’ve probably heard someone say “It’s chucking it down” while rain ...

"Out of pocket" can mean different things depending on who you ask — and where you're from. Millennials are facing a linguistic reckoning after learning this phrase means something else for Gen Z.

Use 'semantic gradients' to turn vocabulary study into a shared thinking activity that explores the subtle differences ...