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Today’s episode is for September 7, 2020. Our idiom for today is 'stick a fork in it.'  The Idiom 'stick a fork in it' means something is finished or over. It can also mean someone has been defeated in a game, argument etc. You can read along as you listen by following this link: 

https://www.artisanenglish.jp/debate-and-discussion-online/stick-a-fork-in-it/

Here are some other new terms that may have been new for you today:

In the books: If someone tells you something is in the books, they mean that that activity is finished and recorded as completed.

https://www.artisanenglish.jp/debate-and-discussion-online/in-the-books/

Done and dusted: Things that are done and dusted are finished and ready for use. When you complete a project or task, you can say it's done and dusted.

https://www.artisanenglish.jp/debate-and-discussion-online/done-and-dusted/