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This episode was published on Monday, March 14, 2022.
Our Word of the Day is ‘get by.’
To get by means you can live and feed yourself but not much else. Getting by is what you do when you don't have any extra money.
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Below are two terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you.
Burn the midnight oil: When we burn the midnight oil, we continue to work late into the night. If you burn the midnight oil too often, you will get sick. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/BurnTheMidnightOil
Pipe dream: A pipe dream is something that is very unlikely to happen. The term comes from smoking opium and having great but unattainable dreams. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/PipeDream