Words And Their Stories (词汇掌故)

2022-05-07 Let’s Get to the ‘Root of the Problem’

And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and expressions in the…

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2022-04-30 What Does It Mean to ‘Hit the Nail on the Head’?

We use a hammer to hammer a nail into wood. And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English! On this…

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2022-04-23 Are You Guilty of ‘Sitting on the Fence?’

A man walks past a fence of a construction site along a street in New Delhi, India, March 9, 2022.…

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2022-04-16 What Does It Mean to Get the ‘Greenlight?’

FILE - A Sudanese demonstrator sits atop a traffic light as tens of thousands protest in the capital Khartoum on…

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2022-04-09 ‘April Showers Bring May Flowers’

Rain falls on a plexiglass divider in the grandstand at Augusta National golf course on April 6, 2022, in Augusta,…

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2022-04-02 ‘Fresh As a Daisy,’ Other Daisy Expressions

FILE - A bee takes off from the blossom of a yellow daisy flower, Saturday, July 16, 2011 in a…

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2022-03-26 Hope Springs Eternal

Thomas Jefferson Memorial is seen amid cherry trees that are in full bloom around the Tidal Basin in Washington, Tuesday,…

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2022-03-19 Are You a ‘Big Fish in a Small Pond?’

In this Oct. 8, 2010 photo, Matt Balazik gets ready to throw a 70-lb Atlantic sturgeon into the James River…

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2022-03-12 Do You Believe the ‘Grass Is Always Greener’?

People sit in the grass at Central Park on October 15, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss…

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2022-03-05 Two Gold Expressions

FILE - Gold bullions are displayed at GoldSilver Central's office in Singapore June 19, 2017. And now Words and Their…

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