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…
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!…
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
2022-02-26 Learn to Be Careful with the Alphabet
FILE – In this picture taken on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, a Syrian refugee boy Saleh el-Hussein, 5, looks on…
2022-02-19 ‘Sugarcoat’ Pills and Bad News
drugs And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Bad news can be hard to hear. It can…
2022-02-12 Let Something ‘Pull at Your Heartstrings’
In this image taken from video, sheep form the shape of a heart in a field in Guyra, northern New…
2022-02-05 Wordle: The Game that Quickly Became an Internet Hit
Wordle, the web-based word game is seen on a mobile phone in this picture taken February 1, 2022. (REUTERS/Andrew Boyers/Illustration)…
2022-01-29 Do You Feel Stuck in ‘Groundhog Day’?
FILE – Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather predicting groundhog, during the 135th celebration of Groundhog…