2022-11-26 Cornucopia: So Much of a Good Thing!
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the…
2022-11-19 Have You Felt the ‘Walls Are Closing in on You’?
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the…
2022-11-18 Scrabble Dictionary Adds 500 New Words
Scrabble is a popular word game in which players put letters of the alphabet together to form words. It helps…
2022-11-12 ‘To Have a Monkey on Your Back’ Is No Laughing Matter
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Today we talk about an expression, or idiom, involving an…
2022-11-05 How Dirty Is ‘Greasing Someone’s Palm’?
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and expressions in the…
2022-10-29 Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the…
2022-10-22 ‘Bury Your Head in the Sand’ to Avoid Difficulty
Hello! And welcome to Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English! On this program we dive into words and…
2022-10-15 What Is the ‘Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back’?
And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. In life, things can get tough. Sometimes, it is good…
2022-10-08 What Does It Mean ‘To Push Someone’s Buttons’?
And now Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. The world is filled with buttons! Some buttons we press…
2022-10-01 ‘All Over the Map’ Can Be Good and Bad
And now Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. The world is filled with many interesting places. A map…
2022-09-24 The Best Way Is ‘Tried-and-True’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the…
2022-09-17 This Is ‘The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread’!
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and expressions in the…
2022-09-10 Who Would ‘Bring Sand to the Beach’?
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we talk about common expressions in the…
2022-09-03 Where Is the ‘Wrong Side of the Tracks’?
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the…
2022-08-27 Blaming Others With a Goat: A ‘Scapegoat’
And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Many of our English expressions come from our interactions with…