Give short shrift ⛪️ - to give (someone or something) very little time or attention. 📚 Have Ye No Homes To Go To?: The History of the Irish Pub 📚 by Kevin Martin:

English word "Flak" meaning "antiaircraft guns" or "strong criticism" is actually an abbreviation of German FLugzeugAbwehrKanone #til Lovely view over Berlin from the Humboldthain Flak Tower, legacy from the WWII.

Word of the Day: TO VANDYKE (19th century) — to stagger drunkenly in zigzags; after indented or zagging collars often seen on portraits by Anthony van Dyck.

Chopped liver - a person or thing regarded as insignificant. Since eating chopped liver may not be appreciated by everyone, the Jewish English expression "What am I, chopped liver?", signifies frustration or anger at being ignored on a social level. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopped_l…

Teetotaller - a person who never drinks alcohol ❌🍷 A typical teetotaller 😀

Tip one's hand - reveal one's intentions inadvertently. Speaking of hands... 🤲🏻 bbc.com/news/av/embed/…

German not only has the great word Kummerspeck--fat you put on when upset (Kummer=worry, Speck=bacon). This nimble language has already given us Coronaspeck: the fat you will put on in quarantine.

If you are IN A PICKLE, you are in a difficult position, or have a problem to which no easy answer can be found. 📚 Nicci Gerrard “What Dementia Teaches Us About Love” 📚⬇️

Hilarious new words related to you-know-what! ➡️ covidiots (yeah, met them 😬) ➡️ coronadodge (always when it is time to hunt for food) ➡️ COVID-10 (yep, getting chubby 🍫) Moar words (EN / RU): godliteratury.ru/projects/kovid… visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/… nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_word…

Get the jitters - to experience a temporary state of nervous anxiety or anticipation. 📚 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running 📚 by Haruki Murakami (The book is HIGHLY recommended to all runners!)

How to Pronounce Pecheneg youtu.be/vMlApETVdzQ via YouTube

Box and Cox - in turn; alternating 🔁 📚 “On the Beach” 📚 by Nevil Shute (a post-apocalyptic novel about the world dying from radiation 🤷🏻‍♀️)

When you don’t understand someone’s language

LEARN RUSSIAN ACCENT IN 2 MINUTES (HOW TO SPEAK RUNGLISH) by Виталя Альбатрос youtu.be/UI4o4wDz2DE via YouTube

Do someone dirt - to do something vicious to someone. “It’d be worth doing her dirt if it meant having Dwight for good, and children, and a home, and a full life” From 📚 Nevil Shute’s “On the Beach”

English Idioms

My Vocabulary Size is about: 【21675】! What about you? arealme.com/vocabulary-siz… #EnglishVocabularySizeTest

What day is today? Blursday? Whensday? All the same 🤷🏻‍♀️ nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_word…