Neil Hmm, let me count while we hear some other examples of the phrase ‘another string to your bow’… Examples Bookkeeping is another string to my bow – I’ve learnt it in case I lose my job at the bank. I...
learning will follow”. Recently, as I focus on learning as an outcome of reflection in, on, and through learning, I find myself saying “create space for reflection”, but perhaps I should add, “create space for (self-)discovery.” I think this is good advice for the artist and the...
Here is where I think any woman who experiences “My husband left me for another woman” will benefit. My friend went on her ex’s new wife’s twitter account the other day. Now, I know that might seem a little stalker-ish, but I actually don’t see it that way. I call it ...
Ellis coined the phrasestinking thinkingto describe the human tendency to engage in stupid and counterproductive forms of cognition. Examples ofstinking thinkinginclude: Over-generalizing Mind reading Exaggerating Catastrophizing Jumping to conclusions Unrealistic expectations Dwelling on your mistakes Comparing y...
2.Toadd insult to injuryis to trat someone badly and then do something that makes the situation worse. In this phrase the word ‘injury’ refers to hurt feelings rather than physical harm 雪上加霜,更糟的是 Kevin was drenched from head to toe,to add insult to injury,all his school books...
Thus, though the historical record is unclear as to the exact origin of the term “useful idiots,” Lenin is said to have deemed them as such, whether or not he actually used the phrase. *** At least initially, American communists only saw the righteousness of the Bolshevik cause. Equalit...
and asked for a reprisal of the sadly mismanaged plebiscite of 1969. They wanted to make history right, as the phrase rang. The result was that Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid spent the first day of the new millennium among the Papuans, promising them greater freedom and, if it came...
And then there are those who just use phrasebooks—they do not actually understand the words they’re saying, but the phrase solves their questions.” After leaving the LCP, Brody started to design sleeves for small independent record companies. Working on low budgets, he had to push his ...
Maybe a mentor of yours has a key phrase that represents them. What could you remind yourself in order to “stay the course?” Tomorrow will be my last word-y post on this site. After that, I will be posting a link to my new site. The new site will be a little bit different. ...
Praying for a wise New Year 2016 “…we finish our years like a sigh…” Can you relate with this phrase from Psalm 90:9 ? 2015 zoomed by astonishingly swift and now at the beginning of a new year we may be asking ourselves…perhaps with a “sigh”, if we accomplished all that we...