More fictional characters who appear in everyday English

After the positive reception that my

Word of the day: Harry Pottered out

I spent last Friday and Saturday …

From a trickle to a flood: water metaphors and their emotional pull

One of the most depressing things

Everyday English drawn from Greek mythology

A while back, I wrote …

Literary figures in everyday speech

In one of my recent classes, …

Word of the day: big cheese

At a party last week I

Chunk of the day: a rite of passage

Generally speaking, I’m not one for …

Chunk of the day: having some work done

Those of you who follow my …

Word of the day: whitewash

By the 18th of June 1984 …

Phrase of the day: How the other half lives

May has been a truly miserable …