English as a Foreign Language

2021-07-12 08:30:23 ​​ If you find yourself between a rock and a hard place or between the devil and the deep blue sea, you are in a position where you have to make a choice between two courses of action, both of which you know will have bad consequences:
I was caught between a rock and a hard place: I didn’t want to deceive my family and I knew they wouldn’t approve of the work I was doing, but we really needed the money.
The council is between the devil and the deep blue sea on this issue: local people will be furious if they approve the application for a housing estate, but if they turn it down and the developers appeal, they could face huge legal fees. Open / Comment

2021-07-09 09:00:25 Describing stubborn behaviour
Some words convey a degree of admiration for the person’s stubborn behaviour. These include determined, dogged, and tenacious:
She is absolutely determined to become a mechanic.
His success was due to his dogged refusal to give up.
If you want to get a visa, you have to be tenacious.
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2021-07-02 09:00:47 Describing stubborn behaviour
The most basic word is stubborn. If we want to make it stronger, we often use the simile as stubborn as a mule. The word obstinate is very similar:
You’ll never get Peter to change his mind. He’s as stubborn as a mule.
We were shocked by her obstinate refusal to compromise. Open / Comment

2021-06-30 09:01:03 ostentatious - too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you:
They criticized the ostentatious lifestyle of their leaders. Open / Comment

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2021-06-25 09:00:07 band-aid solution - a quick, superficial, or temporary solution to a problem that does not address or resolve the underlying cause of said problem. A reference to the Band-Aid brand of adhesive bandages. Sometimes capitalized.
Our politicians always come up with band-aid solutions to our water problem.
Tax credits given to students are merely a band-aid solution to the rising cost of getting an education. Open / Comment

2021-06-24 09:01:08 ​​CAN YOU GUESS THE WORD?
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of ______. (Winston Churchill) Open / Comment

2021-06-23 09:01:07 cudgel (one's) brains /ˈkʌdʒəl/ - to try very hard to comprehend, solve, think of, or remember something.
I was up all night cudgeling my brains for a way to pay off all my debts.
She cudgeled her brains to remember the man's name.
cudgel - a short thick stick used as a weapon
He has slept with a cudgel by his bed since being burgled. Open / Comment