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Category: idioms
Idiomatic-tastic: six of one, half a dozen of another
A biweekly feature about idioms.
Idiomatic-tastic: as serious as a heart attack
Whether you’re giving a presentation, making a speech, or trying to counsel a loved one about an important decision, you want to be taken seriously. There are plenty of options to make sure you’re getting proper, focused attention. One is to hold your audience at gunpoint.
Idiomatic-tastic: jump the shark
It’s a reference to an actual episode of latter-year “Happy Days” in which one of the characters literally jumps over a shark while jet-skiing.
Idiomatic-tastic: raining cats and dogs
The only non-ESL speaker I’ve ever heard use it was my aging grandmother as a child. (Me, not her.)
First thing’s* first
Something has to go here first. That’s a rule, right? This is that thing. The first thing.