Do you hate it when people pour cold water on your ideas, or is it like water off a duck's back? There are a few phrases in English using the word 'water'. Learn some of them here with Phil. I've got ...

Positive economics is a fact-based analysis of what is occurring in an economy, without making prescriptions of what should or should not be happening.

Language learning is deeply personal—but some languages are, objectively, more accessible to native English speakers than others. Factors like shared roots, familiar grammar rules, a common writing ...

What do you envision when you think of meekness? You probably see a mousy doormat, someone sheepishly acquiescing to the will ...

Negative reinforcement has a bad reputation. Here’s what it really means, and why it can be surprisingly helpful.

This expression means leave quickly because you're in a hurry or there's somewhere you need to be. Learn how to use it here. Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases used by ...

With 70% of English learners speaking Spanish and the rest speaking Arabic, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Chinese and Korean, schools are hiring bilingual counselors and social workers ...

Scroll through social media and you’ll quickly encounter phrases like “I am worthy” or “I choose happiness”. The tantalising promise is: repeat these positive affirmations often enough and you’ll be ...

Meghan Markle and Jessica Mulroney's friendship, believed to have ended in 2020, is reportedly on positive terms, according to Jessica's ex-husband, Ben Mulroney. He stated it's Jessica's story to ...

However, the truth is that psychological work has long indicated that the weaknesses we perceive in ourselves or others could, when properly utilized, be fairly potent tools for learning and success.