In each episode, Dan Walker Smith explains a phrase from one of the many audio stories from the Storynory Podcast
Open Secret – Catch Phrase
You probably know what a secret is: it’s a piece of information that you keep hidden and don’t tell certain people. But do you know what an open secret is? We explain this English phrase by example.
2/25/2011 • 0
Short Straw – Catch Phrase
What does it mean to Draw the Short Straw? Listen to a story the story and hear the English phrase in context.
2/25/2011 • 0
At Any Rate – Catch Phrase
Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland has some fantastic phrases in English, and today we’re going to be looking at a phrase you hear a lot in English conversation – ‘at any rate’.
2/6/2011 • 0
Wit’s End – Catch Phrase
In Rudyard Kipling’s story The Cat that Walked by Himself, a mother complains that she’s at her wits' end, because the baby will not stop crying. Do you know the meaning of this English phrase to be at your wits end?