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Hi guys! Our idiom of the day is ”Like water off a duck's back”, which means “without any apparent effect". This expression alludes to the fact that duck feathers shed water. [Early 1800s]

How about a video example! Our idiom of the day is “Add insult to injury”, which means “to hurt the feelings of a person who is already upset”. Usage in a movie ("Mermaids"):

- Is there a Mr. Flax? - No. He too made a rather sudden and unexpected departure. - Not in the middle of vacuuming? - No. I was in the middle of labor with Charlotte. Yeah, and to add insult to injury the son-of-a-bitch stole my car to leave in.

Hello! 😀 Our idiom of the day is ”Feather your own nest”, which means to use your position or your job to get a lot of money for yourself".

Origin: for so many years, it was observed that to make their nest more comfortable, birds used to line them with soft, delicate feathers. It is an old expression dating back in the 16th century which was used for greedy and selfish people who misused their power and position to make money without caring for others or doing anything for the well-being of people. The expression can also be used in positive way mean to embellish your home or decorate it.

Ready to watch our video example? Our idiom of the day is “Back to the drawing board", which means "it's time to start from the start". Usage in a movie (“Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life”):

Ready to watch our video example? Our idiom of the day is “Have your head in the clouds", which means "to be separate from reality, to dream". Usage in a movie ("Bridge to Terabithia"):

Hello everybody! 😀 Our idiom of the day is ”Vanish into thin air”, which means “to disappear completely, without leaving a trace".

Origin: This phrase was partly created by Shakespeare. In his play Othello (1604) he wrote: “Then put up your pipes in your bag, for I'll away. Go; vanish into air; away!”

In another play, The Tempest (1610), he wrote: “These our actors, as I foretold you, were all spirits and are melted into air, into thin air.”

However, Shakespeare did not put ‘vanish into air’ and ‘into thin air’ together to make ‘vanish into thin air’. The first time this phrase was printed was in The Edinburgh Advertiser in 1822: “The latest communications make these visions vanish into thin air."

Hi there! 😊 Our idiom of the day is ”Wolf in sheep's clothing”, which means “a dangerous person pretending to be harmless".

The phrase originates in a sermon by Jesus recorded in the Christian New Testament: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves (Gospel of Matthew 7:15, King James Version).