Don’t sell yourself short by ignoring these powerful, vivid phrases to communicate more effectively. In your writing projects, you can keep from barking up the wrong tree by learning a little bit more ...

From William Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney, figurative language such as idiom, metaphor, symbolism and allegory all function to make a poem sound more colourful and appealing to the reader. But are we ...

When a 5th grader on the Crow reservation in Montana, who was one of the best students in her class, asked to do a science experiment for extra credit, her teacher was happy to oblige. The teacher ...

The "flavour" of a language often lies in idiomatic sayings and expressions that make no sense if you translate them literally, but may sound hilarious if you do so. Idioms are developed over time, ...