'Watching the Grass Grow' Is Not Fun - March 11, 2025
Mar 11, 2025•3 min
Words and Their Stories - VOA Learning English
Words and Their Stories programs explain idioms and expressions that many learners of American English find difficult to understand.
Episodes
Green Means Spring and Other Things - March 07, 2025
Mar 07, 2025•5 min
How to 'Dish Up' Something Good - February 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025•4 min
The Importance of Being ‘Dialed In’ - February 20, 2025
Feb 20, 2025•4 min
Don't Miss a Thing With 'Eagle Eyes' - February 13, 2025
Feb 13, 2025•6 min
What Does It Take to Be a 'Power Couple'? - February 05, 2025
Feb 05, 2025•5 min
Protecting Apple Trees from Climate Change - January 31, 2025
Jan 31, 2025•6 min
‘Kitchen-Table’ Is a Type of Politics - January 30, 2025
Jan 30, 2025•4 min
Sometimes We 'Spread Ourself Too Thin' - January 20, 2025
Jan 20, 2025•3 min
Knee Jerk and Gut Reactions: When We Are Not in Control - January 16, 2025
Jan 16, 2025•5 min
The Story of Jack Frost - January 10, 2025
Jan 10, 2025•6 min
'Kicking Off' a New Year - January 02, 2025
Jan 02, 2025•6 min
Expressions for New Year's Resolution - December 23, 2024
Dec 23, 2024•5 min
Expressions That ‘Stop You Cold’ - December 11, 2024
Dec 11, 2024•5 min
For Words of the Year: Brat, Brain Rot, Polarization - December 10, 2024
Dec 10, 2024•7 min
'Show Your Hand', other Card Idioms - December 05, 2024
Dec 05, 2024•5 min
What Does ‘Like Gangbusters’ Mean? - November 27, 2024
Nov 27, 2024•5 min
Learn 'Rub Elbows,' Other 'Rub' Expressions - November 20, 2024
Nov 20, 2024•6 min
What Does It Mean to 'Hit Pay Dirt' - November 14, 2024
Nov 14, 2024•4 min
Have You Ever Felt the ‘Long Arm of the Law?’ - November 07, 2024
Nov 07, 2024•4 min
For When You Do Something Wrong: Mea Culpa - October 31, 2024
Oct 31, 2024•4 min
Exploring the 'Butterfly Effect' - October 24, 2024
Oct 24, 2024•5 min
Expressions Using Our Head and Shoulders - October 17, 2024
Oct 17, 2024•6 min
When in Rome … - October 10, 2024
Oct 10, 2024•5 min
Is ‘Pie in the Sky’ Just a Dream? - October 03, 2024
Oct 03, 2024•5 min
Keep Your Nose to the Grindstone - September 26, 2024
Sep 26, 2024•6 min
How to Use "Swimming" to Deal with Life's Situations - September 19, 2024
Sep 19, 2024•5 min
What Is Your 'North Star'? - September 13, 2024
Sep 13, 2024•5 min
‘Dead Giveaway’ Is Not as Dark as It Sounds - September 05, 2024
Sep 05, 2024•4 min
An Eye for an Eye - August 29, 2024
Aug 29, 2024•4 min