Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss

Winning English podcast - Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras • Ash Wednesday • Lent • It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission

Feb 19th, 2021 3m 48s

Winning English podcast - Presidents' Day • Two famous quotes by American presidents • Top dog • Head honcho • Big cheese

Feb 16th, 2021 4m 18s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a focus on American culture by discussing Preside

Winning English podcast - Happy Lunar New Year and Valentine's Day! • Strong as an ox • You take my breath away • You are my one and only• I only have eyes for you

Feb 12th, 2021 4m 18s

Winning English podcast - The confusing number of ways to say the plural of "you"

Feb 9th, 2021 3m 15s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a focus on the plural of “you” and the many ways

Winning English podcast - Cut through red tape • Jump through hoops • Take it in stride • Winter blahs • Soaking up the sun

Feb 5th, 2021 3m 20s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, getting stuck in red tape and bureaucracy and sea

Winning English podcast - To rope in • Understand the landscape • Move the ball forward • Fighting fires • Heart skipped a beat • Love at first sight

Feb 2nd, 2021 3m 44s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a couple of stories - one about a very stressful

Winning English podcast - Holds water • Nail down • Dig into • Easy peasy • A walk in the park - And please fill out the survey!

Jan 29th, 2021 4m 21s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a short story from the office. But first - Please

Winning English podcast - Milestone • Cause for celebration • Golden anniversary • Practice makes perfect • Talk soon

Jan 26th, 2021 3m 51s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, the 50th edition of Winning English! I’ll cover so

Winning English podcast - Hit the road • Traffic jam • Great minds think alike • Jinx it • In the free and clear • Make really good time

Jan 22nd, 2021 3m 41s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a story about two friends trying to make their wa

Winning English podcast - Jerk • Throw you under the bus • Stab in the back • Screw things up • Show them who's boss • Pick your battles • Let it ride

Jan 19th, 2021 4m 43s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a story about getting really angry at work, and h

Winning English podcast - Sidetracked • Cut in • Train of thought • Uh, oh • Jog your memory • Stomach is growling • Awesome • Sounds good • Sit tight • Hold down the fort • Go Dutch

Jan 15th, 2021 6m 2s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a story about interruption and forgetting, and co

Winning English podcast - End of civilization as we know it • At my wit's end • Go off the deep end • Feast your eyes • Have the time of your life • Stick-in-the-mud • You're on • Let's do this

Jan 12th, 2021 3m 59s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a short story about difficult times and having fu

Winning English podcast - Break the ice • Rub salt in the wound • The tip of the iceberg • Near and dear to my heart • Above board • Market intelligence • Now we're talking

Jan 8th, 2021 6m 49s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a short story about a business networking event.

Winning English podcast - Safe and sound • Break new ground • Right from the get go • Out with the old, in with the new • If it ain't broke... • Fingers crossed • Don’t bite off more than you can chew

Jan 5th, 2021 5m 42s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a variety of sayings and phrases to start off your

Winning English podcast - Happy New Year! • In the history books • New Year's resolutions • To take stock • Turn over a new leaf • Make a fresh start • Get your act together

Jan 1st, 2021 3m 36s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! To celebrate the New Year, today I focus on words and sa

Winning English podcast - At the tail end • Tie up loose ends • Feel at loose ends • At the end of your rope • Beginning of the end • Don't know which end is up

Dec 30th, 2020 4m 2s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, with the new year approaching, I have a focus on

Winning English podcast - Merry Christmas! • Eve • Christmas miracle • Christmas came early • Holiday spirit • Peace on earth and good will toward men

Dec 25th, 2020 4m 20s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, some common Christmas season sayings.Winning Engl

Winning English podcast - Change things up • Solstice • Equinox • Vernal • Autumnal • Happy days are here again

Dec 23rd, 2020 3m 17s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, I do things a bit differently, by introducing som

Winning English podcast - Wake-up call • Out of the woods • Back to the drawing board • Every option on the table • Once bitten, twice shy • Pick someone's brain • Tried and true • The dust to settle

Dec 21st, 2020 5m 40s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, I have a business conversation featuring several

Winning English podcast - Beats me • Dead tired • Take it easy • Give me a break • Go all out • Not my cup of tea • Hang out • Pay an arm and a leg • Shell out • Worth it • YOLO • Carpe diem

Dec 18th, 2020 5m 54s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today a focus on some common slang words and phrases.Win

Winning English podcast - Blow off steam • Waste not, want not • Speak of the devil • Just in time • Stir crazy • Cooped up • Brighter/darker days

Dec 16th, 2020 6m

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today a mix of idioms and slang words that I encountered

Winning English podcast - Clear as mud • Jibe with • Get in touch • Beat around the bush • Nip in the bud • End of the day •Hankering • Under the weather • Couch potato • Sweet tooth • Hunker down

Dec 14th, 2020 6m 55s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a couple examples of what could be real conversat

Winning English podcast - The lay of the land • Have a meltdown • Pissed • Same here • Take it with a grain of salt • All's well that ends well

Dec 11th, 2020 5m 38s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today, a story about a bad day at work, which prompts th

Winning English podcast - Cold shoulder • Talk to the hand • Eating out of the palm of your hand • Breathing down your neck • Bending over backwards • Show some backbone

Dec 9th, 2020 5m 6s

Welcome to the Winning English podcast - the audio version of the Winning English email newsletter - helping your English shine through the use of idioms, slang, and cultural references! Today a focus on idioms and sayings that use body parts.