IDIOMS IN SONGS - Simple English News https://simpleenglishnews.com/category/idioms-in-songs/ Learn English Every Day Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:28:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://simpleenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-fbjy0cjpkxcvmjhlpk5c-32x32.jpg IDIOMS IN SONGS - Simple English News https://simpleenglishnews.com/category/idioms-in-songs/ 32 32 Like A Moth Drawn To A Flame / Stitches By Shawn Mendez https://simpleenglishnews.com/like-a-moth-drawn-to-a-flame-stitches-by-shawn-mendez/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=like-a-moth-drawn-to-a-flame-stitches-by-shawn-mendez Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:51:00 +0000 https://simpleenglishnews.com/?p=7217 Like A Moth Drawn To A Flame = to be attracted to something or someone very strongly.  Origin Moths have attraction to bright lights and perhaps on this  observation the phrase was…

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Like A Moth Drawn To A Flame = to be attracted to something or someone very strongly. 

Origin 
Moths have attraction to bright lights and perhaps on this  observation the phrase was coined. 

WORDS
moth: an insect. 

Shawn Mendez is a young Canadian singer and songwriter.

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Jet set = an international social  group of rich people.who visit fashionable resorts to take part in social activities unavailable to ordinary people.

Origin 
The term was coined by Igor Cassini, a New York Journal-American reporter. It is probably associated to jet passenger airline service which was marketed to the upper class in the 1950s. 

WORDS
yummy: (food) delicious. 

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Have Someone Wrapped Around Your Finger https://simpleenglishnews.com/have-someone-wrapped-around-your-finger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=have-someone-wrapped-around-your-finger Fri, 24 May 2024 01:53:00 +0000 https://simpleenglishnews.com/?p=6172 Have someone wrapped around your (little) finger = to have complete control over somebody. Wrapped Around Your Finger by Sting and Rufus Wainwright PROVERBS EASY GRAMMAR English Cartoon IdiomsP

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Have someone wrapped around your (little) finger = to have complete control over somebody.

Wrapped Around Your Finger by Sting and Rufus Wainwright

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On The Double – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough https://simpleenglishnews.com/on-the-double-aint-no-mountain-high-enough/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-double-aint-no-mountain-high-enough Fri, 26 Jan 2024 01:23:00 +0000 https://simpleenglishnews.com/?p=5126 ON THE DOUBLE: very fast, twice as fast. I’ ll be there on the double. = I’ll be there as fast as I can. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough is…

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ON THE DOUBLE: very fast, twice as fast.

I’ ll be there on the double. = I’ll be there as fast as I can.

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough is an R&B song which was written in 1966. The song became a hit when it was performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1967. Tammi died, aged 24, of brain tumor in 1970. The song has become very popular and has been performed by many artists since then.

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CRY WOLF
To keep asking for help when you really do not need it or complain about something when nothing is wrong.

“If you cry wolf too often, people will not help you when you really need it.”
“Don’t pay attention to them, they are only crying wolf.”

a-ha is a Norwegian music band which was formed in Oslo, the capital of Norway, in 1982. Their debut album Hunting High And Low was the biggest success. The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.The pop-group also recorded the soundtrack “The Living Daylights”for the 1987 James Bond movie.

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