If you speak English at work, you have probably come across idioms on many occasions. Idioms are those little phrases that have a special meaning which is different to the meaning of the individual words in that phrase. They are very common among high-level English speakers and some are often used specifically in business situations. […]

How many times have you been listening to a colleague speaking English and heard a word or phrase which doesn’t seem to fit into the conversation?   Hi Bob, how are you today? Great thanks, Hiroko, but it’s raining cats and dogs outside today, isn’t it?   If you would walk away from this conversation thinking […]