Animal idioms enrich our language and add vivid imagery to what we say. Most of the time we donβt even stop to think about what we are saying. Some idioms we say, like π ππππ ππ π¦ππ’π π‘βππππ‘, create a hilarious picture if you think about them.
The residents of Barrow, Alaska, don’t see the sun for the 67 days of polar night, but during the summer months, the midnight sun gives them 80 days of continuous sunlight. What is it like to live in this city at the top of the world?
Being part of the kingβs court should be a dream job, right? Unfortunately, it wasnβt so for Hop-Frog and Tripetta. The kingβs jester, Hop-Frog, was a dwarf and a cripple. Hop-Frog wasnβt the name with which he was christened; he was called that because of the way he moved around. Along with a female dwarf,…
