Another article on the subject of bullying describes a colleague who was so unhappy working for her boss (a bully) that she eventually called it quits. In UK English, if you are pleased or glad to see the back of someone unpleasant, you are pleased that they are leaving. The journalist confesses that she is glad to see the back of him. If you say or do something with a heavy heart, you feel sad as you say or do it.Įlsewhere in the same broadsheet, there’s an article about a politician who has recently lost his job over claims that he bullied his staff. The obituary ends by saying that it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to the celebrity judge. If someone has an eagle eye, they notice everything, even small details, and a stick-in-the-mud (informal) is someone with old-fashioned ideas who is not interested in trying new or exciting things. The report describes the judge’s eagle eye for detail and reflects that despite his age, he certainly wasn’t a stick-in-the-mud. Let’s start with a broadsheet in which there is an admiring obituary for the judge of a TV dance competition who has recently died. The expressions all come from a range of national newspapers that were published on the same day. Today’s post is the latest in my ‘Idioms and phrases in newspapers’ series, which I write in order to provide you with a regular supply of contemporary, frequently used English idioms and phrases. Listen to the author reading this blog post: PeopleImages / iStock / Getty Images Plus
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