Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

Idioms related to Shopping Black Friday shopping spree is not just the American culture anymore. The blast-off sale right after Thanksgiving or Christmas has become a major occasion for shopaholics to mark the calendar for in many other countries in the world as well. This week, let us work on some interesting idiomatic expressions related to shopping and spending money. (resource from https://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/shoppingidioms.html , https://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/shopping/shopping.html )      1.    to pay over the odds : (verb) to overpay for something/ to pay too much for something    2.    to shop till one drop(s) : (verb) to go on an extremely long shopping trip until one feels exhausted    3.    retail therapy/ shopping therapy : (noun) the idea that buying things can cheer you up or make you feel better (especially when you’re under pressure or stressed ou...

Trees By Jean Lee Are you the one that has been in my yesterday? Am I still in your memory? You know my stories and quiet moments of silence in somber overlay That from time to time emerge in a way so peremptory. In the morning, you whisper sounds of hopes through balmy sunray At dusk, you bring me to tears pointing toward the sky where my father is so gingerly. Trees, you are listening when I pray Then keep me stay peaceful in my trajectory. Each time I get lost in a maze to my dismay, Your changing colors of leaves have taught me life is full of mystery. Will you be there for me in my twilight years in the same way? I know you won’t judge me and say “now you’re an old lady who’s so peppery”. Leaning on your wide and sturdy trunk as I lay, I’d ask for a long, long whispering of the good old time so savory. The stories would never seem dull or bewhiskered to me.