Idioms of the week:

Break a leg

Water under the bridge

Lessons February 2024 Week 2

Paul Frasco and Ryan Dong created the largest origami swan. 

The papercraft measures 4.69 m x 2.92 m x 1.09 m.

It was displayed at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City for the 2023 Origami USA Convention. 

Paul and Ryan want young people to get interested in making origami.

They used plastic pipes to make a frame to hold up the origami.

February 3 is The Day the Music Died Day.

On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" died in a plane crash.

Don McLean referred to this accident in his 1971 song "American Pie".

The small plane had seats for only three passengers.

Two band members flipped a coin to see who would fly on the plane.

The winner said that it was the first time he had ever won anything.

“Be in the same boat” means “to be in the same bad situation.”

With prices skyrocketing, we are all in the same boat.

“Cost an arm and a leg” means “to be extremely expensive.”

I want to buy an electric car, but they cost an arm and a leg.