Idioms of the week:

Spill the beans

Get off one's back

Lessons February 2024 Week 4

As of 2005, Guiness World Record book had sold more than a hundred million copies.

It is said to have been outsold only by the Bible, the Koran, and Chairman Mao.

The following records still stand after 50 years.

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is still the world’s best-selling song.

Robert Wadlow, who in 1940 was measured at 8ft 11.1 in. (272 cm), is still the tallest man.

The world’s largest office building is still the Pentagon, completed in 1943 with a total of 17.5 miles (28 km) of corridors and 7,754 windows.

To honor the year of 221 BC, February 21 (2.21) was designated World Kombucha Day.

It is said that kombucha originated during the Qin dynasty (221-206 BCE).

The emperor sought to lengthen his life and the “Tea of Immortality” was made.

Probably English speakers mistook the Japanese word “kombucha” to mean “fermented tea.”

When in fact, fermented tea in Japanese is called “kōcha kinoko.”

“Hold your horses” means “to stop or wait.”

 Hold your horses, we will be leaving soon!

“Pulling someone’s leg” means “to tease someone.”

When he said that he was quitting his job, he was just pulling your leg.