Catch Word #195 – At all (part 1)
Posted by Andrew Bates
15 Jan, 2018
At all looks like a simple expression but, in this Catch Word episode, Morag and Andrew find out...
Catch Word #125 – I’ve got you wrapped around my finger
Some people are able to control others. This could happen because one person really likes another person, because they want to make a good impression, or because they have been manipulated by the other person. When one person is under another person’s control, sometimes it doesn’t take much for the controlled person to do just what the controlling person wants them to. In this episode, Harp and Maura talk about these controlling relationships.
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Expressions included in the Study Guide
- A hashtag
- To be trending
- To have someone wrapped around your finger
- To help out
- To take advantage of someone or something
- To mother someone
- To sweet talk someone
- To come in handy
- To have someone eating out of the palm of your hand
- To get something out of it
- To milk it
- To make up for something
- To have someone in your back pocket
- To play favourites
Copyright: Audio/Study Guide: Culips
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