Enhancing Your English podcast Kevin Demme

This episode will look at some common portmanteaus (blended words) in English. 

This episode will look at some English words and expressions that come from the names of company products. Included in this episode are:
-google
-photoshop
-Kleenex
-xerox
-dumpster
-dumpster fire
-band-aid
-spam
-drinking the Kool-Aid

This episode will look at five more common English expressions that are related to things in nature. Included in this episode are:
1. 'a slippery slope'
2. 'caught between a rock and a hard place'
3. 'make waves' / 'rock the boat'
4. 'water under the bridge'
5. 'we'll cross that bridge when we come to it' / 'we'll cross that river when we come to it'

This episode will look at five common English expressions that are related to things in nature. Included in this episode are:
1. 'don't beat around the bush'
2. 'can't see the forest for the trees'
3. 'out of the woods'
4. 'to go out on a limb'
5. 'to extend an olive branch'

This episode will look at some common English expressions that have to do with foods and drinks. Included in this episode are:
-it's a piece of cake
-it's a cakewalk
-it's easy as pie
-it's like taking candy from a baby
-the icing on the cake
-have your cake and eat it, too
-sell like hotcakes
-bread and butter
-butter someone up
-don't cry over spilt/spilled milk
-don't put all your eggs in one basket
-walk on eggshells
-egg someone on
-take something with a grain/pinch of salt

This episode will look at some common texting and chatting abbreviations in English.