Pump Up Your Prose: Snagging Attention with Sayings I

Synopsis

Spice-up your verbal and written business communication. Become a more compelling speaker, communicator and negotiator. This is the first of a two-part series that explores the use and origins of English expressions. Learning these sayings, expressions and idioms will help you use the right words in the right place for maximum impact.

Objectives

• Choose from a multitude of sayings, expressions and idioms to communicate concepts and ideas
• Identify the meanings of many sayings, expressions and idioms
• Identify the interesting and sometimes surprising origins of many sayings, expressions and idioms
• Incorporate sayings, expressions and idioms into business communications

Outline

• Introduction
• Overview
• Objectives
• The Power of Expressions
• Sayings in Everyday Dealings
• Avoid the Bumpkin Effect
• Enlightening Etymology
• Sayings from the Battlefield
• War is Hell
• Farming Phrases
• In the Barnyard
• Back on the Farm
• Forest Phrases
• Out of the Woods
• Word Play
• Games People Play
• Punchy Expressions
• Put up your Dukes!
• Expressions from the Ball Park
• Step Up to the Plate!
• Checkpoint I
• Common Sayings Crossword
• Sky Lines
• The Sky is the Limit!
• Theatrical Language
• All the World’s a Stage
• Checkpoint II
• Names, Names, Names
• What’s in a Name?
• Practice makes Perfect
• Using Sayings
• Final Checkpoint

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