Keep your head above water Originally uploaded by waɪ.tiː f you're trying to keep your head above the water it means you're struggling to manage to catch up with your work, responsibilities or finances. This chap is barely managing it, I guess nowadays it's difficult.

Making an entrance Originally uploaded by waɪ.tiː If you "make an entrance" it means you enter a place in some formal or special, eye catching, way. For example:- British comedian, Baron Cohen, made a real entrance posing as a gay Austrian fashionista and landing on Eminem's face at the MTV Movie Awards. Of course this […]

The writing's on the wall Originally uploaded by waɪ.tiː If the writing is on the wall for a person or an organization, it is clear that they will fail or be unable to continue. However this photo shows our hotel room in Strasbourg where the writing was literally on the wall, which is a bit […]

Millstone Round Your Neck Originally uploaded by waɪ.tiː If someone is a millstone round your neck, it means they are a burden to you. The idiom probably arises from the Bible: "And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about […]

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie Originally uploaded by waɪ.tiː Let Sleeping Dogs Lie is an idiom that means, leave something alone if it might cause trouble. Of course this is a photo of two dogs sleeping. Sam and Laika having a snooze, with a do not disturb notice between them. It is best to let them […]

"Rome wasn't built in a day" is something that you say which means that it takes a long time to do an important job. This photo shows the Coliseum in Rome. Original photo by Eustaquio Santimano