Teacher Josh: English Idioms

Synopsis 

Idioms are expressions that are used every day but don’t mean what the words seem to indicate. No spring chicken, for example, has nothing to do with chickens. Rather, it means not being young any more. Teacher Josh: English Idioms explains what 300 of the most widely used English idioms mean in an easy-to-learn, memorable way. The entry for each idiom features a cartoon that depicts how it is used, plus an example and explanation in English and Mandarin. Readers can also scan a QR code to access a funny video by Teacher Josh, further explaining the idiom in Chinese and English.


The Authors

Josh Bobley (Teacher Josh) was born and raised in New York, and is now a renowned educator based in Shanghai. His expertise is English language instruction, journalism and public speaking. He offers classes for children and adults at various schools in Shanghai, provides private tutorials and is frequently invited to host major events at government-sponsored events. This includes a national English language competition for young journalists honing their skills in preparation for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. He has tens of thousands of followers on his KuaiShou English studies page.


Teacher Josh holds a master’s degree in Chinese studies from Yale (1991) and a master’s from Columbia University’s School of Journalism (1998). He is an accomplished classical pianist, having studied at the Manhattan School of Music. 


Peter A. Bobley is an entrepreneur, author and Broadway play producer. He lives on Long Island, New York, with his wife. He has five children and five grandchildren.


Peter has been a copywriter for 50 years and has written hundreds of commercials and brochures. He is known for the way he employs punchy, New York language, and for sure, idioms. He is the author of two books, Nobody Asked Me, But… and Mom, We’re Black. He produced the play The First on Broadway, the musical biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues.