By Idioms, Teaching English

This is definitely one of the perks of teaching English here in Holland - learning the delightful creativity of another language when it comes to idioms. Dutch is similar to Finnish when it comes to being "... as poor as a church RAT." Another Dutch example I came across recently: - "I can't make...

I thank both of you for the replies. Clive wrote the following: The principal of the school or the administration of the school will always say English is taught at our school It's OK to say this, it's present passive. But it's not necessary that you use the passive, you can use active...