Hello everyone! I hope you are all in the pink of health despite the Covid-19 pandemic. I know what’s happening around the world can be really stressful, but keep the hope alive. We will get through this. We had our first Zoom lesson today and I was SO happy to see my students’ faces again! We have missed you. Thank you parents for supporting your children‘s education no matter what. We will continue to find ways to provide lessons in these uncertain times and improve the quality of our lessons online. That’s a pinky promise.
Sakura season is here and unfortunately many of us cannot have hanami or fully enjoy the lovely cherry blossoms. Luckily for me, I can see them almost everyday when I go running by the river. Such lovely, lovely pink! I’m tickled pink!
Normally, parks and riverbanks would be crowded with people having a picnic and drinking until they start to see pink elephants. But, this year is a quiet time for the sakura trees.
Anyway, the lovely cherry blossoms inspired me to share some English expressions with the word “pink”.
Tickled pink
To be very pleased or delighted about something.
In the pink of health
To be in very good health or condition physically and emotionally
Pinky promise/swear
In Japanese it is called “yubikiri”.
In English we call our little fingers “pinkie/pinky” Pinkie means tiny or small.
So, ”yubikiri” is “pinky promise” in English.
“It is said that the “pinky promise” or “pinky swear” originated in Japan where it is known as yubikiri, which means “finger cut-off.” This is because in Japan the person that broke the "pinky promise" had to cut off their pinky finger. However, over time the "pinky promise" has become a more casual way of making a promise.”
See pink elephants
To hallucinate or start to imagine unreal things from drinking too much alcohol
....
That’s all for now. Be safe everyone!