Heat Wave

Idiom: Heat Wave Context #1 – Walking in LA during a heat wave The temperature is 105 plus degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius), and it feels like you just stepped into a huge oven. It’s the hottest it’s been in recent memory. You just passed a homeless guy who was trying to fry an egg on […]

To scorch & to roast

Idiom: to scorch & to roast; used as a verb   Example: Carla: I just saw the news, and  it’s going to be 97 today! I don’t want to leave our air conditioned house. Ken: I know! I went outside to take out the trash, and the sun was scorching!  Carla: I’m not going to […]