To pick up steam is to pick up pace or speed, like a railway train. “Steam” in “pick up steam”, you see, refers to the steam ...

Hence, figuratively speaking, “the last man standing” is often used to describe the lone survivor of any disastrous situation ...

At the drop of the hat, literally, the race or fight commences. Immediately, that is, without delay. Likewise, figuratively, ...

As an idiom, “hanging by a thread” comes from the Greek legend popularly known as the Sword of Damocles, as TheIdioms.com ...

Anyways, the earliest media citation of “getting their ducks in a row” is this, according to TheIdioms.com: The earliest ...

“Empty” in the idiom “run on empty”, however, does not refer to empty or starving stomachs. Instead, it refers to automobiles running on empty, i.e. on an empty tank. Tank is what contains gasoline ...

Stories about how the post-90s Chinese entrepreneurs set up their businesses in China.

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11月20日，2024年世界互联网大会乌镇峰会在浙江乌镇开幕，会上发布了“世界互联网大会杰出贡献奖”。 The winners of the World Internet Conference Distinguished Contribution Award have been announced at the opening ceremony of the 2024 World Internet ...