Have you ever paused to think about how bizarre our everyday language actually is? If someone ever told you to "spill the beans," did you imagine getting a confession, or get a sudden, chaotic image of baked beans rolling across the kitchen floor? Going back to when I was young and growing up, my brain […]
Looking back, when I was younger, I admit to often interpreting language very literally. Because of this, figurative expressions like idioms and metaphors sometimes caused me some degree of confusion, as I expected them to make direct, concrete sense. For example, when I first heard the idiom “an arm and a leg,” I imagined it […]
“Between a rock and a hard place” is a phrase we may use when there’s no easy way forward in a particular situation. It can be when every option feels difficult in its own way. Below is an example of how storytelling can make it easier to understand such phrases, especially for those with Autism […]
