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If you spend time away from home, you might write emails, text messages or even letters to your loved ones. But, what does it mean if something is “nothing to write home about?”
Speaker A: Jonathan, have you tried the new pizza made with noodles, the pizzoodle?
Speaker B: I have and, honestly, it’s nothing to write home about. Not worth the price or the two hour wait in line!
Speaker A: What?!
“Nothing to write home about” is a way of saying something isn’t special or worthy of praise. Language experts say the phrase was first used among military members living far away from home.
And that’s English in a Minute!
*This article has been edited and reprinted from VOA Learning English with permission from Voice of America (VOA) for use in English language materials.
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