Another week is starting, the cupboards are sparkling and we've made bread for a month! So today, let's look at ways to keep ourselves entertained!
- To start with, not one but two French expressions about our biggest enemy: boredom!
se tourner les pouces to twiddle one's thumbs
I'm not going to twiddle my thumbs until next week!
I'm not going to twiddle my thumbs until next week!
s'ennuyer comme un rat mort to be bored to death (lit: to be bored like a dead rat)
My daughter is bored to death at the moment.
My daughter is bored to death at the moment.
- And now for solutions, with the brilliant Swiss stand up Marina Rollman, in this hilarious Bilingual reader where she gives tips to entertain ourselves without screens:
