like interesting phrases or grammatical knowledges

Recently I learnt a phrase "raise a question", means throw a question to ask

In English the word "late" can sometimes mean dead

It rains cats and dogs means it rains heavily

catch forty winks, get some shut-eye, doze, take a nap

These phrases can mean "sleep"

Cash-strapped can be indicated to poor

You can say "ride the subway" to express "take the subway"

Usually there is no article (or a zero article) before cities, such as Beijing, New York and Tokyo.

However, definite article is used before these cities: the Hague, the Ginza.