The woman who couldn’t run

By Patricia Conde

English ADVANCED – Run Idioms

She couldn’t run her own family. She didn’t love her husband but she would never run out on him.

The woman who couldn’t run

Once there was a woman who couldn’t run at all.

Besides, she wouldn’t make any plans, either in the short run or in the long run.

She never ever ran into anybody either on the bus, or the supermarket.

Finally, on her deathbed, her husband came to her and told her: “Sweetheart, you’ve run eventually!”

Regardless, she would try hard and she was never run down.

“And, how’s that possible?”, she asked.

“You’ve just run out of time!”, he answered

The woman who couldn’t run

The woman who couldn’t run

English ADVANCED – Run Idioms

Run a family/a business : to manage Run out on sby: to abandon a relationship

Run into sby: to meet unexpectedly

In the short run: days and weeks from now In the long run: months and years from now

Run out of sth: to use until finished Be run down: to be exhausted