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right let's get started with the idioms

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hello everyone and welcome back to

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english with lucy today i have an idioms

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video for you i'm sure that you will

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agree with me that english is sometimes

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quite ridiculous so today i have

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compiled 15 of the funniest idioms along

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with examples of course these are idioms

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that you can use in real life situations

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but they are also idioms that have funny

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meanings

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are just a bit strange

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or tickle me in some way if something

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tickles you it makes you laugh

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you can download the free pdf worksheet

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for this class it's got all of the

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idioms plus extra examples i always like

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to your inbox right let's get started

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with the first idiom the first idiom is

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a lovely one

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as are all of them really

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it is a storm in a teacup a storm in a

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teacup and interestingly in american

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english they say it in a slightly

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different way they say a tempest in a

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teapot so it's still tea related now

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this means a lot of unnecessary anger

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and worry or drama about a matter that

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is not important unnecessary drama for

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example

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she's made an official complaint to the

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ceo about the type of cheese in the

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cheese sandwiches at the canteen

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this seems to me to be a storm in a

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teacup

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a lot of unnecessary worry and anger

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about something that just

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isn't that important number two this is

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one that i have mentioned before many

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years ago but it's so important and so

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widely used that i feel comfortable

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saying it again it is

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bob's your uncle

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bob's your uncle very important this is

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a phrase that we say when we have

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reached the end of a set of instructions

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or when we've reached a result it

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translates as and there it is or there

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you have it so an example would be

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to make a cup of mint tea boil a kettle

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add a tea bag wait two minutes and bob's

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your uncle there you have it now number

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three is slightly morbid

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it is as dead as a door nail and this

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means very very dead you couldn't be

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more dead than a door nail i guess

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an example would be i tried to save the

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mouse that my cat brought in

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but it was as dead as a door nail

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similarly along the same lines we also

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have number four which is to kick the

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bucket to kick the bucket now this is a

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verb

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and it means to die

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to die

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to kick the bucket to die

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i don't know why i'm saying die in such

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a die i just can't help it die

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um let's move on now the origins of this

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phrase are quite interesting it's

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because when people died by hanging

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they would stand on a bucket and then

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kick the bucket away

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and that's where to kick the bucket

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comes from an example

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unfortunately our favorite neighbor

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kicked the bucket three years ago but we

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still feel her presence in the

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neighborhood and that's true my absolute

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favorite neighbor died at the ripe age

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of 93 i think but every time i go home

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to visit my parents i always expect to

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see her and then i realize she's not

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there we miss her a lot

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but she had a fantastic life number five

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everything but the kitchen sink

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everything but the kitchen sink now if

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you've never heard this idiom before

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i would love to know what you think it

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might mean in the comment section and

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then let's see if you're right so pause

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now and write that

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okay i'm starting it means everything

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imaginable this phrase became popular in

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world war ii when newspapers would

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report that everything but the kitchen

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sink was thrown at the enemy everything

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imaginable an example will packs lightly

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for travel but i throw everything but

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the kitchen sink into my suitcases

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plural

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i'm one of those

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number six oh i love this one

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it's so expressive it's hilarious it is

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the lights are on but no one's home i

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think i mentioned this one in my

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seven polite ways to call someone stupid

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video

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where i went through the seven ways in

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which i had been an idiot throughout my

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life

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if you would like to see some serious

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self-deprecation then do watch that

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video this is used to say that somebody

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is stupid even though they may appear

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normal what a lovely phrase an example

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jennifer has a degree in interior design

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but the lights are on and no one's home

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number seven is donkey's years donkey's

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years

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this is used to describe an action that

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has continued on for a very long time

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and supposedly

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this originates from rhyming slang

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donkey's ears used to mean years but now

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they've just joined together to become

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donkey's years an example will has lived

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in the countryside for donkey's years he

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just wouldn't survive in the city he's

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lived in the countryside for years

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number eight is to do a runner to do a

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runner and this means to leave a place

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hastily quickly in order to avoid an

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unpleasant situation or to avoid paying

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an example they ordered the caviar and

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the lobster but when the bill arrived

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they did a runner they left hastily to

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avoid paying

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nothing to write home about

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nothing to write home about if something

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or someone is nothing to write home

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about it means they are not very

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exciting or not very special an example

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i met a boy at the ice rink but he's

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nothing to write home about he's not

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that special i'm not that excited about

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him or the meal was nice but it was

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nothing to write home about it was

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nothing extraordinary

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number ten

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this is one of my mother's favorite

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phrases she has a lot it is

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keep your eyes peeled keep your eyes

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peeled and this means keep your eyes

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open or be vigilant keep on the watch

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and it's not because she's worried about

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my security she actually uses this

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phrase if she's looking to buy something

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and we're in a shop she says keep your

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eyes peeled for green scarves or keep

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your eyes peeled for any calendars with

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chickens on them it's a very good phrase

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i recommend you use it keep your eyes

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peeled number 11 is to pick someone's

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brain to pick someone's brain

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and this is very weird sounding isn't it

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to pick at somebody's brain to look for

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information but that basically is what

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it means in a way it means to obtain

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information by questioning somebody who

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is well informed on a subject so it's

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something you hear in business a lot and

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it's a really annoying question can i

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pick your brain for a minute it

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basically means can i ask you loads and

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loads of questions about something that

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you know lots about and offer you

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nothing in return an example

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colin

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can i pick your brain about that new

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project and undoubtedly colin would be

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rolling his eyes inside

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yes you can pick my brain number 12 is

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to put feelers out or sometimes we say

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put the feelers out and this means to

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make informal suggestions

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so as to test a concept before any final

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decisions are made so it's basically to

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test an idea by asking people's opinions

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before they commit to something

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an example

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can i suggest that we put the feelers

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out to see if the employees actually

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want a zoom christmas party this year i

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honestly cannot imagine anything worse

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than a christmas party on zoom i'm sorry

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if you've just organized one but that

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sounds like hell or number 13. this is a

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great one but they're all great because

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i chose them

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it is the best thing since sliced bread

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this means that something is the best

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and most useful innovation or invention

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of recent times it means that something

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is a good invention now you might be

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asking why sliced bread well i asked

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myself that question and i did the

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research when sliced bread was first

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brought to market in 1928

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it was a massive deal there were huge

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marketing campaigns about sliced bread

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it was marketed as the greatest

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step forward in baking innovation since

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bread was wrapped

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an example

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when flip phones came out i thought that

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they were the best thing since sliced

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bread

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i miss

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hanging up so sassily

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number 14 is

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take a chill pill

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take a chill pill and this is a slightly

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patronizing way to tell somebody to calm

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down or to relax it never fails to

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enrage me when someone tells me to take

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a chill pill to be honest it enrages me

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when someone tells me to calm down if

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someone is angry

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telling them to calm down

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often makes it worse an example at the

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picnic i told mary to take a chill pill

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because she was freaking out about a

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wasp

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and number 15 is i'll show myself out

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i'll show myself out and this is used

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when you have disgraced yourself it

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means i'll leave you don't have to show

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me the door i will leave by choice

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nowadays it is almost always used after

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telling a bad joke you tell the joke the

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reaction is

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awful and you just say i'll show myself

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out bye-bye thank you everyone i've got

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a joke let's try it

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what's the difference between snowmen

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and snow women

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snowballs

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snowballs

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i'll show myself out

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right that is it for today's lesson

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those were our 15

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funny idioms

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extra homework is to let me know of any

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ridiculous

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hilarious idioms that you have in your

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language that don't translate well to

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english

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i would love to know the random quirks

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of your language please put them in the

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comments section down below today i'm

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going to talk to you about seven idioms

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that you can use to

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politely tell somebody that they are an

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idiot so in simple terms

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idioms for describing stupidity we brits

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like to beat around the bush to avoid

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talking about something unpleasant or

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uncomfortable many of us live in

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constant fear of offending people

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however that does not mean that we won't

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throw in an under-the-table insult

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disguised as a seemingly harmless

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idiomatic phrase when we think that

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you're being a total buffoon

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so today i'm going to teach you seven

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ways to tell someone that they are a

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total idiot without seeming too

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offensive right

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let's get on with this stupid lesson

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number one

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he's not the sharpest tool in the shed

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if somebody is not the sharpest tool in

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the shed they're a little bit stupid

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they're not the cleverest person it

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could have been said about me actually

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uh when i was invited on a youtube trip

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to berlin the other day we were in a

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lovely posh hotel and i noticed that my

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hair dryer wasn't working so i called up

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room service and i said please can i

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have a new hairdryer they immediately

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came up and gave me a new one i plugged

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the new one in that one wasn't working

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either so i called up room service and

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said look i don't know what's wrong with

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your uh hairdryers here but it's not

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working and i am really really sopping

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wet

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um so they brought up a third one and at

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that point they realized that i hadn't

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put the key card in the door so none of

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the electricity was working including

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the lights at night time

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not the sharpest tool in the shed number

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two she's one sandwich short of a picnic

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this means that somebody is not quite of

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full intelligence it could have been

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used to describe me actually when i

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invited a plumber over to fit in a

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dishwasher he texted me beforehand to

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ask for some photos and he asked me if

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there was a trap under my sink so i open

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the sink and i look inside and to my

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amazement there is a mouse trap with a

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lovely bright logo saying the words the

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big cheese on it and i remember thinking

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to myself

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how did he know that but anyway i

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thought whatever took a picture sent it

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to the plumber

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and he just came back with like a

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million laughing faces and he said

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no lucy the trap that i'm asking about

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is a type of pipe a water pipe

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can i have a picture of that please so

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yes i can sometimes be one sandwich

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short of a picnic also i think in

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america they might say one french fry

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short of a happy meal or one fry short

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of a happy meal that's a mcdonald's

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reference if there are any americans

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watching this please comment down below

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and confirm that to me number three

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means almost exactly the same as the

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previous one it is to not be the full

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ticket if somebody isn't the full ticket

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it means they're not clinically sane so

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be careful when using it make sure that

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you don't offend anyone it could have

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been used to describe me actually i

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think my mother thought that i wasn't

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the full ticket on one holiday at my

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grandparents holiday home in portugal

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i walked through the mosquito nets on

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the door

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no less than three times

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and they had to put up special stickers

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for me which remain there to this day so

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there are special stickers for lucy

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because she's not clever enough to just

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use a mosquito net properly so yes not

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the full ticket number four

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there's not much between the ears and if

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you say that there's not much between

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the ears it means that somebody hasn't

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got much of a brain this could have been

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said about me actually when i was forced

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to go to a week long

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violin camp

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[Music]

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violin camp on day two i i couldn't go

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on any longer i had to leave so i

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devised a plan

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i would gently maim or injure myself but

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how would i do it

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ah the bathroom door was particularly

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aggressive

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swinging both ways at a 180 degree angle

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i planned to gently catch my finger in

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that door exaggerate the pain so i was

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no longer able to play my violin and

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therefore be sent home as i got my

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finger ready near the door

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somebody else needed the loo and they

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came through and they injured my finger

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so badly that i had to go to hospital

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and to this day

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i have a messed up fingernail that like

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break it's just not right so yes

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not much in between the ears number five

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the light is on but nobody's home

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this means they look normal but really

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they're very stupid this could have been

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said about me actually when age nine and

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showing off in front of a group of

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younger children

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jumped off the top of a wooden castle in

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a playground got the back of my jumper

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stuck on one of the spikes and was left

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there dangling

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until one of those annoying little

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children ran to call my dad oh it was so

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embarrassing and so stupid the lights

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are on but nobody's home number six it's

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a saying someone's village is missing

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their idiot and this one comes from the

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term the village idiot which is used to

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describe someone known locally for their

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stupidity good opinions to describe me

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actually

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two days after passing my driving test i

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went into a nearby city to buy my

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beloved

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new shiny orange

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mini cooper and when i drove out of the

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dealership for the very first time after

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just 100 meters i stalled at a

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roundabout put the gear stick into

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reverse and shot back at full force into

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the car behind me obliterating his

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license plate it was dreadful the police

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came i had to be escorted away but

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luckily my mother was two cars behind me

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because oh my god if she'd have been in

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that car behind me there would have been

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trouble so yes on that day the village

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was missing their idiot the idiot being

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me

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number seven the last idiom to describe

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stupidity is as thick as a plank and if

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you are as thick as a plank you're

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really stupid this could have been used

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to describe me actually when on the

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school bus

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aged about 12 to 13 i found a mobile

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phone and i opened the mobile phone and

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i found some very

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inappropriate images of the owner of the

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phone images and videos shall we say

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it was a man

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i'd never seen anything like that before

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so i did what any school girl would do

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and i took the videos and i sent them

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directly from the phone to my best

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friend felicity it was a hilarious joke

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i went into school and i acted like i

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knew nothing to felicity she was really

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scared brilliant i thought my cheeky

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prank has worked she then told me that

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she'd gone to the headmistress of the

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school and the school had called the

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police and they were on their way in to

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interview everyone i knew what i had to

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do

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i ran in my little tart and kilt to the

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headmistress and said no it was me i

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then had to spend the rest of the day

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with the police explaining what i'd done

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why i'd done it and having them explain

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to me why it was so awful all the while

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i was begging them not to tell my

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parents and in the end they didn't which

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i really appreciated and i actually told

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my parents about it on my 21st birthday

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dinner but yeah

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i thought it was going to be hilarious

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but the police just didn't have any sort

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of sense of humor right

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that's it for today's lesson i hope you

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enjoyed it i hope you learned something

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please if you now doubt my intelligence

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you can unsubscribe but you really are

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welcome to

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i would

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and i invite you to comment below with

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any embarrassing situations that have

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happened to you or any other idioms that

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you know of that means stupid in english

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you can also let me know about idioms in

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your own language and translate them

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into english because some of them are so

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funny i mean

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a sandwich short of a picnic that is

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that particularly tickles hello everyone

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and welcome back to english with lucy

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i am in a really good mood today so i

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decided to make a video about

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expressions

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english expressions related to happiness

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now if you're wondering why i'm so happy

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honestly there's no single reason it's

555
00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:57.039
just life is really fun right now the

556
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channel's going well i think we're just

557
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about to hit 300 000 subscribers which

558
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is amazing

559
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um i'm moving house soon

560
00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.880
the sun is coming out the days are gonna

561
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start getting longer just really happy

562
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so those are the reasons i'm happy when

563
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you've finished watching this video

564
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please do comment below and tell me

565
00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:17.440
something that's made you happy recently

566
00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.880
and if you want to use one of these

567
00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:20.960
expressions you are more than welcome

568
00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:24.400
right let's get started with the video

569
00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:27.039
the first expression relating to

570
00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:30.640
happiness is to be over the moon

571
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and to be over the moon means to be

572
00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:35.520
really really happy believe it or not

573
00:23:35.520 --> 00:23:36.480
so

574
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i can say that last thursday i passed my

575
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driving test and i was over the moon

576
00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:45.359
because i had to try

577
00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:48.880
three times yes that was my third test

578
00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.960
yeah i was completely over the moon

579
00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:53.279
because driving is not something that

580
00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:55.119
has come naturally to me

581
00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:56.720
um and

582
00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:58.960
it really bothered me for a long time

583
00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:01.440
that i couldn't drive but now i can so

584
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i'm over the moon the next expression

585
00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:06.240
related to happiness is

586
00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:08.880
to have a whale of a time

587
00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:11.760
and to have a whale of a time well you

588
00:24:11.760 --> 00:24:13.840
guess what this one means let me use

589
00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:16.400
this one in an example and see if you

590
00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:18.960
can guess what it means just a clue it

591
00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:21.279
has nothing to do with whales

592
00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:24.240
so i went to a ball on saturday and a

593
00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:26.400
ball is like a push party you normally

594
00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:28.400
have dinner and then you can dance i

595
00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:30.400
went to a ball on saturday with a group

596
00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:34.880
of friends and i had a whale of a time

597
00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:38.320
okay so to have a whale of a time means

598
00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:41.359
to have a fantastic time

599
00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:43.359
nothing to do with whales

600
00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:46.240
now the next one number three is

601
00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:49.039
actually a slang expression but i think

602
00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:50.960
it's really important that you guys know

603
00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:53.359
this one we definitely use it a lot in

604
00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:56.880
england it is to be buzzing

605
00:24:56.880 --> 00:25:00.400
now if you say ah i'm buzzing it means

606
00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:02.760
i'm really exhilarated really

607
00:25:02.760 --> 00:25:05.359
enthusiastic really happy

608
00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:07.440
really excited about something so it

609
00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:10.080
means i've got positive emotions in my

610
00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:13.919
body and it is a good feeling okay so i

611
00:25:13.919 --> 00:25:16.240
could say i've just booked my tickets

612
00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:19.119
for la feria de sevilla which i seem to

613
00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:21.520
mention all the time but i am buzzing i

614
00:25:21.520 --> 00:25:24.000
cannot wait to go so that is a perfect

615
00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:26.400
situation perfect example of the word

616
00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:31.360
buzzing because i literally am buzzing

617
00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:36.559
i can't believe i just did that

618
00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.679
okay

619
00:25:37.679 --> 00:25:41.080
number four

620
00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:48.000
okay number four is to be happy as larry

621
00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:50.080
who is larry it doesn't matter because

622
00:25:50.080 --> 00:25:51.840
it's not relevant i don't know who larry

623
00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:54.000
is i'm sure one of you will google the

624
00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:57.760
etymology of happy as larry and find out

625
00:25:57.760 --> 00:26:00.159
but to be happy as larry means to be

626
00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:02.159
really really happy so i might ask you

627
00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.960
know

628
00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:05.760
does john like his new job and you could

629
00:26:05.760 --> 00:26:08.960
reply saying yes he is happy as larry he

630
00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:11.679
is as happy as larry meaning he is as

631
00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:14.400
happy as can be the final expression

632
00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:16.159
relating to happiness

633
00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:19.760
is to be on top of the world

634
00:26:19.760 --> 00:26:22.240
to be on top of the world and to be on

635
00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:24.880
top of the world means you guessed it

636
00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:27.200
guys it means to be really really happy

637
00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:30.000
to be just elated

638
00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:33.600
so delighted so happy um yeah so i would

639
00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:36.159
say when i found out that i graduated

640
00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:38.320
from university with a first-class

641
00:26:38.320 --> 00:26:39.520
degree

642
00:26:39.520 --> 00:26:40.799
i was

643
00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:42.799
on top of the world

644
00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:46.000
i was really really amazed happy and

645
00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:47.119
just

646
00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:48.799
buzzing

647
00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:51.039
right guys that is it for today's lesson

648
00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.720
i hope it brought a little bit of

649
00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:55.039
happiness into your life and as i said

650
00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:57.119
before i would love to hear about

651
00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:59.840
something that made you happy recently

652
00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:01.600
maybe using one of the expressions that

653
00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:03.520
we discussed today put it in the

654
00:27:03.520 --> 00:27:05.520
comments i really am keen to hear about

655
00:27:05.520 --> 00:27:07.440
hello everyone and welcome back to

656
00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:10.559
english with lucy today i am bringing

657
00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:14.000
you loads of idioms related to sickness

658
00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:16.400
illness and health so it's really going

659
00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.919
to help you improve your english

660
00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:19.679
vocabulary and it's going to help you

661
00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:22.480
sound more like a native the first idiom

662
00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:25.359
is actually one used to say you don't

663
00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:28.559
feel unwell you feel very good it is to

664
00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:32.000
feel as fit as a fiddle and a fiddle is

665
00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:34.880
another word for a violin so if you feel

666
00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:36.640
as fit as a fiddle

667
00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:39.919
you feel great i right now feel as fit

668
00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:41.679
as a fiddle

669
00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:45.760
another one is to be a picture of health

670
00:27:45.760 --> 00:27:48.720
if you are a picture of health you are a

671
00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:51.359
great example of good health you could

672
00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:53.359
say my friend was struggling with an

673
00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:55.840
illness but now she is a picture of

674
00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:58.640
health she is really really healthy now

675
00:27:58.640 --> 00:28:01.520
the next one is negative and this is to

676
00:28:01.520 --> 00:28:04.720
have a splitting headache

677
00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:07.039
and to have a splitting headache is to

678
00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:08.880
have a really

679
00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:11.520
really bad headache can you imagine it

680
00:28:11.520 --> 00:28:14.000
to split your head

681
00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:16.398
very painful anyone who has suffered

682
00:28:16.398 --> 00:28:19.359
with a migraine will understand that

683
00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:21.359
i've only had one in my life

684
00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:23.359
but it was a very very bad couple of

685
00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:25.840
days the next one is one you have

686
00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:28.559
probably heard before because when i ask

687
00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:31.359
for examples of idioms from my students

688
00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:34.159
they always say this one or it's raining

689
00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:36.159
cats and dogs which is an idiom we don't

690
00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:38.960
use very frequently um but the one i

691
00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:42.559
want to talk about is to be look or feel

692
00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:45.200
under the weather i normally use it with

693
00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:47.760
look i might say oh you look a bit under

694
00:28:47.760 --> 00:28:49.760
the weather and then the person could

695
00:28:49.760 --> 00:28:52.640
reply yes i am feeling a bit under the

696
00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:55.440
weather and this means to look

697
00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.880
feel or be

698
00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:59.360
unwell it's quite a nice way of saying

699
00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.640
it because you don't want to say to

700
00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:03.840
someone you look dreadful you want to

701
00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:05.760
say you look a little bit under the

702
00:29:05.760 --> 00:29:07.760
weather are you unwell are you feeling

703
00:29:07.760 --> 00:29:08.720
okay

704
00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:11.200
the next one is another negative one it

705
00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:13.760
is to take a turn for the worse

706
00:29:13.760 --> 00:29:15.919
if you take a turn for the worse it

707
00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:19.279
means you are iller or sicker than you

708
00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:22.320
were before so i could say i had a cold

709
00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:24.080
but then i took a turn for the worse and

710
00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:27.200
i had to go to hospital so i was quite

711
00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.960
ill but then i got

712
00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:31.600
really ill and i had to go to hospital

713
00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:34.559
um you can use it in a positive way you

714
00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:36.960
can say to take a term for the better

715
00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:39.919
but it's not as common the next one is

716
00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:43.520
to be black and blue i wonder if you can

717
00:29:43.520 --> 00:29:45.360
guess what this one might be

718
00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:48.000
black and blue if you're black and blue

719
00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:49.600
it means that you have

720
00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:53.679
quite a few bruises so the marks you get

721
00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:55.919
after you've been hit so if you are very

722
00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:57.760
bruised then you could say that you are

723
00:29:57.760 --> 00:29:59.279
black and blue

724
00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:01.840
this relates to the next one because the

725
00:30:01.840 --> 00:30:04.480
next one is to take a tumble

726
00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:07.360
if you have taken a tumble it means you

727
00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:08.960
have fallen over

728
00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:11.600
so if you fall over and you get bruises

729
00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:14.000
you can say oh i've taken a tumble and

730
00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:16.399
i'm black and blue see if your english

731
00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:18.000
teacher understands you when you say

732
00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.880
that

733
00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:21.679
the next one is to go under the knife

734
00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:24.399
this means to have an operation

735
00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:26.640
but it also can refer to cosmetic

736
00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:29.600
surgery so if somebody says she's been

737
00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:32.000
under the knife it means she's had

738
00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:33.760
cosmetic surgery

739
00:30:33.760 --> 00:30:35.600
but if i said

740
00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:37.840
i had a really sore leg but i went under

741
00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:39.919
the knife it means

742
00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:41.919
i had a sore leg but now i've had an

743
00:30:41.919 --> 00:30:43.200
operation

744
00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:46.799
now the next one is to be on one's last

745
00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.919
legs

746
00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:50.240
and this means that somebody is very

747
00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.840
close to

748
00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:54.399
exhaustion to being very very tired and

749
00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:56.960
collapsing or even death

750
00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:58.880
so if somebody says

751
00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:00.880
i think they're on their last legs it

752
00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:02.480
means i don't think they're going to

753
00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.840
live very long

754
00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:06.080
which is obviously very very very sad

755
00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:06.799
but

756
00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.880
in britain especially

757
00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.200
we like to use a lot of idiomatic

758
00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:15.279
phrases around very serious situations

759
00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:18.159
so instead of to die we say to pop one's

760
00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:21.440
clogs you've popped your clogs um

761
00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:23.039
it's just a way of dealing with

762
00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:24.960
something quite serious

763
00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:27.200
so if someone's on their last legs we're

764
00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:29.120
not trying to be funny we're not joking

765
00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:30.880
we're just that's how we deal with a

766
00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:33.440
really difficult sad situation

767
00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:35.760
another one that's quite similar is to

768
00:31:35.760 --> 00:31:38.080
be hanging by a thread it means you're

769
00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:40.880
very close it means you're very close

770
00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:42.880
to either the situation becoming very

771
00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:46.240
serious or even to death the last one is

772
00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:48.559
actually my favorite health related

773
00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.519
idiom

774
00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:52.080
because it's so funny

775
00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:54.880
i find it really funny it is to feel

776
00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:59.600
like or to look like death warmed up

777
00:31:59.600 --> 00:32:01.679
again this is an idiom i would love to

778
00:32:01.679 --> 00:32:03.679
know if you have an example of this one

779
00:32:03.679 --> 00:32:05.440
in your own language

780
00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:09.120
if somebody looks just dreadful so ill

781
00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:12.559
so unwell pale gray

782
00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:15.120
big bags under their eyes you can tell

783
00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:18.080
them they look like death warmed up it's

784
00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:20.799
it's just such a funny phrase um you

785
00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:23.120
can't not smile when somebody says that

786
00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:24.720
to you

787
00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:26.080
unless you're feeling

788
00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:28.880
like death warmed up of course um so

789
00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:30.320
yeah see if you can use that in

790
00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:32.960
conversation with um a native because i

791
00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:34.480
think they will really find that quite

792
00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:37.440
funny hello everyone and welcome back to

793
00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:39.760
english with lucy today

794
00:32:39.760 --> 00:32:43.200
we are going to discuss body idioms and

795
00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:45.039
there are a lot of them today we are

796
00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:48.559
going to talk about 25 of the most

797
00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:51.919
commonly used idioms relating to the

798
00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:54.240
human body i haven't done an idioms

799
00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:56.720
video in so long and i've had quite a

800
00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:59.279
lot of requests for them so i think this

801
00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:01.279
is a really really good topic to come

802
00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:04.159
back with as always i have created a

803
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free pdf that goes with this lesson it

804
00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:08.240
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805
00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:11.440
today plus a quiz if you'd like to

806
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download that free pdf just click on the

807
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810
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811
00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:25.600
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814
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right we're going to go through these in

815
00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:35.120
alphabetical order number one is

816
00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:38.240
all ears all is and i hope you can see

817
00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:40.880
and appreciate my toast my buttered

818
00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:43.440
toast earrings today i just thought they

819
00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:46.399
went quite well if you are all ears then

820
00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:49.200
it means you are fully listening

821
00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.880
let me finish hanging out the washing

822
00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:53.039
and then i'll be all ears i'll be fully

823
00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.960
listening to you it's a nice way of

824
00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:56.960
saying i can't concentrate right now

825
00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:59.840
because i'm busy but in a second

826
00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:02.559
i'll be fully listening i'll be all ears

827
00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:04.240
number two you might know this one this

828
00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:06.159
is normally one of the first idioms that

829
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people learn apart from it's raining

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cats and dogs which we never say

831
00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:13.919
it is break a leg break a leg and this

832
00:34:13.919 --> 00:34:14.800
means

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00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:18.320
good luck it's most commonly used for

834
00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:20.480
actors or musicians that are going to

835
00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:22.480
perform on stage

836
00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:24.800
an example i forgot you're on stage

837
00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.960
tonight break a leg

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00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:29.919
number three moving on to

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teeth

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00:34:31.359 --> 00:34:34.639
this one is by the skin of one's teeth

841
00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:37.440
and this means only just or barely the

842
00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:39.520
skin or the enamel on your teeth is so

843
00:34:39.520 --> 00:34:42.320
thin you only just did something

844
00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:45.200
this example is true i passed my driving

845
00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:48.079
test by the skin of my teeth i really

846
00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:50.079
did one more mistake and i wouldn't have

847
00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:52.159
passed this is interesting actually fun

848
00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:54.960
fact i turned up to my driving test four

849
00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:58.160
times but i only failed twice

850
00:34:58.160 --> 00:35:00.160
because one time i turned up and i

851
00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:01.119
hadn't

852
00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:04.480
clicked confirm when booking in my test

853
00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.280
so

854
00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:07.359
i was all nervous waiting there turns

855
00:35:07.359 --> 00:35:08.640
out i didn't have a test that day i had

856
00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:10.480
to wait another month

857
00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:13.119
number four moving down to feet

858
00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:16.400
cold feet to have cold feet if you get

859
00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:18.800
cold feet or you have cold feet it means

860
00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:21.200
you suddenly feel nervous about

861
00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:23.359
something something usually important

862
00:35:23.359 --> 00:35:25.839
that you plan to do and it's often used

863
00:35:25.839 --> 00:35:28.160
before weddings if somebody suddenly

864
00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:29.200
thinks

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00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:31.200
is this actually what i want it means

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00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:32.800
they're getting cold feet they're

867
00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:35.280
suddenly doubting whether they want to

868
00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:36.560
do something or not they're getting

869
00:35:36.560 --> 00:35:37.680
nervous

870
00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:40.160
an example i hope he doesn't get cold

871
00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:41.920
feet before the wedding

872
00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:44.560
number five moving on to arms but still

873
00:35:44.560 --> 00:35:47.119
involving the legs to cost an arm and a

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00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:49.680
leg if something costs an arm and a leg

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00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:53.359
then it is very expensive an example i

876
00:35:53.359 --> 00:35:55.520
bet that coat cost her an arm and a leg

877
00:35:55.520 --> 00:35:58.400
i bet that coat was so expensive number

878
00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.440
six

879
00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:02.560
eyes or heart to cry your eyes out or to

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00:36:02.560 --> 00:36:04.960
cry your heart out i would say in

881
00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:07.599
british english to cry your eyes out

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00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:10.160
is more commonly used i wonder in

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00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:12.160
american english if any speakers of

884
00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:13.920
american english are watching please let

885
00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.599
me know in the comments section this

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00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:17.839
means to cry a lot she was crying her

887
00:36:17.839 --> 00:36:20.239
eyes out she was crying so much an

888
00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:22.880
example she cried her eyes out when she

889
00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:24.560
lost her cat

890
00:36:24.560 --> 00:36:27.520
number seven moving on to chest

891
00:36:27.520 --> 00:36:30.640
to get something off your chest this

892
00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:32.400
means to tell someone what's been on

893
00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:34.400
your mind or to tell someone one of your

894
00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:36.880
problems it's a heavy load on your chest

895
00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:39.920
and you get it off an example i need to

896
00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:42.320
get it off my chest and tell my boss

897
00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:44.719
that i'm unhappy number eight

898
00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.920
hands

899
00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:49.119
to give a hand or to lend a hand

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00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:51.680
this means to help and i would say

901
00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:53.040
lend

902
00:36:53.040 --> 00:36:54.719
it's possibly more common in british

903
00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:56.239
english can you give me a hand can you

904
00:36:56.239 --> 00:37:00.480
lend me a hand give me or lend me lem me

905
00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:02.400
can you lend me a hand

906
00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:04.320
an example if you need any help with

907
00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:08.480
moving i can lend you a hand number nine

908
00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.520
head

909
00:37:09.520 --> 00:37:12.560
to have one's head in the clouds

910
00:37:12.560 --> 00:37:15.839
this means to be unaware or unrealistic

911
00:37:15.839 --> 00:37:18.960
about something to be naive an example

912
00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:21.520
he has his head in the clouds if he

913
00:37:21.520 --> 00:37:23.440
thinks he's getting a pay rise in this

914
00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:26.880
economy number 10 head and feet here we

915
00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:29.839
have head over heels head over heels to

916
00:37:29.839 --> 00:37:31.680
fall head over heels in love with

917
00:37:31.680 --> 00:37:34.640
somebody head over heels means deeply or

918
00:37:34.640 --> 00:37:37.839
completely in love an example she is

919
00:37:37.839 --> 00:37:40.480
head over heels with her new puppy she's

920
00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:42.880
completely in love with her new puppy

921
00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:44.719
number 11 head again

922
00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:46.480
in over one's head

923
00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:48.800
to be in over one's head

924
00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:50.800
this means that you're taking on a task

925
00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:53.839
that you can't handle an example i am

926
00:37:53.839 --> 00:37:55.920
completely in over my head in my new

927
00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:57.359
teaching position

928
00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:59.599
number 12 is ice

929
00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:01.839
to keep an eye on to keep an eye on

930
00:38:01.839 --> 00:38:04.800
something or someone this means to watch

931
00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:07.599
or monitor normally in a protective way

932
00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:10.160
to keep something safe an example can

933
00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:12.400
you keep an eye on my bike whilst i nip

934
00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:15.520
into the post office to nip somewhere is

935
00:38:15.520 --> 00:38:18.560
to go somewhere very briefly to nip into

936
00:38:18.560 --> 00:38:21.280
to go into very briefly i'm just going

937
00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:23.040
to nip to the shops i'm just going to

938
00:38:23.040 --> 00:38:27.200
very quickly go to the shops number 13

939
00:38:27.200 --> 00:38:30.079
chin to keep one's chin up to keep one's

940
00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:32.719
chin up this means to try to be cheerful

941
00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:35.440
or to try to avoid being sad

942
00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:38.400
an example keep your chin up exam season

943
00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:39.920
will be over soon

944
00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:42.960
number 14 is to learn or to know

945
00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:45.040
off by heart you don't always have to

946
00:38:45.040 --> 00:38:47.200
include the off that's quite common in

947
00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:49.440
british english to learn by heart to

948
00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:51.200
know off by heart

949
00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:53.680
this means to memorize

950
00:38:53.680 --> 00:38:56.560
an example i know the harry potter books

951
00:38:56.560 --> 00:38:59.359
off by heart all seven of them

952
00:38:59.359 --> 00:39:02.079
number fifteen we're on to hair

953
00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:05.599
this is to let one's hair down to let

954
00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:08.800
one's hair down which means to relax

955
00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:12.000
or to have fun let your hair down relax

956
00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:14.400
have fun enjoy yourself this is usually

957
00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:15.839
said to somebody who's a little more

958
00:39:15.839 --> 00:39:18.640
serious an example she needs to let her

959
00:39:18.640 --> 00:39:21.599
hair down she is always so stressed

960
00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:23.440
number 16

961
00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:24.400
lips

962
00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:27.359
my lips are sealed my lips are sealed

963
00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:29.359
and this means your secret is safe with

964
00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:31.680
me an example

965
00:39:31.680 --> 00:39:34.480
my lips are sealed i have no idea how

966
00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:38.000
much your dress cost number 17

967
00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:40.160
blood i don't know where to point all

968
00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:42.800
over my body hopefully it is

969
00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:45.599
makes my blood boil if something makes

970
00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:47.760
your blood boil it makes you really

971
00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:50.239
really angry an example the way that

972
00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:52.400
they have underpaid you and mistreated

973
00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:55.520
you over all these years makes my blood

974
00:39:55.520 --> 00:39:56.800
boil

975
00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:59.200
number 18 the body as a whole

976
00:39:59.200 --> 00:40:02.880
over my dead body over my dead body this

977
00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:04.319
is something that said when you want to

978
00:40:04.319 --> 00:40:08.239
say you cannot do that until i am dead

979
00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:10.880
and then i can't stop you an example

980
00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:13.119
over my dead body i will never let you

981
00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:14.880
drive my car

982
00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:17.119
you have to wait till i die before you

983
00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:19.839
can drive my car number 19

984
00:40:19.839 --> 00:40:20.719
back

985
00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:22.880
a pat on the back a pat on the back and

986
00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:26.160
this means a thank you or recognition

987
00:40:26.160 --> 00:40:28.880
an example i think i deserve a pat on

988
00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:32.400
the back after all of my hard work today

989
00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:35.280
you will often see people doing a little

990
00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:37.280
meaning oh pat on the back i've done

991
00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:39.440
really well well done me

992
00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:41.920
number 20 back to those wonderful ears

993
00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.960
again

994
00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:45.119
to play something by it this means to do

995
00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:47.119
something without a plan

996
00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:49.200
an example i don't know if the weather

997
00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:51.200
will be dry enough for a picnic let's

998
00:40:51.200 --> 00:40:53.119
play it by ear let's not have a plan

999
00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:55.040
we'll just decide if it's nice weather

1000
00:40:55.040 --> 00:40:57.119
later on today we'll have the picnic if

1001
00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:58.800
not

1002
00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:00.800
then we'll have the picnic inside and

1003
00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:02.079
living in britain with very

1004
00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:04.560
unpredictable weather i have had many a

1005
00:41:04.560 --> 00:41:06.400
picnic inside before

1006
00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:09.200
number 21 back to legs it is to pull

1007
00:41:09.200 --> 00:41:11.839
one's leg to pull someone's leg

1008
00:41:11.839 --> 00:41:15.040
this means to joke or to tease someone

1009
00:41:15.040 --> 00:41:17.599
for example are you pulling my leg are

1010
00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:22.160
you really moving away don't pull my leg

1011
00:41:22.160 --> 00:41:25.200
is she pulling my leg number 22

1012
00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:26.000
thumb

1013
00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:29.280
the rule of thumb or a rule of thumb

1014
00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:32.000
this means a general basic rule that's

1015
00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:34.560
not always true but it's generally true

1016
00:41:34.560 --> 00:41:37.359
an example as a rule of thumb a cup of

1017
00:41:37.359 --> 00:41:40.000
coffee generally contains 80 milligrams

1018
00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:41.280
of caffeine

1019
00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:42.800
number 23

1020
00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:45.440
eyes to see eye to eye

1021
00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:47.119
to see eye to eye

1022
00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:49.760
this means to agree on something so if

1023
00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:52.000
you say we don't see eye to eye we don't

1024
00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:54.960
agree for example her parents didn't see

1025
00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:57.440
eye to eye on her education number 24

1026
00:41:57.440 --> 00:42:00.079
back to teeth we have sweet tooth a

1027
00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:02.880
sweet tooth and this means a love of

1028
00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:05.200
sweet things can you tell me if that's

1029
00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:07.760
the same in your language if english

1030
00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:09.200
isn't your first language i'd be very

1031
00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:11.280
interested do you have a

1032
00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:13.119
sweet tooth direct translation or

1033
00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:15.920
something different my grandma has the

1034
00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:19.200
biggest sweet tooth on earth and here is

1035
00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:22.319
your example my grandma once requested a

1036
00:42:22.319 --> 00:42:25.119
birthday meal consisting of

1037
00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:28.719
just puddings she has such a sweet tooth

1038
00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:31.680
and number 25 back to hands it is to

1039
00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:34.560
wash one's hands of something to wash

1040
00:42:34.560 --> 00:42:36.239
your hands of something and this means

1041
00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:38.719
to stop dealing with an issue or a

1042
00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:40.719
problem i'm going to wash my hands of it

1043
00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:42.480
i'm not going to deal with it anymore

1044
00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:44.800
not my problem an example i'm going to

1045
00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:47.359
wash my hands of him he causes too many

1046
00:42:47.359 --> 00:42:49.920
problems right that is it for today's

1047
00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:51.760
lesson i hope you enjoyed it i hope you

1048
00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:54.160
learned something don't forget to

1049
00:42:54.160 --> 00:42:56.560
complete the quiz remember you click on

1050
00:42:56.560 --> 00:42:58.560
the link in the description box to claim

1051
00:42:58.560 --> 00:43:00.400
that pdf you just sign up to my mailing

1052
00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:02.400
list and it goes straight to you

1053
00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:05.200
for homework i would like you to include

1054
00:43:05.200 --> 00:43:07.359
five of these idioms pick your five

1055
00:43:07.359 --> 00:43:09.599
favorite and use them in the comments

1056
00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:12.640
section and i will try to see as many as

1057
00:43:12.640 --> 00:43:13.920
i possibly can and give you some

1058
00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:15.920
feedback welcome back to english with

1059
00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:18.160
lucy spring has

1060
00:43:18.160 --> 00:43:21.040
almost sprung in england we've had some

1061
00:43:21.040 --> 00:43:22.960
very very sunny days we've had a couple

1062
00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:24.960
of rainy days but i've been enjoying

1063
00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:27.440
lots of dog walks and lots of runs in

1064
00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:29.119
the countryside as you might have seen

1065
00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:32.000
on my instagram i have been feeling so

1066
00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:34.160
excited about spring i cannot wait to

1067
00:43:34.160 --> 00:43:37.440
see leaves on the trees grass everywhere

1068
00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:39.760
flowers everywhere and in the spirit of

1069
00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:42.239
spring i've decided to make a flower

1070
00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:46.079
idioms video for you a lesson all about

1071
00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:48.239
floral expressions that we use in

1072
00:43:48.239 --> 00:43:50.719
british english and in american english

1073
00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:52.400
this lesson is going to be really good

1074
00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:54.160
for building your vocabulary it will

1075
00:43:54.160 --> 00:43:55.839
help with your reading it will help you

1076
00:43:55.839 --> 00:43:57.760
with your writing it will also help with

1077
00:43:57.760 --> 00:44:00.160
your speaking and your listening because

1078
00:44:00.160 --> 00:44:01.680
you'll be able to understand what

1079
00:44:01.680 --> 00:44:04.239
natives mean when they say these idioms

1080
00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:07.280
right idiom number one is to come up or

1081
00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:10.719
out smelling of roses to come up

1082
00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:12.719
smelling of roses or to come out

1083
00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:15.599
smelling of roses if somebody comes up

1084
00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:18.000
smelling of roses it means they emerge

1085
00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:20.839
from a situation with their reputation

1086
00:44:20.839 --> 00:44:23.760
undamaged so it's to have people believe

1087
00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:26.160
that you are good and honest

1088
00:44:26.160 --> 00:44:28.160
after a situation that could have made

1089
00:44:28.160 --> 00:44:31.280
you look bad and dishonest

1090
00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:33.280
for example the scandal could have

1091
00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:35.920
ruined her reputation but she came up

1092
00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:38.480
smelling of roses

1093
00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:42.800
number two to go to seed to go to seed

1094
00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:45.599
this is slightly negative be careful who

1095
00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:48.480
you say this to if somebody goes to seed

1096
00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:51.200
it means their quality or appearance has

1097
00:44:51.200 --> 00:44:52.400
declined

1098
00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:54.480
a flower is really really beautiful and

1099
00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:56.319
then it goes to seed and it doesn't look

1100
00:44:56.319 --> 00:44:57.359
so good

1101
00:44:57.359 --> 00:44:59.040
it might mean that they look older or

1102
00:44:59.040 --> 00:45:01.760
worse than they did for example after

1103
00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:04.719
having children he started to go to seed

1104
00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:07.040
he didn't look so good anymore

1105
00:45:07.040 --> 00:45:09.440
that's a really nasty phrase let's move

1106
00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:11.680
on to something more positive

1107
00:45:11.680 --> 00:45:13.920
okay number three

1108
00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:17.280
as fresh as a daisy as fresh as a daisy

1109
00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:19.599
much nicer than the previous one if you

1110
00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:21.680
are as fresh as a daisy it means you are

1111
00:45:21.680 --> 00:45:24.480
healthy and full of energy for example i

1112
00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:26.079
thought i'd have a hangover but i've

1113
00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:28.640
woken up as fresh as a daisy

1114
00:45:28.640 --> 00:45:31.200
said no one ever

1115
00:45:31.200 --> 00:45:32.719
number four

1116
00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:36.400
a late bloomer a late bloomer a late

1117
00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:39.119
bloomer is somebody who develops later

1118
00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:42.560
on in life either physically or mentally

1119
00:45:42.560 --> 00:45:44.800
so it could mean that they hit puberty

1120
00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:46.800
at a later age or it could mean that

1121
00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:49.200
they got a job settled down got married

1122
00:45:49.200 --> 00:45:52.239
had children at a much later age than is

1123
00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:54.880
considered normal for example colonel

1124
00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:58.079
sanders the founder of kfc was a late

1125
00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:01.599
bloomer he founded kfc at 65

1126
00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:04.000
and then he became a multi-millionaire

1127
00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:06.160
congratulations late bloomer

1128
00:46:06.160 --> 00:46:07.520
number five

1129
00:46:07.520 --> 00:46:09.200
no bed of roses

1130
00:46:09.200 --> 00:46:11.119
no bed of roses

1131
00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:14.079
if something is no bed of roses it means

1132
00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:17.680
it's difficult it's not easy for example

1133
00:46:17.680 --> 00:46:20.480
gaining a uk citizenship is no bed of

1134
00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:23.680
roses it's very very difficult

1135
00:46:23.680 --> 00:46:26.400
we also have number six

1136
00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:29.200
pushing up the daisies pushing up the

1137
00:46:29.200 --> 00:46:30.880
daisies this

1138
00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:33.920
is a slightly morbid one if you are

1139
00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:36.560
pushing up the daisies it means you're

1140
00:46:36.560 --> 00:46:38.880
dead you're underground and you're

1141
00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:41.200
helping the daisies to uh

1142
00:46:41.200 --> 00:46:42.800
bloom

1143
00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:45.920
for example my late uncle malcolm

1144
00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:48.719
is pushing up the daisies it's very sad

1145
00:46:48.719 --> 00:46:52.079
number seven we have oopsie daisy

1146
00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:54.239
upsy daisy and this isn't really an

1147
00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:57.520
idiom it's more of an exclamation it's

1148
00:46:57.520 --> 00:47:00.560
an expression used to indicate surprise

1149
00:47:00.560 --> 00:47:01.599
it's like

1150
00:47:01.599 --> 00:47:03.040
silly me

1151
00:47:03.040 --> 00:47:04.560
oh no

1152
00:47:04.560 --> 00:47:07.040
oopsie daisy we can just shorten it down

1153
00:47:07.040 --> 00:47:10.640
to oops it is quite frequently used with

1154
00:47:10.640 --> 00:47:13.119
children so for example when will says

1155
00:47:13.119 --> 00:47:15.040
to me lucy you left the front door

1156
00:47:15.040 --> 00:47:17.760
unlocked again i might say

1157
00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:21.280
oopsie daisy silly me

1158
00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:24.480
the next one is a shrinking violet a

1159
00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:26.239
shrinking violet

1160
00:47:26.239 --> 00:47:28.400
a shrinking violet is somebody who is

1161
00:47:28.400 --> 00:47:31.440
very very very shy

1162
00:47:31.440 --> 00:47:33.040
somebody who doesn't like to express

1163
00:47:33.040 --> 00:47:35.119
their views and their opinions for

1164
00:47:35.119 --> 00:47:36.480
example

1165
00:47:36.480 --> 00:47:38.960
i am no shrinking violet when it comes

1166
00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:41.440
to expressing my opinions

1167
00:47:41.440 --> 00:47:43.440
that's a lie sometimes i am sometimes

1168
00:47:43.440 --> 00:47:45.359
i'm not depends who i'm with don't ask

1169
00:47:45.359 --> 00:47:47.440
me about brexit and the next one this is

1170
00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:50.000
a really good one i use this a lot to

1171
00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:52.480
nip something in the bud to nip

1172
00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:55.280
something in the bud this means to stop

1173
00:47:55.280 --> 00:47:58.239
something at an early stage for example

1174
00:47:58.239 --> 00:48:00.559
if you see yourself developing a bad

1175
00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:03.280
habit try and nip it in the bud before

1176
00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:06.319
it becomes ingrained in your brain i

1177
00:48:06.319 --> 00:48:08.559
tried to do this but i'm not always

1178
00:48:08.559 --> 00:48:11.920
successful and the last one the final

1179
00:48:11.920 --> 00:48:13.839
floral idiom is

1180
00:48:13.839 --> 00:48:15.599
to smell the roses

1181
00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:17.040
to smell

1182
00:48:17.040 --> 00:48:18.319
the roses

1183
00:48:18.319 --> 00:48:21.119
this means to appreciate what is often

1184
00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:22.239
ignored

1185
00:48:22.239 --> 00:48:24.160
we sometimes say to stop and smell the

1186
00:48:24.160 --> 00:48:26.960
roses or to wake up and smell the roses

1187
00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:29.359
and in general it means to take time out

1188
00:48:29.359 --> 00:48:31.680
of your busy schedule to stop and

1189
00:48:31.680 --> 00:48:34.640
appreciate what is often ignored like

1190
00:48:34.640 --> 00:48:36.960
nature and the beauty of life

1191
00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:39.680
so i might say every morning i like to

1192
00:48:39.680 --> 00:48:42.400
stop and smell the roses and take my dog

1193
00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:43.520
on a walk

1194
00:48:43.520 --> 00:48:45.680
there are no roses on the walk but i

1195
00:48:45.680 --> 00:48:48.400
just like to take a moment and enjoy the

1196
00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:50.239
beauty that is around me

1197
00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:52.319
right that's it for today's lesson i

1198
00:48:52.319 --> 00:48:53.920
hope you enjoyed it and i hope you

1199
00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:55.680
learned something hello everyone and

1200
00:48:55.680 --> 00:48:58.960
welcome back to english with lucy today

1201
00:48:58.960 --> 00:49:03.720
i've got a spring in my step

1202
00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:07.520
it feels like spring is finally arriving

1203
00:49:07.520 --> 00:49:10.880
so today i have got five spring related

1204
00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:14.960
idioms for you now the first idiom is no

1205
00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:16.800
spring chicken

1206
00:49:16.800 --> 00:49:19.359
and if you describe somebody as no

1207
00:49:19.359 --> 00:49:22.160
spring chicken it means that they are no

1208
00:49:22.160 --> 00:49:24.160
longer young it comes from when farmers

1209
00:49:24.160 --> 00:49:26.319
could charge much higher prices for

1210
00:49:26.319 --> 00:49:28.079
chickens born in the spring because they

1211
00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:30.239
were fresher and they hadn't had to live

1212
00:49:30.239 --> 00:49:32.000
through all the winter months

1213
00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:35.359
so it's not a particularly nice thing to

1214
00:49:35.359 --> 00:49:37.520
say about somebody if somebody described

1215
00:49:37.520 --> 00:49:40.079
me as no spring chicken i would be a

1216
00:49:40.079 --> 00:49:42.480
little bit offended now the next one is

1217
00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:45.040
the grass is always greener on the other

1218
00:49:45.040 --> 00:49:46.000
side

1219
00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:48.719
and i actually included this in a video

1220
00:49:48.719 --> 00:49:51.119
that i made about proverbs because it's

1221
00:49:51.119 --> 00:49:53.920
quite a good one to live by um but it's

1222
00:49:53.920 --> 00:49:55.599
an expression that we say all the time

1223
00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:57.440
the grass is always greener the grass is

1224
00:49:57.440 --> 00:49:59.920
greener the full version of this is the

1225
00:49:59.920 --> 00:50:01.920
grass is always greener on the other

1226
00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:04.480
side of the fence and it means your

1227
00:50:04.480 --> 00:50:06.800
neighbor's grass always looks greener

1228
00:50:06.800 --> 00:50:09.680
than your grass so you always tend to

1229
00:50:09.680 --> 00:50:11.440
envy what other people have and you

1230
00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:13.839
don't actually appreciate how good what

1231
00:50:13.839 --> 00:50:15.680
you have really is

1232
00:50:15.680 --> 00:50:17.839
so from your perspective it might look

1233
00:50:17.839 --> 00:50:20.319
like they have a perfect life

1234
00:50:20.319 --> 00:50:22.319
but once you change to their side of the

1235
00:50:22.319 --> 00:50:23.359
fence

1236
00:50:23.359 --> 00:50:25.440
they might think that you have a perfect

1237
00:50:25.440 --> 00:50:29.440
life now the next spring idiom is lovely

1238
00:50:29.440 --> 00:50:33.119
this one is a ray of sunshine and this

1239
00:50:33.119 --> 00:50:35.760
is a really lovely way of describing

1240
00:50:35.760 --> 00:50:36.960
somebody

1241
00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:39.280
who is like the sun they make things

1242
00:50:39.280 --> 00:50:41.119
grow they make you feel happy they're

1243
00:50:41.119 --> 00:50:43.839
warm it's just a really nice way of

1244
00:50:43.839 --> 00:50:46.960
describing a warm friendly happy

1245
00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:50.160
positive person so i would say that my

1246
00:50:50.160 --> 00:50:52.559
mum is a ray of sunshine she always

1247
00:50:52.559 --> 00:50:54.800
makes me feel better and

1248
00:50:54.800 --> 00:50:57.359
people just enjoy being around her now

1249
00:50:57.359 --> 00:51:01.119
number four is spring fever

1250
00:51:01.119 --> 00:51:04.239
and spring fever is that feeling of

1251
00:51:04.239 --> 00:51:05.680
restlessness

1252
00:51:05.680 --> 00:51:08.079
just before summer when the weather is

1253
00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:10.160
starting to get nicer flowers are coming

1254
00:51:10.160 --> 00:51:12.960
out you want to you want to go outside

1255
00:51:12.960 --> 00:51:14.640
and be active and you get a bit

1256
00:51:14.640 --> 00:51:16.640
energetic it doesn't just have to be

1257
00:51:16.640 --> 00:51:19.119
used in spring though it can be used to

1258
00:51:19.119 --> 00:51:21.200
describe the feeling that you have in

1259
00:51:21.200 --> 00:51:23.920
spring i definitely get spring fever

1260
00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:25.680
although i have met a few people that

1261
00:51:25.680 --> 00:51:27.839
seem to get spring fatigue when they

1262
00:51:27.839 --> 00:51:29.599
suddenly get really tired just before

1263
00:51:29.599 --> 00:51:32.800
summer but the idiom is spring fever the

1264
00:51:32.800 --> 00:51:35.599
final idiom a really lovely one again is

1265
00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:38.880
to be full of the joys of spring spring

1266
00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:41.040
is supposedly one of the most joyful

1267
00:51:41.040 --> 00:51:43.680
months there are lambs flowers

1268
00:51:43.680 --> 00:51:45.839
you know it's a very quick and drastic

1269
00:51:45.839 --> 00:51:48.160
shift from very cold harsh weather to

1270
00:51:48.160 --> 00:51:51.040
suddenly everything sunny and green so

1271
00:51:51.040 --> 00:51:52.719
if somebody is a very happy and

1272
00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:55.040
enthusiastic person you can describe

1273
00:51:55.040 --> 00:51:57.839
them as being full of the joys of spring

1274
00:51:57.839 --> 00:52:00.400
so if somebody is constantly happy

1275
00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:03.680
enthusiastic positive smiling laughing

1276
00:52:03.680 --> 00:52:06.800
then they are full of the joys of spring

1277
00:52:06.800 --> 00:52:09.440
welcome back to english with lucy

1278
00:52:09.440 --> 00:52:12.960
today i'm going to show you 20 idioms

1279
00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:15.760
that you can use to sound like a native

1280
00:52:15.760 --> 00:52:18.960
english speaker idiom number one is a

1281
00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:20.559
drop in the ocean

1282
00:52:20.559 --> 00:52:22.400
a drop in the ocean

1283
00:52:22.400 --> 00:52:23.839
i think there's a song called a drop in

1284
00:52:23.839 --> 00:52:25.119
the ocean i used to really like that

1285
00:52:25.119 --> 00:52:26.480
when i was at school

1286
00:52:26.480 --> 00:52:29.359
a drop in the ocean means a very small

1287
00:52:29.359 --> 00:52:31.839
or insignificant part of something big

1288
00:52:31.839 --> 00:52:32.960
or whole

1289
00:52:32.960 --> 00:52:35.280
for example the government's pledge to

1290
00:52:35.280 --> 00:52:37.440
increase health funding by a hundred

1291
00:52:37.440 --> 00:52:39.920
million is a drop in the ocean compared

1292
00:52:39.920 --> 00:52:42.719
to the billions that need to be spent

1293
00:52:42.719 --> 00:52:44.960
number two is a lovely one i think

1294
00:52:44.960 --> 00:52:46.559
they're all lovely actually because i

1295
00:52:46.559 --> 00:52:48.880
chose them myself for you

1296
00:52:48.880 --> 00:52:51.680
number two is action speak louder than

1297
00:52:51.680 --> 00:52:52.719
words

1298
00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:55.359
actions speak louder than words this

1299
00:52:55.359 --> 00:52:57.280
means that it's better to actually do

1300
00:52:57.280 --> 00:53:00.480
something rather than just talk about it

1301
00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:01.760
for example

1302
00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:04.400
stop apologizing to me and prove to me

1303
00:53:04.400 --> 00:53:06.559
that i can trust you actions speak

1304
00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:09.200
louder than words that's a good one to

1305
00:53:09.200 --> 00:53:11.119
use in your next fight with someone who

1306
00:53:11.119 --> 00:53:13.280
has lost your trust

1307
00:53:13.280 --> 00:53:16.319
number three is to add fuel to the fire

1308
00:53:16.319 --> 00:53:18.400
to add fuel to the fire

1309
00:53:18.400 --> 00:53:20.800
this simply means to make a problem

1310
00:53:20.800 --> 00:53:23.920
worse to exacerbate a problem

1311
00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:25.599
we learned exacerbate in another class

1312
00:53:25.599 --> 00:53:27.359
didn't we recently comment down below if

1313
00:53:27.359 --> 00:53:28.880
you remember which it was

1314
00:53:28.880 --> 00:53:30.079
for example

1315
00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:31.680
don't tell her about the delays you'll

1316
00:53:31.680 --> 00:53:35.119
just be adding fuel to the fire

1317
00:53:35.119 --> 00:53:38.239
number four is the ball is in your court

1318
00:53:38.239 --> 00:53:40.319
the ball is in your court

1319
00:53:40.319 --> 00:53:42.400
this means that it's your turn to make

1320
00:53:42.400 --> 00:53:45.760
the next step or decision for example

1321
00:53:45.760 --> 00:53:48.239
i've done all i can do the ball is in

1322
00:53:48.239 --> 00:53:50.000
your court now

1323
00:53:50.000 --> 00:53:53.280
number five is to bend over backwards

1324
00:53:53.280 --> 00:53:55.520
to bend over backwards

1325
00:53:55.520 --> 00:53:58.000
this means to do whatever it takes to

1326
00:53:58.000 --> 00:53:59.760
help someone

1327
00:53:59.760 --> 00:54:01.040
for example

1328
00:54:01.040 --> 00:54:04.160
our company is bending over backwards to

1329
00:54:04.160 --> 00:54:06.160
satisfy our customers

1330
00:54:06.160 --> 00:54:07.920
sometimes it can mean that you've helped

1331
00:54:07.920 --> 00:54:10.000
too much you've put in too much effort

1332
00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:12.160
oh i've been bending over backwards

1333
00:54:12.160 --> 00:54:13.680
trying to solve his problems and he

1334
00:54:13.680 --> 00:54:16.000
hasn't given me the time of day to give

1335
00:54:16.000 --> 00:54:17.520
someone the time of day is to give

1336
00:54:17.520 --> 00:54:19.760
someone the proper attention

1337
00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:22.400
number six to bite off more than you can

1338
00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:23.280
chew

1339
00:54:23.280 --> 00:54:26.079
to bite off more than you can chew

1340
00:54:26.079 --> 00:54:29.119
this means to take on a task that is too

1341
00:54:29.119 --> 00:54:30.079
big

1342
00:54:30.079 --> 00:54:32.880
for example i think i've bitten off more

1343
00:54:32.880 --> 00:54:35.040
than i can chew with this project

1344
00:54:35.040 --> 00:54:36.640
this is something i said all the way

1345
00:54:36.640 --> 00:54:38.319
through my university degree i was

1346
00:54:38.319 --> 00:54:41.040
working i had a youtube channel i was

1347
00:54:41.040 --> 00:54:43.599
doing projects i had taken on extra work

1348
00:54:43.599 --> 00:54:45.599
i bit off more than i could chew and i

1349
00:54:45.599 --> 00:54:47.200
suffered the consequences but it was

1350
00:54:47.200 --> 00:54:49.280
worth it i'm okay now

1351
00:54:49.280 --> 00:54:51.839
actually homework here have you ever

1352
00:54:51.839 --> 00:54:54.000
bitten off more than you could chew

1353
00:54:54.000 --> 00:54:56.000
let me know about the situation in the

1354
00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:57.760
comments section down below

1355
00:54:57.760 --> 00:54:59.280
maybe you were studying and working at

1356
00:54:59.280 --> 00:55:01.760
the same time maybe you were trying to

1357
00:55:01.760 --> 00:55:04.239
maintain a long-distance relationship

1358
00:55:04.239 --> 00:55:05.359
whilst

1359
00:55:05.359 --> 00:55:07.680
doing an internship i don't know let me

1360
00:55:07.680 --> 00:55:10.480
know oh number seven is a good one this

1361
00:55:10.480 --> 00:55:13.520
is one my mom uses a lot it's by the

1362
00:55:13.520 --> 00:55:16.079
skin of one's teeth by the skin of your

1363
00:55:16.079 --> 00:55:17.040
teeth

1364
00:55:17.040 --> 00:55:19.520
this means to only just succeed

1365
00:55:19.520 --> 00:55:22.960
something by a very narrow margin by the

1366
00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:25.440
enamel on your teeth but we say skin we

1367
00:55:25.440 --> 00:55:27.760
don't normally say skin of teeth but for

1368
00:55:27.760 --> 00:55:29.760
this particular saying we do

1369
00:55:29.760 --> 00:55:32.480
an example i think i might have passed

1370
00:55:32.480 --> 00:55:35.760
that exam by the skin of my teeth

1371
00:55:35.760 --> 00:55:37.599
only just

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00:55:37.599 --> 00:55:40.239
number eight is derived from a fable i

1373
00:55:40.239 --> 00:55:43.040
think or a childhood story it's to cry

1374
00:55:43.040 --> 00:55:46.239
wolf to cry wolf this means to call for

1375
00:55:46.239 --> 00:55:49.040
help when you don't need it

1376
00:55:49.040 --> 00:55:51.359
and i think the story is i wonder if you

1377
00:55:51.359 --> 00:55:52.880
have this in your own country and

1378
00:55:52.880 --> 00:55:54.480
culture

1379
00:55:54.480 --> 00:55:55.760
a boy

1380
00:55:55.760 --> 00:55:57.440
kept pretending that there was a wolf so

1381
00:55:57.440 --> 00:55:59.280
that people would come and in the end

1382
00:55:59.280 --> 00:56:01.280
when a wolf did actually come he called

1383
00:56:01.280 --> 00:56:02.960
for help and no one came because they

1384
00:56:02.960 --> 00:56:05.040
always thought that he was crying for

1385
00:56:05.040 --> 00:56:06.960
help when he didn't actually need it an

1386
00:56:06.960 --> 00:56:10.079
example my new flatmate is always crying

1387
00:56:10.079 --> 00:56:12.000
wolf

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00:56:12.000 --> 00:56:14.559
number nine is to cut somebody some

1389
00:56:14.559 --> 00:56:18.400
slack to cut somebody some slack

1390
00:56:18.400 --> 00:56:20.559
this means to give someone a break to

1391
00:56:20.559 --> 00:56:22.799
stop judging them so hard

1392
00:56:22.799 --> 00:56:25.280
for example you need to cut the interns

1393
00:56:25.280 --> 00:56:29.200
some slack they are still learning

1394
00:56:29.200 --> 00:56:32.239
number 10 is to cut to the chase to cut

1395
00:56:32.239 --> 00:56:33.440
to the chase

1396
00:56:33.440 --> 00:56:35.280
this means to leave out all of the

1397
00:56:35.280 --> 00:56:37.680
unnecessary details and just get to the

1398
00:56:37.680 --> 00:56:38.719
point

1399
00:56:38.719 --> 00:56:41.440
an example to cut to the chase i'm not

1400
00:56:41.440 --> 00:56:43.119
comfortable working alongside john

1401
00:56:43.119 --> 00:56:44.559
anymore

1402
00:56:44.559 --> 00:56:47.119
number 11 to get one's head around

1403
00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:49.359
something to get your head around

1404
00:56:49.359 --> 00:56:51.359
something this means to come to

1405
00:56:51.359 --> 00:56:53.359
understand something to work to

1406
00:56:53.359 --> 00:56:55.520
understand something for example i'm

1407
00:56:55.520 --> 00:56:57.680
going to spend tonight trying to get my

1408
00:56:57.680 --> 00:57:00.880
head around this new legislation

1409
00:57:00.880 --> 00:57:04.160
number 12 is to hear on the grapevine to

1410
00:57:04.160 --> 00:57:05.839
hear on the grapevine

1411
00:57:05.839 --> 00:57:07.920
this means to hear a rumor or an

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00:57:07.920 --> 00:57:11.520
unconfirmed story for example i heard on

1413
00:57:11.520 --> 00:57:13.920
the grapevine that our receptionist will

1414
00:57:13.920 --> 00:57:16.240
be leaving us soon

1415
00:57:16.240 --> 00:57:18.960
number 13 a personal favorite

1416
00:57:18.960 --> 00:57:21.680
it takes two to tango it takes two to

1417
00:57:21.680 --> 00:57:22.720
tango

1418
00:57:22.720 --> 00:57:24.400
you've got to be comfortable with the

1419
00:57:24.400 --> 00:57:27.119
sound to say that it takes two to tango

1420
00:57:27.119 --> 00:57:28.640
this means that actions or

1421
00:57:28.640 --> 00:57:31.760
communications need more than one person

1422
00:57:31.760 --> 00:57:33.119
for example

1423
00:57:33.119 --> 00:57:35.440
don't just blame him for the affair it

1424
00:57:35.440 --> 00:57:37.920
takes two to tango two parties were

1425
00:57:37.920 --> 00:57:41.040
involved in that bad behavior

1426
00:57:41.040 --> 00:57:44.319
number 14 is to miss the boat to miss

1427
00:57:44.319 --> 00:57:45.440
the boat

1428
00:57:45.440 --> 00:57:48.160
this means to miss the opportunity to do

1429
00:57:48.160 --> 00:57:49.200
something

1430
00:57:49.200 --> 00:57:50.480
for example

1431
00:57:50.480 --> 00:57:52.160
i think you've missed the boat on that

1432
00:57:52.160 --> 00:57:54.160
application they've already started

1433
00:57:54.160 --> 00:57:56.480
interviewing candidates

1434
00:57:56.480 --> 00:57:59.520
number 15 is a lovely one it is a piece

1435
00:57:59.520 --> 00:58:02.160
of cake a piece of cake

1436
00:58:02.160 --> 00:58:04.720
this means really easy

1437
00:58:04.720 --> 00:58:08.480
that pop quiz was a piece of cake number

1438
00:58:08.480 --> 00:58:11.599
16 is pull yourself together pull

1439
00:58:11.599 --> 00:58:13.040
yourself together

1440
00:58:13.040 --> 00:58:16.079
this means calm down and act normally

1441
00:58:16.079 --> 00:58:17.760
it's normally said when somebody is

1442
00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:19.280
stressing out

1443
00:58:19.280 --> 00:58:21.040
for example i think you need to pull

1444
00:58:21.040 --> 00:58:23.200
yourself together and stop stressing

1445
00:58:23.200 --> 00:58:25.359
about the presentation

1446
00:58:25.359 --> 00:58:28.480
number 17 is to sit or to be on the

1447
00:58:28.480 --> 00:58:30.880
fence to sit on the fence to be on the

1448
00:58:30.880 --> 00:58:31.920
fence

1449
00:58:31.920 --> 00:58:34.480
this means to stay neutral and to not

1450
00:58:34.480 --> 00:58:37.760
take sides for example i'm sitting on

1451
00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:39.440
the fence on this one i don't want to

1452
00:58:39.440 --> 00:58:41.280
offend anyone

1453
00:58:41.280 --> 00:58:44.559
number 18 is to step up one's game to

1454
00:58:44.559 --> 00:58:46.400
step up your game

1455
00:58:46.400 --> 00:58:49.359
this means to start performing better

1456
00:58:49.359 --> 00:58:51.440
for example if you really want to get

1457
00:58:51.440 --> 00:58:53.680
this promotion you'll need to step up

1458
00:58:53.680 --> 00:58:55.920
your game

1459
00:58:55.920 --> 00:58:59.839
number 19 is to sell someone out to sell

1460
00:58:59.839 --> 00:59:01.040
someone out

1461
00:59:01.040 --> 00:59:03.520
this means to snitch on someone or to

1462
00:59:03.520 --> 00:59:05.440
let their secret out

1463
00:59:05.440 --> 00:59:07.920
for example i asked you to keep that

1464
00:59:07.920 --> 00:59:09.839
information to yourself i can't believe

1465
00:59:09.839 --> 00:59:12.400
you sold me out like that

1466
00:59:12.400 --> 00:59:14.400
and number 20 is

1467
00:59:14.400 --> 00:59:16.559
your guess is as good as mine

1468
00:59:16.559 --> 00:59:18.559
your guess is as good as mine

1469
00:59:18.559 --> 00:59:19.760
this means

1470
00:59:19.760 --> 00:59:22.559
i don't know or i have no idea

1471
00:59:22.559 --> 00:59:24.960
for example we just don't have enough

1472
00:59:24.960 --> 00:59:28.400
data your guess is as good as mine

1473
00:59:28.400 --> 00:59:31.520
right those were our 20 idioms that you

1474
00:59:31.520 --> 00:59:34.319
can use to sound like a native speaker

1475
00:59:34.319 --> 00:59:36.000
i've got some more homework for you this

1476
00:59:36.000 --> 00:59:37.520
is the official homework the other

1477
00:59:37.520 --> 00:59:39.000
homework was just

1478
00:59:39.000 --> 00:59:40.559
spur-of-the-moment

1479
00:59:40.559 --> 00:59:41.920
homework

1480
00:59:41.920 --> 00:59:44.000
spur of the moment means on impulse or

1481
00:59:44.000 --> 00:59:47.119
without advanced planning

1482
00:59:47.119 --> 00:59:49.359
the real homework is to write in the

1483
00:59:49.359 --> 00:59:50.640
comments section

1484
00:59:50.640 --> 00:59:52.400
five sentences

1485
00:59:52.400 --> 00:59:55.040
using five of your favorite idioms that

1486
00:59:55.040 --> 00:59:56.960
we have talked about today if you'd like

1487
00:59:56.960 --> 00:59:59.119
to add some sentences with additional

1488
00:59:59.119 --> 01:00:01.040
idioms that you have heard native

1489
01:00:01.040 --> 01:00:02.880
speakers say then feel free to do so and

1490
01:00:02.880 --> 01:00:04.880
we can all learn from each other right

1491
01:00:04.880 --> 01:00:06.640
that is it for today's lesson don't

1492
01:00:06.640 --> 01:00:08.160
forget to connect with me on all of my

1493
01:00:08.160 --> 01:00:10.160
social media i've got my facebook i've

1494
01:00:10.160 --> 01:00:12.960
got my instagram my personal one lucy my

1495
01:00:12.960 --> 01:00:15.680
english page english with lucy i've also

1496
01:00:15.680 --> 01:00:18.720
got my website englishwithlucy.co.uk

1497
01:00:18.720 --> 01:00:20.559
and on there i have got an awesome

1498
01:00:20.559 --> 01:00:22.559
interactive pronunciation tool so you

1499
01:00:22.559 --> 01:00:25.760
can click on the phonemes and hear me

1500
01:00:25.760 --> 01:00:27.920
say those phonemes and say words that

1501
01:00:27.920 --> 01:00:30.559
contain those phonemes it's awesome

1502
01:00:30.559 --> 01:00:32.240
finally you can check out my personal

1503
01:00:32.240 --> 01:00:34.480
channel lucy bella where we vlog our

1504
01:00:34.480 --> 01:00:36.640
lives here in the english countryside

1505
01:00:36.640 --> 01:00:38.799
and all of the vlogs are fully subtitled

1506
01:00:38.799 --> 01:00:40.880
so you can use them for vocabulary

1507
01:00:40.880 --> 01:00:42.960
practice and to improve your listening

1508
01:00:42.960 --> 01:00:45.119
skills i will see you soon for another

1509
01:00:45.119 --> 01:00:47.390
lesson bye

1510
01:00:47.390 --> 01:00:59.689
[Music]

1511
01:01:03.460 --> 01:01:08.000
[Music]

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bye