Learn the 100 Most Common Idioms in 30 Minutes (with examples)
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Up in the air - of a plan or issue to be settled (unresolved)
The devil is in the details - it looks good from afar what when you look more closely , there are a problems( monet)
The best thing since sliced bread- really great invention
The ball is in your court - it's your decision
To take the mickey - to make fun of
To take something with a pinch of salt - do not take something too seriously
Someone's heart in a right place - someone only has good intentions
To smell a rat - to begin to suspect trickery or deception
To set on the fence - to avoid making a decision or choice
To see eye to eye - to agree
To stick to one's gun - to refuse to change your opinions or believe about something
To rock the boat - to do or say something that could cause a problem or disturbance
To play Something by ear - to plan something in an improvisant , means instead of planning ahead deciding what to do as the plan develops
On the ball - alert to new ideas , methods and trends
Hit the sack- to go to bed
Jumped on the bandwagon- join the trend
Break a leg - good luck
Every cloud has a silver lining - every negative has a positive
It takes one to know - one you are as bad as i am
To let someone of the hook - to allow to go unpunished
To miss the boat - too slow to take advantage
Off the top off one's head - from memory, without a lot of thought or a consideration
Save something for a rainy day - to save something usually money when you needed it
I wouldn't be caught dead - someone dislikes something very much
The last straw - the last in a series of unpleasant events that makes you feel like you can't continue
To twits someone's arm - you convince someone to you what you want
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@No_Marvin__G-Thank you for the video.
@lalduhawma726Lucy Love your vídeos. Are absolutely for me. I have seen this one and noticed that in idiom 53 the written example was the same of 52. Would you mind reviewing it?
@mireyamartin8257Lucy, you are simple the best!
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@sethulakshmiarun3953You ‘think and thin’ makes me laugh 🤣
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@yourfriendssj4Perfect
@LutfullahArjmandbite off more than i can chew is similar like bite the bullet
@HabibiACBS202598. means you have to sacrifice something to achieve something, make a hard choice. you can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs.very similar.
@yuritovbin895390. at a stone's throw not far away
@yuritovbin895371. appear TO be 73 or speak of the angel. 85 part of a larger phrase. It was the last straw that broke the camel's back. it means the last event beyond which things will be different. I will no longer tolerate this kind of behavior. last drop which overflowed the cup of my patience.
@yuritovbin8953on thin ice means to tread on dangerous ground 57 pull yourself together is broader and means regroup, relax, concentrate, shake off the emotions
@yuritovbin8953an assortment of unrelated phrases. a more consistent approach would have been idioms and phrases with the names of living organisms. the cat is out of the bag, as the crow flies, make a beeline for, birds of a feather, grab the bull by the horns, the birds and the bees, and many others. 100 at one go is probably 70 too many.
@yuritovbin8953Feeling shiver?
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@ivadas6514I will learn these idioms and apply them in my speaking
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@NasirUddin-gl2qxNobody Asked So Shut Your Mouth Up
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@CHAWALLASEIF17:57 is it just me or there is editing mistake in writing the example of out of my league idiom😅
@bestergaminGreat Job. Thanks a lot. You're very good teacher, and good looking.
(17:57) I happened to notice a repeat of the example from the 52nd. 53 - 'My crush is completely out of my league' must be. Not a serious typo.
Still best idioms ever seen❤
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@Magnetic-h5zWhen i told that to my friend he actually broke his leg😂
@rijnabijesh6716I know a medieval version of "Are you pulling my leg" it's "Are you pulling my pizzle" from a video game Kingdome Come Deliverance
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@Naba5991"not wrong about the the way.."its "about the way". I just helping u not blaming
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