Learn 27 of the most common English idioms that native speakers actually use. These idioms will help you reach an advanced English level because you will use advanced vocabulary and understand native English speakers.
It's important to learn idioms because you can hear them in movies and TV series very often. You can also come them across in an everyday conversation or even in a textbook! Idioms are phrases that cannot be translated word to word. An idiom is a phrase that has a special meaning.
We need to understand English idioms because it's important for figurative comprehension of native speakers. Focus on use and pronunciation of these phrases.
Sometimes it's hard to understand native speakers. Do you want to speak more fluently and more like a native English speaker? In this video I give 27 commonly used phrases which are VERY POPULAR so you need to know them!
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0:00 Conversation between two friends
01:14 What are Idioms?
01:51 Take it with a grain of salt
02:26 Beat Around the Bush
03:16 Call it a day
3:53 Keep someone's nose to the grindstone
04:25 Kill two birds with one stone
04:53 Give Someone the cold shoulder
05:12 Full of the Joys of Sping
05:50 Add insult to injury
06:14 To be in hot water
06:49 A taste of your own medicine
07:29 The Elephant in the room
08:01 To be on the ball
08:25 Go back to to the drawing board
08:54 To Spill the beans
09:13 Let the cat out of the bag
09:35 To put the genie back in the bottle
10:23 Throw caution to the wind
10:48 A rule of thumb
11:14 Out of the question
11:40 The Best of Both Worlds
12:11 Cross the bridge when you come to it
12:51 Your guess is good as mine
13:26 To cost an arm and leg
13:44 Blessing in disguise
14:17 Hit the nail on the head
14:46 Cut the mustard
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