1:20 1. *cut to the chase* = get to the point : to talk about the important matter, not waste time with irrelevances 1:47 2. *sit/be on the fence* : to avoid/delay making a decision or taking sides 3:49 3. *bite the bullet* : to finally do something which you really don't want to do 4:39 4. *the last straw* or *the straw that broke the camel's back* : the final event/incident that forces you to lose patience so that you can't continue in that situation anymore 6:35 5. *rest on your laurels* : to become satisfied and comfortable with what you've achieved and to stop making an effort 7:32 6. *hot potato* : a difficult/controversial issue that nobody wants to deal with 8:22 7. *elephant in the room* : a big, obvious issue that nobody wants to talk about 9:20 8. *in a nutshell* : expressed using few words ; concisely 10:22 9. *can't/not be able to see the wood for the trees* : to be so involved in the details of a situation that you can't see or understand it clearly 11:39 10. *twist someone's arm* : to convince someone to do something
Hi Ben! I'm on the fence when it comes to use idioms confidently when speaking English, so let's cut to the chase, your tips always come in handy to me. I'm ready to bit the bullet after watching this video where you encorauge us to use them. I'm not willing to rest on my laurels, thanks to you. In a nutshell, you rock!! 😎
Hi Ben! Cheers from Italy! I just want to say that your videos about vocabulary and exam tips have been extremely useful. I had my CAE exams three weeks ago and I passed it with Grade A! I used some of the vocabulary and idiomatic expressions you recommended both in my essay and in my speaking test. Thanks again, and keep up the good work!
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I like the way you tackle all the issues we have as a speaker of other languages. You are just putting the elephants in the room and banging them. Thank you so much!
Greetings from Azerbaijan..I find your lessons quite useful...thank you for sharing these idioms with English learners..every time when I watch your videos, I learn new things...
Thanks dear teacher Ben, I've been watching your vids to get to grips with the nuances of cambridge examinations, I'm preparing to take the CAE exam on 7 June this year, so all your content comes very handy. I cherish the content you share, please keep it up and wish me luck, sometimes I feel nervous since i have no one to practise with. all the best for you! Greeting from Peru
Hi Ben, I am so grateful for your videos. I am taking one year to prepare for CPE. I am really lucky I´ve found you. Thank you so much and please continue teaching us! By the way, I guess you´ve already noticed some mistakes in the text: can´t see wood for the trees: ... that you CAN NOT see or understand....Rest on your laurels: ... WE must be cautious... Greetngs from Czech republic! Where are you right now?
Wow this is awesome. For a non English speaker this is so helpful to me. Thank you so much. Need to practice in my everyday work. These is very applicable. I’m subscribing now.
I don't know how you do it, but I understand every word you say and your pronunciation is so clear I can even see your words🤣😂💪. I wish every Englishman would speak like you 😍💪
This my first time I am listening to prof.i think I follow him too .I m not so focused but I try hard and make all my efforts to be excellent also in English. Please common ph verbs, too please
In a nutshell, It was a great video that I took my notes but not only rest on my laurels also bite the bullet and write them down. After all, it was not a hot potato to carry or an elephant in the room to get bigger in my eyes to do it. I would like to use all idioms here but it's 3 am in İstanbul now and I can't see the wood for the trees so I need to sleep. Teşekkürler very much!
Hi Ben. Another great video, which I will definitely recommend for my higher level students. I like the fact that you provide more than one example for each phrase you introduce. Don't rest on your laurels; keep these wonderful videos coming. Well-done!
Thank you Ben for reminding me of these idioms , the first one being a jewel cut the chase or the cut a long story short and there is the elephant in the room You explained them so vividly that I will never forget thank you again
I think we have talked enough about the subject but you can(t really twist my arm to agree with you Ben's lectures are by far the best on youtube and in real class as well That is my final After many months of hard work we had to bite the bullet and admit the fact that we had been working against the tide and had to face the fact
Good evening, Ben! Accept my gratitude for your videos from Ukraine! I find them really informative and constructive. Unfortunately, i did not have an opportunity to listen to such during my preparation for CAE in dim and distant past. It might have been of great help! I wish you best of luck and successful teaching!
Ben your tips are so Very important to us ,ALL of them including "disagree with your partner " that i found It interesting ......you lead and we follow ,i have been learning a lot with your tips ALL i have to say is thank you so much for everything .we are so lucky to have found your channel !!!!! And i recommended your channel to my friends!!
Another idiom that I came to like is: "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" which means something like getting rid of something bad (bathwater) along with the good (baby). So, an example I like to say, though it's a bit political, is: "By shutting down the nuclear power plants in Germany we threw out the baby with the bathwater"
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"I tried to talk Steve into ordering some chinese but I couldn't twist his arm." Is this sentence okay or is it repetitive? Maybe I should finish it "....but I couldn't." Please, I'd really like to know. Awesome video. Thank you very much.
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#5 isn't used in my common American English area, never seen it. Same with #6 and #9 and #10 certainly is going out of stock. I think there are a lot more idioms that are very popular compared to some of these but other than the ones I mentioned, great job. This might be more British english than American, or at least not from the states I have visited. Keep up the good work.
Ben, just willing to help, I’m afraid there is a negative form missing at the description of idiom # 9. Please, check it out (Can’t instead of can)…Your videos are so enjoyable! Brilliant! Thank you so much!
Hi,I am delighted watching this video. I am preparing for FCE exam, Do you have a video about the topics to study for Use of English part ? I find this part hard to understand.
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Me and my grandmother always avoid addressing the elephant in the room, namely that me and my father are not on speaking terms. At some point, either one of us must bite the bullet and talk about it. I must confess, i'm on the fence when it comes to honesty but i will try to make an effort. Most of the time, when i think about my relationship with my father i can't see the wood for the trees. Thinking clearly can be quite a challenge. If my grandmother doesn't want to address this problem , i am not going to twist her arm. It has to be her own decision. In a nutshell, me and my grandmother struggle to be honest
Interesting, I have always believed that biting the bullet means to bear the hard consequences of making a wrong decision, rather than to make any sort of decision.
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"Can't see the wood for the trees." In American speak: "Can't see the forest for the trees." When using the word "wood" for a group of trees, it's plural: "woods" : "I camped in the woods last weekend." In general the impression is that a forest is larger than woods. A forest is made up of more trees and larger trees. It's amazing how many idioms we pick up in decades of living in an English speaking country. My hat is off to those who can learn these idioms in only a few years. Student: "Have you lived in Texas all your life?" Old timer: "Not yet."
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And yet like they say, one doesn't know his or her own language, until learning at least one other language...and that goes for native English speakers as well as Spanish, German, French, Hebrew speakers, etc...
He was sitting on the fence .His thoughts were vacillating between career and family . Family took precedence over his career .He left the job with lots of fringe benefits .But he was adamant .He couldn't rest on his laurels . Despite being broken down by the cut throat ambience of the office ,he had to bite the bullet .Tha last straw was when he was accused of embezzlement being innocent .He resigned from the job and now he runs his own business .
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In relation to point #1, speaking from experience, If I ever had to produce an essay in high school, I'd write the first draft- count how many words there are, and if I was short a few words, I'd go through the whole lot again sentence by sentence adding extra words to fluff out the essay... call it bad English or whatever, or is it bad teachers for not teaching me properly the first time 🤔 jokes on me, I went through my entire life up until 27 with an undiagnosed memory disorder, I did bad at school
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my favourite rapper creates hyperbolic idioms to sound better, for example. “I live in a glass house throwing meteorites, appease the gods in a previous life, and i slice the throat of Sweeney Todd for my piece of the pie.” or “Push my luck over the top of a cliff, I don’t bite the hand that feeds me i chew it off at the wrist.” “I bite the bullet as i catch them with my teeth.”Intellectually godlike, the head of a lost tribe, and if you step in my shadow you’re developing frostbite.
Hi Ben,, I'm back home from living abroad for quite a while and I,m planning to try my luck on the Advance this very June . Silly question , can I underline and make my own notes onto the exam reading texts ?. By the way, thanks for your videos mate, I,m devouring them
Real case scenario: my father's incipient dementia has become the elephant in the room. My mother doesn't want to discuss it, but I can't sit on the fence: something has to be done. Problem is we argue a lot and lately the last straw was that she accused me of stealing books and small objects from their house... Now I am going to twist her arm and look for a professional caregiver that can live with them full time. She will have to bite the bullet and let someone help her.
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Splendid lesson, thanks.
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Handy idioms, ta.
Thank you Ben. Have a nice weekend. Greetings from Argentina
1:20 1. *cut to the chase* = get to the point : to talk about the important matter, not waste time with irrelevances
1:47 2. *sit/be on the fence* : to avoid/delay making a decision or taking sides
3:49 3. *bite the bullet* : to finally do something which you really don't want to do
4:39 4. *the last straw* or *the straw that broke the camel's back* : the final event/incident that forces you to lose patience so that you can't continue in that situation anymore
6:35 5. *rest on your laurels* : to become satisfied and comfortable with what you've achieved and to stop making an effort
7:32 6. *hot potato* : a difficult/controversial issue that nobody wants to deal with
8:22 7. *elephant in the room* : a big, obvious issue that nobody wants to talk about
9:20 8. *in a nutshell* : expressed using few words ; concisely
10:22 9. *can't/not be able to see the wood for the trees* : to be so involved in the details of a situation that you can't see or understand it clearly
11:39 10. *twist someone's arm* : to convince someone to do something
Excellent. Thanks.
Hi Ben! I'm on the fence when it comes to use idioms confidently when speaking English, so let's cut to the chase, your tips always come in handy to me. I'm ready to bit the bullet after watching this video where you encorauge us to use them. I'm not willing to rest on my laurels, thanks to you.
In a nutshell, you rock!! 😎
😆 Excellent!
Thanks
Brilliant paragraph
Hi Ben, I didn't rest on my laurels, I immediately made notes about the idioms in my notebook. Thanks for the great lesson🙃
Well done 👏🕺
Hi Ben! Cheers from Italy! I just want to say that your videos about vocabulary and exam tips have been extremely useful. I had my CAE exams three weeks ago and I passed it with Grade A! I used some of the vocabulary and idiomatic expressions you recommended both in my essay and in my speaking test. Thanks again, and keep up the good work!
Congratulations! Great result 👏👏👏
I'm a person who speaks English American, so this might not be in our vocabulary but what does the word "idiomatic" mean.
Nevermind. It's I read it wrong. I know what idiomatic means.
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My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign
language and wants to realize their full potential!
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Im studying C1 level at the Escuela de Idiomas, and I need to improve, I I find your videos very interestenting and useful. Thanks a lot Ben!!!
Yes, you're right Ben "rest on one's laurels" is an idiom we use in Italian too, that's "dormire sugli allori"! You did a great job, cheers!
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6:37 for number 5. In DR, we have "Dormirse en los laureles" the literal meaning is "To fall sleep in the laurels"
Yes, in Spain too 🙂
In Polish we have "spocząć na laurach" and it means exactly the same.
@@tothepointenglishwithben. Same in México.
I like the way you tackle all the issues we have as a speaker of other languages. You are just putting the elephants in the room and banging them.
Thank you so much!
hey Ben. I can listen to you for hours because of your tone of voice and absolutely the way you teach. Thank you man.
🙂 Thanks, Esmaeil!
Always a great pleasure to hear your explainations. Thanks again, Ben.
You're welcome 🙂
Greetings from Azerbaijan..I find your lessons quite useful...thank you for sharing these idioms with English learners..every time when I watch your videos, I learn new things...
Good to know you're learning 👍
Rest on your laurels; I knew all apart from this one. It was amazing to brush up on thank you Ben.😊
Thanks dear teacher Ben, I've been watching your vids to get to grips with the nuances of cambridge examinations, I'm preparing to take the CAE exam on 7 June this year, so all your content comes very handy. I cherish the content you share, please keep it up and wish me luck, sometimes I feel nervous since i have no one to practise with. all the best for you! Greeting from Peru
I'm sure you'll crush it! 💪
Hi, Ben. Thanks so much. In a nutshell, I have bited the bullet and I´ll take the exam next week. I´m so anxious. Hugs from Brazil.
More vocabulary for the exam. yay!!!
Yeah! Those idioms would be very useful for the IELTS. Thank you so much!
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Hi Ben, I am so grateful for your videos. I am taking one year to prepare for CPE. I am really lucky I´ve found you. Thank you so much and please continue teaching us! By the way, I guess you´ve already noticed some mistakes in the text: can´t see wood for the trees: ... that you CAN NOT see or understand....Rest on your laurels: ... WE must be cautious... Greetngs from Czech republic! Where are you right now?
I live in the north of Spain 🙂
Wow this is awesome. For a non English speaker this is so helpful to me. Thank you so much. Need to practice in my everyday work. These is very applicable. I’m subscribing now.
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Thankyou so much, I passed my speaking exam because of these idioms. I've learned new things on your channel. I really appreciate it ❤
That's great!
Cool idioms. For number 4, in my language we say "the last droplet of water in the ocean".
It is just what the doctor orders to get myself to the level C. Thanks very much !!!!
You're welcome 🙂
I don't know how you do it, but I understand every word you say and your pronunciation is so clear I can even see your words🤣😂💪. I wish every Englishman would speak like you 😍💪
Thanks again Ben! I’m using these expressions now at work. 😊
Glad they're useful!
This my first time I am listening to prof.i think I follow him too .I m not so focused but I try hard and make all my efforts to be excellent also in English. Please common ph verbs, too
please
In a nutshell, It was a great video that I took my notes but not only rest on my laurels also bite the bullet and write them down. After all, it was not a hot potato to carry or an elephant in the room to get bigger in my eyes to do it. I would like to use all idioms here but it's 3 am in İstanbul now and I can't see the wood for the trees so I need to sleep. Teşekkürler very much!
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Hi Ben. Another great video, which I will definitely recommend for my higher level students. I like the fact that you provide more than one example for each phrase you introduce. Don't rest on your laurels; keep these wonderful videos coming. Well-done!
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@English Unveiled I think "Don't rest on your laurels" you didn't used it correctly here for the teacher.
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Thank you Ben for reminding me of these idioms , the first one being a jewel cut the chase or the cut a long story short and there is the elephant in the room You explained them so vividly that I will never forget thank you again
Hi Ben , I'm from Argentina and we have a similar idiom for your number 4 . With a same definition we say : the drop that knocks over the glass
I think we have talked enough about the subject but you can(t really twist my arm to agree with you Ben's lectures are by far the best on youtube and in real class as well That is my final After many months of hard work we had to bite the bullet and admit the fact that we had been working against the tide and had to face the fact
Short list of 10 was perfect; two idioms was new: rest on your laurels and the wood/tree .
Don't stop 🔥you are really ingenius person✨
This is very useful, thank you, a less than 15mins video instantly increase my English level as a foreigner
Glad you found it useful 🙂
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It was a great video, but I'll cut to the chase, thanks again, Ben.
Thanks for the idioms!
I was trying it out during my last English lesson.
Suddenly, I've found my English teacher a bit amused :)
Ha ha... Amused and impressed, I hope
Thank you for your helpful video.
You're welcome 🙂 Glad you liked it
Good evening, Ben! Accept my gratitude for your videos from Ukraine! I find them really informative and constructive. Unfortunately, i did not have an opportunity to listen to such during my preparation for CAE in dim and distant past. It might have been of great help! I wish you best of luck and successful teaching!
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this content with us. You really cut to the chase and made all of them very clear.
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Ben your tips are so Very important to us ,ALL of them including "disagree with your partner " that i found It interesting ......you lead and we follow ,i have been learning a lot with your tips ALL i have to say is thank you so much for everything .we are so lucky to have found your channel !!!!! And i recommended your channel to my friends!!
Thanks, Miguel 🙂 I appreciate it
Thank you for your videos, Ben! You're providing such a good example sentences, they are not simple and help to learn the whole construction
Glad you find them useful!
Number 10 is outstanding for me! Thank you so much for your video!
You're welcome 🙂
A very useful video and excellent accent-pronunciation to understand clearly.
Another idiom that I came to like is: "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" which means something like getting rid of something bad (bathwater) along with the good (baby).
So, an example I like to say, though it's a bit political, is: "By shutting down the nuclear power plants in Germany we threw out the baby with the bathwater"
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"I tried to talk Steve into ordering some chinese but I couldn't twist his arm." Is this sentence okay or is it repetitive?
Maybe I should finish it "....but I couldn't." Please, I'd really like to know. Awesome video. Thank you very much.
Your example is good. Slightly repetitive but it comes across as emphatic
Hello, Sir Ben!)
Thank you for educational and engaging lesson.
I'm looking forward to further lessons!
You're welcome 🙂
I really love your videos! They are significantly helpfull ❤
Well done on such an informative video
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In a nutshell we all have to press " like" and support your videos.
😃 Yes!
Hi, Ben!! I'm from Brazil!! Thanks for your great job!
You're welcome 🙂
You’re outstanding dear Ben😘🫶🏻
My best wishes for you 😘🎈 🎈
Greetings from Spain 🇪🇸 ♥️
Thanks, Marcela. Best wishes to you too
Many of them are similar to ours: for example "hot potato" 😀. Thanks Ben for the other idioms.
Plethora of thanks man, especially for the examples
You're welcome 🙂
#5 isn't used in my common American English area, never seen it. Same with #6 and #9 and #10 certainly is going out of stock. I think there are a lot more idioms that are very popular compared to some of these but other than the ones I mentioned, great job. This might be more British english than American, or at least not from the states I have visited. Keep up the good work.
Could you mention some of the most common idioms you've heard?
Ben, just willing to help, I’m afraid there is a negative form missing at the description of idiom # 9. Please, check it out (Can’t instead of can)…Your videos are so enjoyable! Brilliant! Thank you so much!
Thanks, Mara. I hadn't realised
Best teacher ever
Wow... Thanks 🙂
@@tothepointenglishwithben. I mean it
Hi,I am delighted watching this video. I am preparing for FCE exam, Do you have a video about the topics to study for Use of English part ? I find this part hard to understand.
I have made a couple of videos on the use of English paper. Check out the Cambridge English exams playlist
Feeling good to see that I have learnt all of them :)
Another great video! Thank you, teacher Ben! You're the best!!
😃 Thanks, Mariana.
In Argentinian Spanish we say" dormirse en los laureles" . Is that what you mean? I find your videos quite handy.🇦🇷 Keep on doing in that way🙏❣️
Hi Ben, very useful as always! I really have to BITE THE BULLET and study hard for the CPE! 😢 I am so worried...
so helpful, thanks a lot !
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Hello! Very useful content. My humble suggestion would be to use microphone to record your voice
wow, your videos are so useful, it helps me so much, thanks! you are a great teacher 🤭
Another useful video. Thanks a lot!
Glad you found it useful 🙂
This lesson was quite useful! Thanks Ben!
You're welcome 🙂
Thanks a lot, another step ahead for my next Cae exam
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Thanks for the lesson;)cheers from Ukraine🇺🇦
Thank you for this lesson.
Hi, mate! Good job. I've just found you. A Nice surprise in terms of English teaching. Keep doing that please. Cheers.
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Me and my grandmother always avoid addressing the elephant in the room, namely that me and my father are not on speaking terms.
At some point, either one of us must bite the bullet and talk about it.
I must confess, i'm on the fence when it comes to honesty but i will try to make an effort.
Most of the time, when i think about my relationship with my father i can't see the wood for the trees. Thinking clearly can be quite a challenge.
If my grandmother doesn't want to address this problem , i am not going to twist her arm. It has to be her own decision.
In a nutshell, me and my grandmother struggle to be honest
Thank you so much!
Again, another great video, Ben. Thank you so much :-)
You're welcome 🙂
Useful as usual, Ben. Thanks a lot!
Glad you found it useful 🙂
Thanks a lot for your video. But I’d like to know the origin of those idioms not only what they mean.
Please make the video on use of illusion and allusion
Interesting, I have always believed that biting the bullet means to bear the hard consequences of making a wrong decision, rather than to make any sort of decision.
Thank you so much😊
Ben thanks for the video
Useful, thanks ❤❤❤
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I considered giving a long example but I will cut to the chase and tell anyone who is putting off their English studies to bite the bullet.
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"Can't see the wood for the trees."
In American speak: "Can't see the forest for the trees."
When using the word "wood" for a group of trees, it's plural: "woods" : "I camped in the woods last weekend."
In general the impression is that a forest is larger than woods. A forest is made up of more trees and larger trees.
It's amazing how many idioms we pick up in decades of living in an English speaking country.
My hat is off to those who can learn these idioms in only a few years.
Student: "Have you lived in Texas all your life?"
Old timer: "Not yet."
Thanks 🧚♀️
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What a beautiful voice!
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It has been wonderful as always! I am loving this gist-oriented approach so much. Good quality is reflected in everything. Lots of thanks Ben!
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And yet like they say, one doesn't know his or her own language, until learning at least one other language...and that goes for native English speakers as well as Spanish, German, French, Hebrew speakers, etc...
Thank you! This was really useful. 😃😊
You're welcome 🙂
Dear Teacher, can you prepare a video for meetings vocabulary in business ☺️
He was sitting on the fence .His thoughts were vacillating between career and family . Family took precedence over his career .He left the job with lots of fringe benefits .But he was adamant .He couldn't rest on his laurels . Despite being broken down by the cut throat ambience of the office ,he had to bite the bullet .Tha last straw was when he was accused of embezzlement being innocent .He resigned from the job and now he runs his own business .
Nicely done! 👏
@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thank you !
I guess we could translate the last straw" as "la gota que colma el vaso". That's way better than literally....😂
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Omg Spaniards have so many cool idioms
¡Gracias por compartir Jonyer!
We say the same in italian
Rest on your laurels in spanish is "dormirse en los laureles"
In relation to point #1, speaking from experience, If I ever had to produce an essay in high school, I'd write the first draft- count how many words there are, and if I was short a few words, I'd go through the whole lot again sentence by sentence adding extra words to fluff out the essay... call it bad English or whatever, or is it bad teachers for not teaching me properly the first time 🤔 jokes on me, I went through my entire life up until 27 with an undiagnosed memory disorder, I did bad at school
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my favourite rapper creates hyperbolic idioms to sound better, for example.
“I live in a glass house throwing meteorites, appease the gods in a previous life, and i slice the throat of Sweeney Todd for my piece of the pie.”
or “Push my luck over the top of a cliff, I don’t bite the hand that feeds me i chew it off at the wrist.”
“I bite the bullet as i catch them with my teeth.”Intellectually godlike, the head of a lost tribe, and if you step in my shadow you’re developing frostbite.
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Hi Ben,, I'm back home from living abroad for quite a while and I,m planning to try my luck on the Advance this very June . Silly question , can I underline and make my own notes onto the exam reading texts ?. By the way, thanks for your videos mate, I,m devouring them
Yes, you can write on the paper
Thanks for the upgrade/update.
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Amazing!
Thanks , great video!
Glad you liked it, Xiliana
thank u so much!! 🥰👏 this really comes in handy for my CAE speaking part. btw, are these idioms used in the UK as well as in the US? 🤔
There may be some variations in the US.
Real case scenario: my father's incipient dementia has become the elephant in the room. My mother doesn't want to discuss it, but I can't sit on the fence: something has to be done. Problem is we argue a lot and lately the last straw was that she accused me of stealing books and small objects from their house... Now I am going to twist her arm and look for a professional caregiver that can live with them full time. She will have to bite the bullet and let someone help her.