Use 25 English Similes To Sound Like a Native - Learn British English (+ Free PDF & Quiz)

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  • @EnglishwithLucy
    @EnglishwithLucy  2 роки тому +94

    Do you want to sound like a true Brit? Well, you have to learn our similes! We use phrases like 'as bald as a coot' to describe people and things! 📝 *GET THE FREE LESSON PDF* _here_ 👉🏼 bit.ly/SimilePDF
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    • @helpmychildren2555
      @helpmychildren2555 2 роки тому +2

      Umm Ahmed from Palestine, Gaza Strip, good people, I live in a rented house, my orphaned children need you to communicate, attached with a personal photo 🌙🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🙏🏼

    • @neematuva7545
      @neematuva7545 2 роки тому +2

      Hallo teacher 🤗

    • @ashmeet___kaur
      @ashmeet___kaur 2 роки тому +1

      Hey! My new video is now out on UA-cam so go and check it out!! 🌈
      Thank you for supporting me! 😊
      . And yes! Don't forget to like, share, comment, and hit the bell icon!! 😊
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    • @alejandrafuentes1316
      @alejandrafuentes1316 2 роки тому

      FIRST!!!

    • @ganeshdesai6610
      @ganeshdesai6610 2 роки тому

      Hello lovely and beautiful Mam 😘🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️🌹🌹

  • @siasayumdi8431
    @siasayumdi8431 2 роки тому +106

    Hello my dear teacher lucy, I learned a lot of things from you. There is a big difference in me after watching all of your videos. I love to learn English a lot. When I found your video I had a passion to learn English. I'm from Sri Lanka. I'm still 13 years old. I would rather like to come to your country as well in the future. Eventually, I want to thank you. if there isn't any channel called English with lucy I couldn't speak English that much. Love you my dear teacher lucy💛

    • @vvsharma6138
      @vvsharma6138 2 роки тому +8

      Same ma'am I have seen idioms video first of yours
      Thankyou ma'am for everything ❤
      I am 12 years old from India Chhattisgarh

    • @රථ_gaya_official
      @රථ_gaya_official 2 роки тому +9

      I also in Sri Lanka and I’m 14 years old.I watch your videos and thank you for all.

    • @J_Notahuman
      @J_Notahuman 2 роки тому +4

      Me too

    • @user-no2mz9hl4f
      @user-no2mz9hl4f 2 роки тому +8

      @sayumdi sadesna, your English is very good! Well done for putting in such effort to learn a foreign language - it takes a lot of work and perseverance. I thought I’d offer you a correction, to improve even more. I’m a native English speaker.
      “Hello, my dear teacher, Lucy. I’ve learned a lot of things from you. There is a big difference in my ability after watching all of your videos. I love to learn English a lot. When I found your videos, I had a passion for learning English. I’m from Sri Lanka. I’m only 13 years old. I would rather like to go to your country in the future. I want to thank you. If there wasn’t a channel called, “English With Lucy,” I wouldn’t be able to speak that much English. I love you, my dear teacher, Lucy.”

    • @J_Notahuman
      @J_Notahuman 2 роки тому +1

      Hello teacher Lucy, I learned a lot of english lessons from your videos, literally I learned from this channel.I don't even have good English teachers in my school
      So, I started watching this channel and it improved my English very well. These lessons will be useful in my future 😊
      Thank you very much

  • @ivystephanie4747
    @ivystephanie4747 2 роки тому +2

    OMG
    I love your British accent.
    I do think British accent is difficult, but I discovered that I could hear every word without even looking at your lips.
    I wish I could speak like you🥺❤❤

  • @zaziki-tv_-_I_am_Michalis
    @zaziki-tv_-_I_am_Michalis 2 роки тому +6

    Thank you, Lucy, great lesson for me.
    For you now. Germans say
    "...as clear as dumpling broth."
    "...as fit as a trainer" (Sneaker).
    "...as pale as the wall."
    "To sleep like a stone".
    "Sharp as Oskar." (Who is?)
    "...as flat as a plank."

  • @fuchsadler
    @fuchsadler 2 роки тому +17

    In German our equivalent to "as fit as a fiddle" or "as right as rain" is "Fit wie ein Turnschuh" which translates to something like "As fit as one shoe of a pair of trainers"

  • @ElMoscas114
    @ElMoscas114 2 роки тому +36

    I'm learning American English, however, you have been so helpful to me to try to understand some British English or phrases, idioms. So many thanks for sharing this video. Greetings from Colombia.

  • @HarunoRin1
    @HarunoRin1 2 роки тому +10

    Hi I'm Elizabeth! Teacher this lesson helps me to improve my English skills! It's so helpful!
    Thanks a lot! ❤❤❤

  • @vjacquemet
    @vjacquemet 2 роки тому +11

    Hello Lucy !
    I would like to say first thank you for your videos ! They're really helping !
    And for the expression as wise as a owl it's because the owl was the favorite animal of Athena, godess of wisdom, intelligence and war in mythology 😊

    • @thomasboushier2972
      @thomasboushier2972 2 роки тому +2

      V JACQUEMET: Okay, but in English, "owl" is a noun that begins with a vowel, so we say "an owl", not "a owl"...

    • @vjacquemet
      @vjacquemet 2 роки тому +1

      @@thomasboushier2972 yes sorry i wrote quickly and i just forgot the "n" 😱

  • @martapieniazek
    @martapieniazek 2 роки тому +11

    I love your lessons! Greetings from Poland, my dear teacher Lucy❤🇵🇱

  • @larrystowe2761
    @larrystowe2761 2 роки тому +3

    I love all of your videos , I've used most if these phrases all my life. My mum was from Norwich, and I was born in Windsor. And my name is Larry. I've still got relatives in the UK, but since my mum has passed I'll have to research it myself. Keep these videos coming, I love all of them.

  • @jacksonqin2161
    @jacksonqin2161 2 роки тому +1

    Dear Lucy, I remeber that I first watch your leran english video is in BiliBiLi, China-Version UA-cam. When I seen, I like your teach english method.I feel you is very interesting, watching your video. I also feel happy. I come from ShenZhen,China. Your many english kill is very useful to me. Last weekend, I go to a gallery,meeting a foreign sister. I encourage mer to speak english with her. It's a happy time. Good, I like english.Because,it's a window that bring me to explore the world!

  • @strawberrypond7310
    @strawberrypond7310 2 роки тому +1

    I have enjoyed her videos while sitting at home on COVID quarantine. I live in California USA. Her speech is so proper and such a cute accent. I got a simile for a dumb person, not the brightest or sharpest crayon in the box.

  • @aswanth2789
    @aswanth2789 2 роки тому +2

    Your simplest way to teaching is more comfortable to me.Todays video is really helpful for our day to day conversation.Thanks so much for making it. I hope more videos from you.Heart felt thanks to you 💕💕

  • @NangNang-dl7xp
    @NangNang-dl7xp 2 роки тому +2

    Hello. Teacher Lucy. I like the British accent the most . 💝 I always follow your UA-cam channel.👍 She's the most beautiful woman.💝💞

  • @1Melody1963
    @1Melody1963 2 роки тому +2

    Hello from North Carolina. Thank you for another very informative video. While listening to this, I was reminded that we do speak English on both sides of the pond. Some of these I use and hear often here, while others were new.

  • @wncjan
    @wncjan 2 роки тому +2

    In Danish we often use similes to indicate an opposite. Like as clear as mud we say as clear as ink. My favorite is "As interesting as watching paint dry."

  • @praveenusham
    @praveenusham 2 роки тому +1

    Hi teacher Lucy iam your new student i love to learn english but now I found your channel and help us learn more and more love u teacher Lucy and iam 11 years old and my name is cicylia and iam from France 🇫🇷 and I hope it's to fun to watch your video I love your voice a lot and I will come to your country one day also at my dream 😂😘😊

  • @ngocbui9296
    @ngocbui9296 2 роки тому +4

    i'm keen on this your video.It helped me to understand clearly about comparison structure and speak English more natural

  • @thangzou7752
    @thangzou7752 2 роки тому +2

    I'm in love with your teaching skills

  • @munamarziya2546
    @munamarziya2546 2 роки тому +2

    I saw this expression " as happy as larry " in Stuart Broad's ( English cricketer) post a while ago in Instagram. I didn't get it then. Now i got it.☺️
    Thank you lucy.

  • @yulduztursunboyeva2761
    @yulduztursunboyeva2761 2 роки тому +3

    Hello Lucy! I am from Asia and most people here like American accent more. I actually adopted your accent you'd be surprised to listen to me speaking because I absolutely sound like you. Unfortunately when I use British accent not a single person seems to understand me . I can't get two words in. It's a pity though😑

  • @xyyevelyn-fr2df
    @xyyevelyn-fr2df Рік тому

    Thank you very much, Lucy. I really enjoy your classes and learn a lot from you. Please keep on uploading videos. Hope one day I can go to England to experience the British culture in person. Best wishes for you. Love you.🫶🏻

  • @Azenorshanaïka
    @Azenorshanaïka 2 роки тому +1

    What I prefer about you is that you'r always smiling, always positive😍🥰

  • @safrudinkurniawan3904
    @safrudinkurniawan3904 2 роки тому +2

    It originates from a boxer called Larry Foley in the 1890s, before boxing was fully legalised. He won the biggest prize of about $150,000 dollars and a newspaper article in New Zealand had the headline “Happy As Larry” and the phrase stuck.

  • @strawberry5815
    @strawberry5815 2 роки тому +89

    here you go!
    As cool as a cucumber
    As flat as a pan cake
    As cold as ice
    As keen as mustard
    As blind as a bat
    As bold as a coot
    Buzzing like a mosquito
    As happy as a dog with two tails
    As wise as an owl
    Fits like a glove
    As fit as fiddle
    As dead as a doornail
    As clean as a whistle
    As clear as crystal
    As clear as mud
    As pale as a ghost
    Steep like a log
    As useful as a chocolate
    As sharp as a knife
    As fresh as a daisy
    As happy as Larry
    As hard as nails
    As white as snow
    As quick as lightning
    As right as rain
    Woohoo!!

  • @abdulhye1375
    @abdulhye1375 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you my lovely teacher

  • @tanzopanzo
    @tanzopanzo 2 роки тому +1

    I have an English exam coming up and instead of learning English on your channel, I'm more into your beauty and your farm life, tell me how should I not be distracted by your charm ma'am 😩

  • @chennaiclairetalatao9651
    @chennaiclairetalatao9651 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you for the another learning I take🤗

  • @akirasikano2332
    @akirasikano2332 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you so much !!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

  • @vibes6276
    @vibes6276 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much 💕💕💕💕

  • @KhaledMohamed-tu2cb
    @KhaledMohamed-tu2cb 2 роки тому +3

    I can't thank you enough.

  • @aditisinha224
    @aditisinha224 2 роки тому +1

    Lucy this lesson is so amazing, learned so many new similes...my knowledge of similes is very limited...this helped a lot...you make my day whenever you come up with a new video..your presence is as bright as a sunflower

  • @Anarqi89
    @Anarqi89 2 роки тому +3

    Hi Lucy
    Could you please make a video with " ch " sound. Explain how, why and when is /k/ (chlor, anchor, chyme) and when is a /tʃ/ (chair, chain, chase) sound. Thank you.
    P.S.
    Love your videos

  • @rafaelguadalupeortizvasque2120
    @rafaelguadalupeortizvasque2120 2 роки тому +4

    Greetings marvellous teacher Lucy😀 the translation for "sleep like a log" would be= "dormí como tronco"😄and it´s more common to say it in that way 👋👋

  • @riddhisingh8307
    @riddhisingh8307 2 роки тому +5

    Great and fascinating lesson 👍🏻👍🏻..keep going...from India

  • @ripanmazumder4896
    @ripanmazumder4896 2 роки тому +2

    Lucy Mam,this video is helping us a lot for our beautiful English conversation.

  • @davidhoman3807
    @davidhoman3807 2 роки тому +3

    #7 - 7:40 …(to make this a little more “spicier”, “ I couldn’t get a word in edgewise!”.

  • @lindaringera210
    @lindaringera210 2 роки тому +1

    Lucy,lovely to learn from you,vibrant personality,bless You for enriching my portfolio in similies...am as happy as a pig in sh..,Looking forward to trying longoda ....french tutorials,so long.Loads of love from Kenya.

  • @isma5649
    @isma5649 2 роки тому +2

    So intresting I m preparing my writing functional skills level 2 and its going to help me. Thanks a lot

  • @Mark-tk6xd
    @Mark-tk6xd 2 роки тому

    Hi Lucy! thank you for video. To be honest I very struggled in britsh accent. But I loved British accent more and more the reason of you and you and your videolessons 😍❤❤‍🔥 I'm in love you and your accent ❤❤‍🔥💞. Please never stop create videolessons 😘🥰

  • @howardscott1556
    @howardscott1556 2 роки тому +1

    A coot is a black bird with white feathers on the top of it's head so it may look bald from a distance. They're usually found on ponds and rivers.

  • @zoso0182
    @zoso0182 2 роки тому

    Hola Lucy soy de Costa Rica y cada día gracias a tus videos aprendo mucho inglés. Pura vida 🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷

  • @Katerina_Alexandra
    @Katerina_Alexandra 2 роки тому

    My favourite simile is quoted from Clockwork Orange, "As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer."

  • @InglesConGabe
    @InglesConGabe 2 роки тому +3

    I only knew American similes but now thanks to you I learned a lot of British ones thank you Lucy! great content! I can finally travel to England 😁😁

  • @gladysenmarte
    @gladysenmarte 2 роки тому +2

    Here in Argentina we use one to say we're really happy: Feliz como lombriz 😁

  • @50551166
    @50551166 2 роки тому +1

    One more great class! Tks a lot Lucy.
    Zilda from Sao Paulo - Brazil

  • @jkitz7009
    @jkitz7009 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you Ms. Lucy! Love yah! 😍

  • @RobertAlexx
    @RobertAlexx 2 роки тому +1

    Lucy, I've never seen more gorgeous teacher than you!😊

  • @betoortez1525
    @betoortez1525 2 роки тому +1

    Muchas gracias Lucy por el uso de as... as there is to practice it

  • @davesmith6436
    @davesmith6436 2 роки тому +8

    Very very helpful lesson! Thanks a lot, Mrs. Lucy!❤❤❤

  • @Shihab1979
    @Shihab1979 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you .

  • @britishenglishwithahmedibr8815
    @britishenglishwithahmedibr8815 2 роки тому +1

    I adore you Ms Lucy spacial British Tutor

  • @ІринаГалипчак
    @ІринаГалипчак 2 роки тому +2

    Hello, Lucy! Thank you for your video lesson. It was informative and enjoyable as usually. I will definitely use these similes while speaking English. Your lessons always inspire me to study English.

  • @liuxingyu9551
    @liuxingyu9551 2 роки тому +1

    Larry Foley was an australian boxer who never lost a fight. His last fight was in the 1870's, he was paid the vast sum of £1000 and won the fight - "hence as happy as Larry".

  • @ronaldprabahar2320
    @ronaldprabahar2320 2 роки тому

    Lucy is a very good teacher with
    English grammar

  • @s.a.marakclasses.
    @s.a.marakclasses. 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you so much for wonderful class.

  • @sarminsultana8806
    @sarminsultana8806 2 роки тому +1

    Hi Lucy!

  • @hemanthadesilva527
    @hemanthadesilva527 2 роки тому +1

    Very different today! So pleasant! I love your way so so much 💖. You feed my English fluency so fast. Thank you for everything! Lucy, the Teaching Machine...! Good luck 🤞

  • @SyndracTheDragon
    @SyndracTheDragon 2 роки тому +1

    In fact, "sleep like a log" it's correct to translate it into Spanish saying as: "Dormí como un tronco" which in English means "I slept like a log", so Lucy wasn't wrong at all, but it depends on what people she talked to

  • @gabriellagirardi4741
    @gabriellagirardi4741 2 роки тому +2

    In Italy we use "as clean as crystal" to describe a well-cleaned house. Thank you for this useful video

  • @UmarKhan-iv4hw
    @UmarKhan-iv4hw 2 роки тому

    Hi dear best teacher Lucy thank you so much for your struggle to tach us by the best way as you try as best

  • @tankiplay5383
    @tankiplay5383 2 роки тому +2

    Evening Lucy! Thanks for such a lovely lesson! Could you make another one about words such as can't, bath, grass, dance etc. in British? I'm a little bit struggled with 'em 😅

  • @missranu7326
    @missranu7326 2 роки тому +3

    Hello, Lucy!! Thank you for this kinda useful lesson!! I just want to thank you...

    • @helpmychildren2555
      @helpmychildren2555 2 роки тому +2

      Umm Ahmed from Palestine, Gaza Strip, good people, I live in a rented house, my orphaned children need you to communicate, attached with a personal photo 🇵🇸

  • @АллаПушкарчук
    @АллаПушкарчук 2 роки тому +6

    In Ukraine we also use "as wise as an owl" and "as slow as a snail" (but more commonly is "as slow as a turtle") Thank you for a wonderful lesson!

    • @rehanaparveen3542
      @rehanaparveen3542 2 роки тому +1

      As slow as tortoise. Turtle swoms in the water

    • @sharathchandra1323
      @sharathchandra1323 2 роки тому

      @@rehanaparveen3542 *..swims.. 🤘

    • @АллаПушкарчук
      @АллаПушкарчук 2 роки тому

      @@rehanaparveen3542 Nevertheless, turtles lay eggs on land and they move there quite slowly))) But thank you for the correction!

  • @sardor5878
    @sardor5878 2 роки тому +3

    I love you so much Lucy.

  • @lalei5795
    @lalei5795 2 роки тому

    Thank you Lucy , you have been my favourite teacher since 2017 ❤

  • @MNCases
    @MNCases 2 роки тому +1

    thank you Lucy

  • @yurawd
    @yurawd 2 роки тому +1

    Even if do not what means *i am as keen as mustard* =) It is clear that Lucy makes stars shine brighter after midnight=)

  • @mariamoutsidou3400
    @mariamoutsidou3400 2 роки тому

    I like to know lots of these everyday phrases. It's useful for us we want to take part in English level exams.
    So let me tell you what I have seen in your video:
    You look great in this yellow sweater you're as fresh as a daisy! You seem to be as happy as Lary! Everything you've said
    was crystal clear for me! Please I wanna more!

  • @fridaydaniel2644
    @fridaydaniel2644 2 роки тому +1

    thanks for sharing ma,am, am learning a lot from your videos.

  • @MyRetailFormula
    @MyRetailFormula 2 роки тому

    Thank you Lucy, so many new similes I learned today.

  • @pranjal7438
    @pranjal7438 2 роки тому +1

    Have you listened to the song "everything at once". It has a lot a similes in it.

  • @gholamhosseingorgin4799
    @gholamhosseingorgin4799 2 роки тому +2

    As always Very very helpful lesson! Thanks a lot, Mrs. Lucy!❤❤❤

  • @ClasseEcoleSaint-Charles
    @ClasseEcoleSaint-Charles 2 роки тому

    It's great to take English lessons with Lucy ! It's so clear and interesting. Thank you so much Lucy !

  • @amithdas3861
    @amithdas3861 2 роки тому +3

    Nice lesson Thanks Madam

  • @SylvainMenard
    @SylvainMenard 2 роки тому +1

    As good as Lucy! My new simile 😀

  • @mohammedrafi557
    @mohammedrafi557 2 роки тому +12

    The lesson was as clear as crystal 👌

  • @mamunuaesetc7221
    @mamunuaesetc7221 2 роки тому +1

    I'm from Bangladesh 🇧🇩, so pretty your English talking 👌💗

  • @Bamboletto.
    @Bamboletto. 2 роки тому +1

    1. Mirror of seemliness is an English fedora.
    2. The mirth is an English chalet.
    3. With the dexterity of a prancing lapin.
    4. A pellucid shawl soaring on cherubs pennons.
    5. A stream of tulips in lustrous blossom.
    6. Mistress Lucy is a mellifluous exactitude, and my genuflection for her rectitude.

    • @Bamboletto.
      @Bamboletto. 2 роки тому

      Your hearty disciple, Ma'am.

  • @theDucklings9908
    @theDucklings9908 2 роки тому +3

    This is so fun to learn, I love her teaching personality 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @rachaelmumbo7267
    @rachaelmumbo7267 2 роки тому +1

    Hello! l love your lessons so amazing! greetings from Zambia 🇿🇲

  • @มนัสเพลาขํา

    Thank you very much to
    Lucy english learning just now l have finish work see you again next

  • @gabrielaymarpiscoyamundo9031
    @gabrielaymarpiscoyamundo9031 2 роки тому

    I'm learning English and your videos help me to improve my english thanks

  • @hanmashuji1289
    @hanmashuji1289 2 роки тому +2

    I love you so much Lucy 😊✌️

  • @alrabieyousif339
    @alrabieyousif339 2 роки тому

    Hi Lucy I love everything in you .you have shamingly way to teach us ! Alot of thanks for you.

  • @mansoorsheikh9616
    @mansoorsheikh9616 2 роки тому

    Hello Lucy here in Pakistan we use owl for denoting someone who sleeps late at night. I hope you like this one

  • @donpanay779
    @donpanay779 2 роки тому +6

    hi,lucy!thank you for your lessons.but no one explained the underwear joke!

  • @Jjirfa
    @Jjirfa 2 роки тому +1

    You're the best.

    • @helpmychildren2555
      @helpmychildren2555 2 роки тому +1

      Umm Ahmed from Palestine, Gaza Strip, good people, I live in a rented house, my orphaned children need you to communicate, attached with a personal photo 🙏🏼🇵🇸🇵🇸

  • @vanshikasharma767
    @vanshikasharma767 2 роки тому +1

    Thankyou So Much 💕💕💕💕💕

  • @carlosandreslaverdeooo5010
    @carlosandreslaverdeooo5010 2 роки тому +4

    You made me laugh a lot! thanks, Lucy. Greetings from Colombia!

  • @Maikiki8
    @Maikiki8 2 роки тому +3

    Lucy🤗 Remember you said in one of your vlogs you couldn't wait to cut your long hair after the wedding??😄

  • @bilipangnarzary3182
    @bilipangnarzary3182 2 роки тому +1

    I'm learning india English. My lovely fnd Lucy mem.... 🇮🇳🇮🇳

  • @davidhoman3807
    @davidhoman3807 2 роки тому +1

    7:18 - mop of hair… The Beatles were called mopheads, or mop tops! …as were many groups that followed.

  • @keacrea
    @keacrea 2 роки тому

    Hi Lucy. I love your videos. I've learned so many new vocabulary and phrases lately from you. I suppose it is time to listen to daily real English from different native speakers to go forward. To do this I'd be appreciated if you tell me the ways how to watch UK televisions free from abroad. It is essential that if I can find the chance of watching not only tv series or movies but also the news and the other tv programmes in their daily stream. Look forward to see new videos from you. Cheers from Turkey :)

  • @estrellamendiolacarvajal1647
    @estrellamendiolacarvajal1647 2 роки тому +2

    I had so much fun with this lesson, thank you, Lucy!!!!
    As fresh as a daisy - Tan fresco como una lechuga ; )

  • @AvraBhattacharya
    @AvraBhattacharya 2 роки тому

    I always find the song 'Everything at once' helpful for learning a handful of English similes. Sung by Lenka. 😄😄

  • @blablaespanol
    @blablaespanol 2 роки тому +7

    Useful lesson! Thanks a lot;)

  • @kattlicfairy1953
    @kattlicfairy1953 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you teacher Lucy this lesson is very helpful to improve my English but I'm still very sad my English is not good at all 😥😥

  • @عمرحوامده-ط4ت
    @عمرحوامده-ط4ت 2 роки тому +1

    This video it's amazing and encouraging.

  • @mehroonnissa9173
    @mehroonnissa9173 2 роки тому

    Her voice is as clear as a crystal...