- Hey guys! Welcome to my channel. Today I'm gonna teach
25 common expressions in English that are gonna help you diversify your speech and
they are more advanced, more of like native speaker
level common expressions. So make sure you're writing them down and make sure that my goal is for you to use at least four or five of them in your speech later when
you start practicing. So, let's make it. Let's do it. 25 common phrases in English. Number one. 24/7. When something is going on for 24/7 it means it's constantly going on. I'm working 24/7 'cause I have to finish this project. Which means that I'm working all day long. - You're drunk 24/7. - Butterflies in my stomach means I'm nervous but I'm
nervous in a good way. Whenever I see him I have
butterflies in my stomach because I like him so much. Butterflies in my stomach. - I've got butterflies in my stomach. - Draw the line. To stop, to know the point when something is going from being okay to being not okay. For example, I have this
toxic person in your life who is constantly complaining and not bringing any value, and you draw the line in
communicating with them. And you say, "Hey, we
have to draw the line in our communication. I can't handle this anymore 'cause you are toxic." You don't really say that to a person but yeah, but this is the expression. Draw the line. - I am to draw the line. - Easier said than done, which means that it's
easy to say something because it sounds kinda easy but it's really hard to do it. And it's a really common expression. Like, can you come to work
at 06:00 a.m. tomorrow? Easier said than done. Yeah, it sounds easy, 06:00 a.m. but then you have to wake up at 04:30 a.m. to cook breakfast and take shower and you're like uh-uh,
easier said than done. - Easier said than done Manarky boy. Every cloud has a silver lining. This is an expression that
I've learned in the UK. It means that every bad
situation actually has something good to it, for example, you're fired from work but
every cloud has a silver lining and you'll find a better job. - I know, but every cloud
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Advanced in 30 days course. I will see you during this course and now let's continue with the phrases. Finding a needle in a haystack means almost impossible to find. Sometimes people say finding a job is like finding
a needle in a haystack, which is not exactly true for the current economic situation in the United States, I think
we have historically low unemployment rates so if you're in the US you probably don't have a lot
of difficulties finding jobs. - What is that? - Looks like a needle in a haystack. - Fish out of water. To feel out of place. For example, you're in
an environment where you can't grow. You know, living in this town
I feel like fish out of water. I can't connect with people, I can't grow, I feel that I'm useless. I need to change my environment. - Three smart fish outta water
in a world he never made. - Go down in flames. Fail suddenly and spectacularly. For example, you are
taking your English test and you go down in flames. You made so many mistakes, you got an F, you failed, ugh. - At least we're going down in flames. - Get something off your chest. To talk about something
that has been bothering you for a while, to admit that
you've done something wrong. Okay, I have to take this out of my chest, I cheated on my SAT
exam, this is an example, I haven't taken SAT but this is the way you can use this expression, to get something off your chest. - Is there anything you
wanna get off your chest? - Go the extra mile; to
make an extra effort. With all of the courses that we produce, we try to go an extra mile
and add additional checklists and add additional exercises
so that you can feel that you're getting more
than what you paid for. This is always the goal. - I'm talking about going the extra mile. - Plain as day. Obvious, clear. For me it's plain as day that
if you want to master English you not only watch videos, you not only talk to people in English, you also watch TV shows, you also write in English, you start a blog in English, you try to convert everything in English, you try to do your daily
activities in English and this is the way you'll master it. - I don't see it. - Plain as day. - Pull yourself together. Calm down and behave normally. Something happened in you
life and you became nervous and you're acting really weird. Somebody can tell you pull
yourself together, stop it. - Pull yourself together
Teddy, pull yourself together. - Sick and tired; to be bothered
and annoyed by something. I am sick and tired of
people hating each other in comments on YouTube. I think this is really counterproductive. I think that doesn't make any sense and it just wastes people energy. Sick and tired. - I'm sick and tired of having nobody. - Sleep on it. This is a phrase used to tell somebody to take a little extra
time to make a decision. For example, you decided
to stop learning English and I'm telling you, uh-uh, sleep on it. You know English is an
instrument that can open a lot of doors for you,
it can get you a new job, it can get you a new life, so sleep on it before giving up on your English. - Can I fire him? - Sleep on it. - Step up your game, one
of my favorite phrases. Start performing better. You need to step up your game in your English language education. You know, after this video
write a post on Instagram in English using a
couple of these phrases. This would be the way to step up your game in your studying. - Now you gotta step up
your game a little bit here. - Tip of the iceberg. An easily visible part
of a larger problem. So if you make mistakes
in present simple tense that means it's just
the tip of the iceberg 'cause probably you're making
mistakes in other tenses and that's a larger problem. Tip of the iceberg. - Mason and Krewcoff were just the tip of the iceberg. - You rock. If you don't make any mistakes,
you're awesome, you rock. This is an expression used to compliment somebody on something. - You rock man. - Break a leg; good luck. Very common expression, break
a leg with your English, good luck with your English. - Let's break a leg. - Break a leg. - Throw under the bus. To blame somebody for something. If I fail this English
test, I'm gonna throw myself under the bus 'cause I've
been learning English for 10 years and if I fail
it, it means that, you know, 10 years wasted. I'm gonna throw myself under the bus. I'm going to blame myself
really hard for it. - We're okay throwing me under the bus? - Under the weather. When you feel under the
weather, it means you feel sick, you feel ill but not like completely ill, not like down with the flu and stuff. The context here might be "Do you wanna go to the
movie theater tonight?" "You know, I feel a
little under the weather," "Do you want to skip?" "Do you wanna schedule
it for the next week?" - Yeah, heard you were under the weather. - And the next phrase
here that you can use; and next week, let's play it by ear, which means let's see how it goes, let's not agree on a
specific date and time, let's just play by ear, you know, I'm going to text you on
Tuesday and see how I'm feeling and we'll decide on the
exact date and time later on. - Your right, let's play it by ear. - Think outside the box
is a very common phrase; to think about something
in a different way. Maybe you're dissatisfied
with your English but think outside the box, you already have this base
and now you can build on it, now you can evolve faster. - You have to think outside the box. - Challenge accepted; somebody tells you you won't be able to reach
the advanced level in 30 days. You're like challenge accepted. I'll take this course,
I'll do my homework, I'll do other things in English and I'll prove you that I can become advanced in 30 days, challenge accepted. - Challenge accepted. - In the heat of the moment. This means that the decision has been made when you were angry or too
passionate about something and you probably need a
rethink, you probably regret it. Oh, I'm sorry I made this decision in the heat of the moment. Yeah, I regret it a little. - In the heat of the
moment I said some things I didn't mean. - Make a long story short
means cut the details and get to the point. - Okay, so to make a long story short. Okay, I'll make a long story short. These were 25 expressions. I hope you learned them, I hope you wrote them down, and homework? Create a post on Instagram,
or whatever you're blogging, maybe Facebook or whatever, using a couple of these phrases just try to introduce
them to your daily speech and this is the only way you learn them. And again, I'm waiting
for you on my course; From Intermediate to Advanced in 30 days. The link is below and
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