Advanced English Expressions And Idioms For Daily Life

are you ready to sound like a native English speaker no I mean really sound like a native English speaker well if you said yes that means you need to learn advanced English expressions and advanced English idioms and I am gonna teach you them today I'm teacher Tiffany let's jump right in alright idioms and expressions now here's a very popular quote from John Powell communication works for those who work at it now I like this quote because basically it's saying if you put in the work if you put in the time to learn these expressions and idioms you will see results now another quote that I really really like is right here communication is your ticket to success if you pay attention and learn to do it effectively I'm gonna teach you how to do just that so let's get started with the first idiom number 1 to be in the limelight now this means to receive attention and interest from the public or to be at the center of public attention now let me help you understand this idiom even even more so think about a light right now I have a light directly in front of me why because I'm recording a video lesson for you but you need to see me good right you need to see me very clearly so I have to use a light so the light is making you focus on me so to be in the limelight refers to being the center of attention all right now I'm gonna give you some examples in into so that you know how to use this idiom properly alright so here we go first we have this one right here he's been in the limelight recently following the release of his new movie so think about Will Smith Will Smith is a very popular actor not just in Amer but around the world so when he produces or stars in a new movie he usually is in the limelight everyone's looking at him Wow what's Will Smith doing he's in the limelight alright now the next example here we go Sally loves being in the limelight or basically Sally loves having other people focus on her all right makes sense right and the third example we have is right here the reporters made sure the attractive new actress was in the limelight basically the reporters wanted everyone to focus on the new actress okay so again this idiom number one is to be in the lime light you got it all right let's move on to idiom number two again very useful idioms take a trip down memory lane now this idiom means to deliberately recall pleasant or sentimental memories so here's the best way for you to remember this idiom you know at the end of each video what I usually do what's that called again story time I usually tell you a lot about my past something that happened that either made me happy or sad but taking a trip down memory lane usually refers to a pleasant memory from the past okay all right so let's look at some examples that can see or show us how to use this idiom properly we were just taking a stroll down memory lane and recalling the days of our youth Oh real quick stroll so taking a stroll just means to take a nice walk a very pleasant walk we say stroll in English all right so again this individual says we were just taking a stroll down memory lane recalling the days of our youth remembering when he or she was in high school or in grade school and the many things they did when they were in school all right so here's another let's see let's go there and take a trip down memory lane now I want to tell you this is such a useful idiom you can start using it right now and you will sound like a native English speaker because we use this idiom so often alright now the last example sentence we have is right here before we take a trip down memory lane let's look at the facts now this is very interesting because again remember a trip down memory lane is recalling what happened and thinking of pleasant memories but this person is saying hey hey hey hey hey wait a second let's look at the facts and let's go down memory lane get makes sense alright good so again idiom number two is take a trip down memory lane now idiom number three again another very useful idiom crank out something now this means to produce something continually like a machine or to make something in a casual and mechanical way now let me give you a good example of what to crank out something means or how it can be used okay so you all follow me on Instagram I think most of you follow me on Instagram I'm gonna open it up on my phone now for Instagram I produce two videos every single day I produce a vocabulary lesson and also a lesson on slang so in order to do that I have to usually record a lot of videos now I'm gonna show you what my timeline looks like hopefully you can see it alright there we go let's see and now it's there so you see there are so many videos on my Instagram account now I have to record a lot of videos continually so I have to crank out a lot of Instagram video lessons kind of makes sense I know you got it now let's see some examples and it says using this idiom here we go first Stanley can crank out a lot of essays in a single day okay Stanley I see you Stanley is legit I legit means awesome or amazing another slang turn alright next we have this one right here the new robot they created can crank out over 100 mechanical parts in one hour now you're seeing how you can use this idiom in real life think about robots robots are created because they can move faster than humans and do certain processes faster than a human being they can crank out things faster than humans make sense all right all right now let's see the last one here we go the last one is right here the director cranks out one movie a year so like a machine the director keeps producing keeps producing keeps producing kind of makes sense all right now let's move on okay so we have our three idioms but what about expressions so our first English expression is know or learn the ropes now this means to understand how to do a particular job or activity or to learn how to do something so again right now you are learning English right you're kind of learning how to use these expressions properly let me give you another example that may be helpful think about when you first learn to drive a car right you don't know what to do you don't know how to turn the wheel you don't know how to turn the car on so you have to learn how to actually drive a car you need to learn the ropes alright again a very very useful English expression so let's see some example sentences using this expression here we go first anyone who's been doing the job for a few months should know the ropes by now it's like hey come on you've been at this job for a few months now you should know what you're doing or you should know the ropes make sense all right now let's go to number two here we go once I learned the ropes at my new job I won't be so nervous it's true when you learn how to do something and you understand you suddenly kind of relax like I got this it's okay right okay and now our last example sentence is right here we need someone to teach the new staff someone who knows the ropes and is good at explaining things someone who understands and is able to explain things well make sense all right so number one expression number one is to know or learn the ropes now let's move on to number two here we go all right the second one is line of work now this literally just means job or occupation or the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money so again very useful expression we as Americans native English speakers use it on a regular basis it literally just means your job or applicant occupation application occupation all right so this is what happens let's say for example someone walks up to me and says Tiffany can I ask you what your line of work is I can say oh yes I'm an English teacher and I love my students I really do so my line of work is I'm an English teacher and right so again your job or occupation so let's go back and check out some example sentences here we go first we have I believe that the majority of you chose your line of work because you want to help so basically you chose your job because you want to help people again we replaced job with line of work all right now number two the second example sentence is in my line of work being surrounded by gadgets is an occupational requirement so ah in jobs like mine we usually are surrounded by gadgets again the exact same meaning now the last example sentence is right here this line of work requires lots of effort so this type of job require a lot of effort makes sense alright so again expression number two line of work just meaning your job or occupation now expression number three another good one on the back burner alright on the back burner now real quick um let me explain what a back burner is so in America I'm sure in your country too we have a stove right and on the stove there are usually four unless you have a really big stove on top there are four we say burners right where you put the pot on top of you turn it on either you have a gas stove or you can have an electric one and sometimes our induction as well but you put the pot on top or the pan and it heats it up well we used to call those burners we still do the burner so they're usually four burners now when you're cooking something the most important thing is usually in front on the front burner because you need to cook it and cook it in a way you're comfortable right you're not having to reach over things but when you finish something or it's not the main dish you can put it to the back on the back burner make sense now we don't have expression that says front burner I know someone's gonna ask me but we don't have that one we have on the back burner so let me explain what this actually means here we go having low priority or something that is temporarily not being dealt with or considered like I mentioned I'm cooking but I finished kind of the side dish so I'm putting it to the back and now I'm cooking the main dish on the front okay all right so let's see some example sentences here we go first we've all had to put our plans on the back burner for a while think about it right now we are all experiencing a kind of a serious situation across the world right so people are staying at home to work or some people unfortunately have lost their jobs so things that were our priority in the past have now been moved aside to try to figure out how to adjust to the new situation so we can say I put my vacation on the back burner or I put that paper I was writing on the back burner kind of make sense good all right now number two let's move on number two the building project is on the back burner for now okay we're gonna do it later and finally this matter was on the back burner for a long time again this matter and one time it was very important but now we've kind of put it to the side and it's not as important right now kind of makes sense all right now listen if you want to see part two of this lesson all you have to do is click the link in the description and you'll also get the free ebook remember students in my Academy all of my Academy members can see part two of my YouTube English lessons and I know you're gonna enjoy it but I really hope you enjoyed this lesson as well remember I want you to sound like a native English speaker and I taught you literally three English idioms that we use on a regular basis and three English expressions that we also use on a regular basis so I really hope you enjoyed today's lesson remember to review and remember if you want to watch part two hit the link in the description well I will see you next week but as always remember to speak English [Music] you know what time it is it's story time eh I said it's story time all right now I have kind of a funny story for you guys today um all right so when I was in South Korea remember I taught in South Korea for about ten years now I speak Korean now but when I first went to South Korea I did not speak Korean but I loved teaching so anyways I was assigned a class and one of my classes was a room full of I think there are about 20 of them 20 and they were I think they were about 6 years old their routine 6 they weren't 7 they between 5 and 6 years old so there were little people now I love children I truly love children but when you have five and six-year-olds and English is not their first language there's a bit of a barrier to kind of overcome sometimes children are very active right they're very active and they like to have fun and again I love children and I love having fun so one day we're in class and again they weren't bad kids but they were kids and they were talking a lot and they were laughing and they weren't paying attention to the lesson I was teaching them I was their English teacher so I asked them okay guys I need you to be quiet now remember English is not their first language and now that I speak Korean I realize how important it is at certain times to use the mother tongue if you want to immediately get someone's attention so fast forward now when I did learn Korean I had no problem with little people because I would speak in Korean really quickly to get their attention so anyways back to the story so I was getting a little bit frustrated because I was a little tired that day there were 20 little munchkins munchkins is another word for little people that I use it's kind of a cute term I actually call my nieces munchkins so I was I had 20 munchkins running around the room and I was getting frustrated and I said I need you guys to sit down and be quiet the boys looked at me the girls looked at me I mean they were adorable cute so okay my level my tolerance level was going like this I said okay you guys are about to make me upset so they're just yappin just talking just talking so at the top of my line I said I said shut your mouth and everybody froze everybody in the class froze now remember these are five and six year old Korean kids and I love them they again they were just being bad that day and I said I said shut your mouth so they all got quiet including me and one little girl leaned over to her friends in perfect English and said the teacher just told us to shut up I said I did not tell you to shut up I said shut your mouth and I was trying not to laugh because I should be little kids because I would never tell a child to shut up because shut up is rude and as a teacher you shouldn't say it to your kids again every teacher is different but I never told my kids to shut up because it's rude so I said shut your mouth but again there were little kids English was not their first language and all they heard was shut and then they saw my facial expression and I was loud so they said oh she told us to shut up and all I could imagine was these little kids telling their parents my English teacher told me to shut up in class or I was like I did not tell you to shut up I said shut your mouth so again I was trying not to laugh but I they looked at me and they said okay teacher needless to say the rest of the class they were angels they were quiet they listen to the lesson and they were fine but I always remembered that story because it reminds me of the importance of understanding a language because they knew one expression they knew shut up but they had never heard shut your mouth so they immediately assumed I had said shut up so anyways the kid I loved the kids they loved me we had a great time the rest of the semester there was no problem at all but um yeah sometimes you know you to a breaking point and you express yourself but this is why it's important to know many different English expressions all right I really hope you guys enjoyed this story remember uh tell me something that happened to you that was funny in your past you put it in the comments section alright guys I'll see you in next week's video

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Length: 19min 34sec (1174 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 05 2020