Advanced (everyday) Idioms that You Should Know for 2024

hello and welcome to today's lesson we are going to talk about some useful and I think common idioms that you will definitely be able to use in 2024 and this is going to be a quiz lesson so I I want you to participate I want you to write your answers in the chat or the comments let me know that you're actively trying to learn and understand these idioms and if you are someone who enjoys building your vocabul Please Subscribe turn on notifications that way I can become your teacher my name is Wes the Channel interactive English it's all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals and today I want to improve your well both your mostly your speaking fluency when it comes to using some of these idioms but also your listening comprehension because these are uh phrases that you will hear from time to time so if you would like to get access to these notes right here check out the link Down Below in the description join my email Community if you are already a part of it then check your inbox I've already sent them to you but it's a good way to review and just have these idioms um on hand so let's begin with our first question and we're going to start out with a an activity complete the idiom so I'm giving you part of the idiom I'm giving you the meaning right here and what is the idiom that we're talking about to M off some there are two words missing and what this means is to do or say something that helps you get rid of you know strong feelings or just some pent up energy so often if you are frustrated you're you're angry you may do some activity I think mostly like a physical activity exercise and you just want to M off some M what do you think uh let me know in the chat in the comments I always love it when when you participate in these lessons so in in this case what we're talking about is the following right here to blow off some steam you are doing something or I guess it could be again you're saying something just to get rid of that that energy most of the time it's something negative and you have this pent up negative energy you want to release it you want to blow off some steam um excellent you could say I see in the chat like let off some steam I think that that also works I feel like in this context it's probably a little more common to say you're trying to blow off some steam or you would like to blow off some steam but I was those are some great answers excellent um Takaya Alina Eva perfect uh the next one let's uh let's keep moving on oh just to give you some examples as to how this is used in context I put some news headlines up there for you uh so I'll just read these because I know it's a little small it says thinking of hitting the gym to blow off some steam an angry workout is a bad idea research says so again if sometimes somebody's angry Ry they may want to blow off some steam the next One Drop The Vape there are other ways to blow off some steam or to blow off steam and then finally at the at the bottom looking glass every once in a while a guy has to blow off some steam again you're just getting ready releasing that uh that energy those strong feelings then we have this one and for those of you who have uh been in my uh speaking course some of this is review we've Ted talked about these Expressions these phrases before um this one Ben through M and M well I'll I'll get to a second but the meaning of it is through many difficult times over a long period and that is the key word over a long period so uh you're going to use this with Ben that's why I put it in parentheses right there and you would say that two people bend through M and M how would you complete this idiom this expression and I'm sure you can relate to this I think this is relevant uh not just this year but any year when you have people these long relationships and you can say uh well done excellent we've been through thick and thin nice uh farz Teo Annabelle good to see you Angela uh Miranda Perfect all right I'll try to give some shout outs as uh we go through this but if you're saying that you you would talk about somebody that you have a a a long relationship with your spouse maybe a colleague a family member and I you could say oh of course my wife and I we've been through thick and thin we've had many good times we've had difficult times we've been through thick and thin and really this is often used as a standalone statement talking about two or more people have been through thick and thin so to give you a little more I thought this was a fun little picture that I found online talking showing these two cats when they're when they're just young kittens and then when they get older but these the these would be friends that have been through thick and thin the good times and the bad times cute little image then we have this idiom right here to be in the same what there's one word missing you if you are an avid watcher of my video lessons and you've seen some of the vi idiom lessons before again some of these are review it's always good to get a little bit of review this idiom means to you be in the same unpleasant situation as another person that you and I we are in the same and once again I put the verb to be in parenthesis because you're often going to use this with the verb to be and the answer the word that we're looking for is to be in the same boat you are both in some difficult or unpleasant situation say yeah you know I know how you feel we're in the same boat and I feel like anytime this year if you are also experiencing an unpleasant situation that somebody's telling you about that's this is what you could say yeah you know I know how you feel we're in the same boat great job uh Miranda Muhammad Loi excellent Angela well done here's the next one and again there's just one word missing M the word this is an idiom that you would use when you're trying to tell someone that just keep something Secret often you would say the secret or you would tell someone the secret and then you're going to use this idiom really just as a reminder that they should keep quiet don't tell anyone else the word and I like this idiom it's one that I I feel like I end up using from time to time it's a bit more playful if you're sharing some secret information you're say Hey you know so don't tell anybody the word and I I was kind of curious because I haven't taught this idiom before how many people would recognize it but if you watch movies or TV shows this is this is certainly one that you will hear the the word that's missing is mums mum's the word I see some people said like mum um Julia Ava to be a little more spe specific you keep it with that apostrophe s mum's the word mum's the word so I tell you a secret and if I follow that with hey you know Mom's the Word I'm letting you know don't tell anybody this is a secret mum's the word all right now I am giving you a sentence and I'm just the the idiom is the blank right there and I want you to think about what idiom would fit this context and complete the sentence and again I'm giving you the meaning down here and I think this one is especially important for 2024 and any year Beyond you should take what I say with a M you can look at the picture in the background that's a little bit of a hint but this means to not completely believe something that you are told because you you think it may unlikely be true or it's not likely to be true so what again whether you're listening to me or anybody else online I I think this is a good habit to get into you want to doubt the things that you hear you want to check and make sure that the information is true and I would even tell you yeah you should take what I say with a M and what what's the idiom I think this is a very common one and the answer I would say a grain of salt take what I say with a grain of salt many of you you guys rock that one nice HK Tom uh Angela Annabelle teayo so this is the idiom to take something with a grain of salt some news or information you hear you don't necessarily just want to believe everything that you see online especially if you're on social media and I gave you another example down there don't believe everything you read on social media you should take it with a massive grain of salt and you hear me emphasize that word massive because that is a collocation with this idiom if you want to emphasize that okay you should certainly question what it is that you hear or read take it with a massive grain of salt now one thing I want to point out that some of you are probably wondering like wait a second uh I saw many people took pinch of salt like yes LLY you're correct in British English that is the idiom so whether you said grain of salt or pinch of salt both of them are correct but just so you know if you're talking about if you're in the US you could say hey I think yeah take it with a grain of salt if you're traveling in the UK then say well I think you should take it with a pinch of salt both of them have the same meaning it's just a slight little difference between American English and British English of course I gave you the answer take something with a Gra of salt because I am from the United States but whether you said grain of salt pinch of salt both of them are correct and I saw many many great answers there how about this one we are traveling to new well Nyc New York City for New Year's Eve um we really for our hotel room the meaning of this idiom is to pay too much money for something and really you're paying more than the fair amount or whatever you think is fair and you could say you for this thing this is an idiom that you're often going to follow with that preposition for you for something you're paying too much more than the fair amount and think about the context you go to New York City New Year's Eve the prices are going to go up the prices for those hotel rooms they're going to go up a lot and you're going to pay a lot more for the fair the fair price and that is part of the idiom to pay for something so the answer is to pay through the nose in this case I'm um talking about actually wait I think I we really um I made a little slight mistake you probably can see that there with the verb tenses I should said we traveled to New York City for New Years kept it in the past tense we paid through the nose for our hotel room or in this case uh we are traveling that's like the future continuous we will pay through the nose for our hotel room apologize for that if you saw it that's awesome uh great but just keep in mind to pay through the nose for something it means that you're paying more than the fair amount to give you another example that I think you can relate to and I said it's relevant to this year in particular because I could use it in this sentence because of inflation we have been paying through the nose for everyday items it's more than the fair amount you're paying through the nose and I know that I think in many countries places inflation it's starting to go down which is great but in general I think a lot of people feel that they've been paying through the nose for some everyday items so it's a great way to emphasize that you're paying more than the fair amount it's just too much how about this one and if for those of you who've been in my speaking course I think you're this is good review good review I should have seen this coming but you know what they say and I don't know if I'm giving you enough information there with that context uh but it refers to looking back at a situation in the past and you just have a clearer understanding of well how things could have been different and I'm using it that first sentence I should have seen this coming using that modal of lost opportunity to say that you should have been aware uh that this was going to happen and it's like you can reflect back and think about something that's already happened and you say oh you know what they say and you're looking back at this situation I put those glasses there to give you a little bit of a hint but this is an idiom in expression that may be new and if it's new for you that's great so you could use this if someone's expressing regret and you want to tell them of course the way you you can look back and you see what you should have done or what you should have changed and you could say hindsight is 2020 so 20 20 I put those eyeglasses there refers to your vision and I know in the US I actually I don't know how it is in other countries you you can let me know but if you go to the um you know the eye doctor the optometrist and you get an eye exam and they say you have 2020 Vision it means that you have perfect vision and you can see things clearly hindsight is talking about reflecting on the past so it pretty much means what it says when you think about the past and things that have already happened you have a very clear understanding of you know how you could have made the situation better or what you should have done and it's like of course yeah hindsight is 2020 how did I not see this so if this one is new that's good uh again I feel like there are many times we express regret throughout the year and that's why I said it's relevant for this year even Beyond and if you want to empathize with someone say say oh yeah I know what you mean like I feel the same way but you know hindsight is 2020 or hindsight is always 2020 you could add that adverb of frequency in there as well here's another example I should never have trusted him there were many warning signs okay again I'm expressing regret and somebody else could say I know but hindsight is always 2020 all right you can reflect back and you really know what you should have done in that situation here is the next one I have not heard uh I have not heard his name before it doesn't what what is the missing idiom and basically it means the same as to sound familiar and you could use that meaning to complete the sentence I have not heard his name before it doesn't sound familiar but instead of saying sound familiar I can use this idiom instead I was actually going to give a picture that would be a hint but I think that would just give it away if I were to well I don't again I don't want to give it away now even though I feel like everybody's you guys got it so the answer it doesn't ring a bell great job LLY Joanne HK perfect Ava so if something rings a bell it just means it sounds familiar a a lot of times one thing I want to point out is that you may may hear people use this with the negative to say that something does not sound familiar and say oh it it doesn't that doesn't ring a bell right it doesn't sound familiar that doesn't ring a bell so keep that in mind that doesn't mean you'll always use it like that but often you end up using it with the negative something doesn't ring a bell so the other thing that I want to point out you can see that question like I'm asking uh this like hey does her name ring a bell you may use this when talking about not just a person's name but just the name of anything it could be the name of a a restaurant and like oh yeah you know that that doesn't ring a bell I don't remember the name so here are some other examples using this in context some news headlines and that first one names that ring a bell okay names that sound familiar or Robert Dunlap does the name ring a bell he invented something that you probably wrote on this morning and they're referring to Dunlop uh the tires I think is I don't know I guess it's a still a well-known uh brand of tires and in that case they're like oh does the name does it ring a bell and then finally down here again I mentioned using it in the negative if somebody's asking you if you know of something and you're not really familiar with the name you could say well yeah that it doesn't ring a bell it just doesn't ring a bell good idiom now I want to challenge you with um I'm giving you a picture that hopefully you can use to guess the idiom and I'm giving you a little bit of a hint I'm not giving you the entire meaning just one word that's a hint so in this case use this picture what idiom do you think I'm talking about and your hint is the word unpleasant and I really think this picture is exactly what the idiom says and it's one that you're going to come across in movies TV shows even if you feel like you don't you know these idioms don't come up when you're having a conversation I think they always help your listening comprehension because you will come across them from time to time and I think you guys yeah maybe this was a little too easy I think it's going to get a little more challenging bite the bullet well done uh Loi Annabelle Muhammad Julia nice it means to force yourself to do something unpleasant or difficult something's unpleasant and you say okay you know I just I got to do it I got to bite the bullet and here's an example sentence for you I know you hate going to the dentist but if your tooth hurts I think you need to bite the bullet and get it over with so again you're talking about a situation that's unpleasant and and you say or somebody might say um who's going to do this unpleasant thing we need we need a volunteer okay I'll do it I'll bite the bullet so again I think this happens in our everyday lives we have to do some things that may be unpleasant and we got to bite the bullet here's the next one I said it's going to get a little more difficult I actually think this one might be even easier uh maybe these pictures are are too spoton so you can see what's happening there and the hint that I'm giving you is the word trouble so yeah I don't want to to it away um what what what do you think is the idiom trouble that is the key word and I'll go ahead and tell you it's not break the ice because again an ice breaker if we use it as a noun or to break the ice is to kind of again get feel more comfortable in a situation learn about other people and you're going to break the ice so it's not really related to the word trouble but uh yeah I I see what x there okay I'll let you know the answer is to be on thin ice you are doing something that is dangerous it involves risk and you're on on thin ice so well done um Robbie Julia um far sorry if I mispronounced names uh Muhammad you could sell somebody yeah you're walking on thin ice that's perfectly fine or just use it with the verb to be sometimes you may well I'll give you the example I forgot to buy her a birthday present so right now I'm on thin ice that I'm in a dangerous or risky position a lot of times you might use this idiom with your spouse boyfriend girlfriend partner if you are if one person is upset with the other and just say hey look you know you're on thin ice right now that you're about to get into a lot of trouble um if you keep talking and something that maybe my wife would say to me if I'm causing problems or I'm talking and I probably should shut up she might sayl okay hey just you're on thin eyes so good idiom good idiom to know how about this one this I think is a little more well it's a little trickier but again use that picture look at what's going on the hint the hint that I'll give you the word Trends and think about what is happening in this picture again I think the picture really accurately sums up what the idiom is and you would end up using this well I'll go ahead and tell you when talking about Trends and you're going to follow a trend you're going to what the answer well done um Miranda Eva to jump on the bandwagon so this means to start doing something because it is fashionable it's popular it's profitable and you're going to jump on the bandwagon think about Trends people follow Trends and it's oh you see somebody else doing it like oh I'm going to start doing the same thing I'm going to jump on the bandwagon you may Al also hear this when people talk about sports teams that's the example that I'm giving you right here once the Yankees the the baseball team in New York once the Yankees started winning many people jumped on the bandwagon and all of a sudden it's like oh that's my favorite team as well and people jump on the bandwagon and then we have this idiom right here it has to do with punishment and look at the picture what's going on and you hopefully you can put this one together this is one that I've talked about in my course as well as I I pretty sure I've done a video lesson with referring to this idiom maybe even more than once maybe it it goes to show you that maybe I just like using this idiom but once again it's always good to get review and if it's new that that's perfect so look at the picture what's happening and I think you can kind of start to put it together so I mentioned I said we're talking about punishment and in this case this person you can see right now here they are facing the music that is the idiom to face the music great job Ava rabi L Miranda Angela well done to accept responsibility for something you have done and really I'm it's a mistake you made a mistake you have to accept responsibility for this mistake even if it means you're going to get punished and you have to face the music so that's how I'm relating it to punishment it doesn't always have to it doesn't always mean you're going to get punished but really it's about accepting responsibility and you tell you know tell someone okay yeah I I have to face the music all right I made a mistake I got to face the music or maybe you tell this to someone else look it's better to confess and then face the music if um there's going to be punishment or no punishment either way but you may need to face the music I'm sure that this is an idiom that uh you're going you will relate to this year because I feel like everybody can associate with this that they we all make mistakes and maybe we don't want to accept responsibility but ultimately we have to face the music so here are the idioms and if I wanted to run through give you a little quick review if you want to continue building your vocabulary and just keep learning new things feel free watch another uh video Lesson it's a great way to blow off some steam if you have some pent up energy blow off some steam watch another lesson because I feel like many of you want to build your vocabulary and it's difficult it takes time so in that in that regard many of you are in the same boat when it comes to learning new words and phrases because the more you come across these idioms whether it's in one of these lessons or watching a TV show or movie you're going to think oh that that phrase I remember it that rings a bell and I know what that means and of course I hope that you continue watching other lessons and that you continue following subscribe to the channel and just jump on the interactive English bandwagon it's not going to cost you anything you don't have to pay through the nose for uh for these lessons they're on YouTube uh they put up some ads and again I'm just trying to get you give you a little bit bit of review using these different idioms in context remember if you want to get these lesson notes check out the link Down Below in the description and if you are already a part of our email Community check your email I have already sent them to you but for the most part I think you you all did a great job uh identifying these different idioms it's just first it comes down to comprehension I want you to be able to understand them if you hear them and as you become a little more comfortable then you're going to be in a position that you can use them naturally in conversation but you know you don't have to take my word for it always take what I say and everybody else take it with a grain of salt okay so thank you for joining me uh Stephanie Loi uh Annabelle Julia it's great to see you takayo uh OLG I hope that you have a wonderful day and of course I will be back very shortly with another to help you build your vocabulary improve your grammar fine-tune your pronunciation we do a little bit of everything to help you improve your English fluency so I will see you

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Length: 29min 40sec (1780 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 03 2024