Hi everyone, welcome back to Pronunciation with Emma. In this video I’m gonna be talking
about ten really common idioms and expressions which are used quite a lot in the UK. [intro]
Let’s start with the first one, to call it a day. This means to stop working on something,
for example, I’ve been writing this paper all afternoon, I’m so tired, I’m just
gonna call it a day. It means, I’m just gonna stop working now. Number two is to get
out of hand. Make sure you’re not stressing that of, but “tuv”. This means to get out
of control. For example, I had to stop that fight before it got out of hand, meaning,
before it escalated and became worse. Number three, it’s not rocket science. Meaning,
it’s not that complicated. Making YouTube video isn’t rocket science, actually
it is quite hard, it’s really not a good example. Number four, that ship has sailed.
Meaning, it’s too late to do that, that opportunity has passed. For example, imagine,
I want to apply to university this year but it’s already July, it’s quite late, so
we could say that ship has sailed, that opportunity has passed, I can’t apply anymore, it’s
too late. Number five, the last straw. So I can remove that T in last. This means that
I’ve run out of patience, I have no more patience for anything. For example, his behaviour
has just got so bad I’ve had enough, it’s the last straw. Number six is under the weather.
If you’re feeling under the weather then it means you’re feeling a little bit sick,
a little bit ill. For example, I’m feeling a bit under the weather this week, it must
be that summer cold. Number seven, to get or to wrap one’s head around something,
so as a complete form I could say to get your head around something, or to wrap your head
around something. So with wrap that W is completely silent, I don’t say w-rap, which I’ve
heard some students try to say, it’s a lot more difficult this way actually so, don’t
do that. It’s just a R, wrap. Now this means to understand something completely. We tend
to use it in the negative form though, for example, I just can’t seem to wrap my head
around why he’s acting so strangely around me, what did I do? Number eight, you can say
that again. This is basically like saying that’s true. You would normally use this
to respond to someone who’s said something true, for example, person A might
say something like “it’s really hot today, isn’t it?”, person B might respond with
“you can say that again”, meaning that’s true. Number nine, to kill to birds with one
stone. Meaning, to accomplish two tasks just by doing one action, for example imagine
I’m going to the supermarket to buy something, well, I may as well stop by the post office
and pick up something as well, so I can kill two birds with one stone, I’m managing to
accomplish two actions by just doing one thing. The last one, to see eye to eye. This means
to agree on something, for example, my boss and I normally see eye to eye at work. My
boss and I normally agree on things at work. That’s it for this video, I hope it was
helpful, write down in the comments what your favourite idiom is and try and use them in
a sentence as well, if you like, pick ones from this video and practise using those too.
A big thank you to you, I’m humbled as always that you’ve even watched this far of my
video, thank you very much and I will see you next week, bye for now.