it's feeling a little bit chilly out it definitely is starting to feel like
autumn it's official we are in autumn but don't worry I've got your back my
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wellies and dig out your woollies because we are going to be learning ten
essential english autumn idioms now before we get into those must know
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whoa I'm feeling that chill let's get on with those essential autumn idioms
number 10 autumn years autumn years basically refers to the
later stages in your life so when your teeth are falling out you have a bad
back and you're complaining all the time of everything hurting so when you're
getting quite a bit older later in your life you can say you are in your autumn
years number 9 shaking like a leaf you would normally say that a person or an
animal is shaking like a leaf and it's normally when you're shaking because
you're cold you say you look cold you're shaking
like a leaf mer number eight that old chestnut that old chestnut basically
refers to a story or something you've heard over and over again and you're now
tired of hearing it so if I've told you a story many times
and you're bored of hearing it and I start to speak you might say Oh Anna not
that old chestnut again seven to drive someone nuts
if you drive someone nuts it means you irritate or annoy them it just drives me
nuts when people are constantly clicking their pen it drives me nuts
six what is that six Anna you need to learn to count Oh six under the weather
to be under the weather is to be unwell but we only ever really use this when
we're talking about a mild illness like a cough or a cold you'd say I'm feeling
a little bit under the weather I'm going to go a night
five to squirrel away in the same way that a squirrel would take nuts bury
them and store them until the winter months we can say that somebody is
squirreling away money or items and storing them for whatever it is the
winter maybe so I could say Jane was squirming away her money all summer
until she could afford a winter break for save it for a rainy day
this basically means keep it until you need it so if it's money then we'd
suggest don't spend it now wait until you are in need of the money perhaps for
an emergency for example save it for a rainy day
three turn over a new leaf to turn over a new leaf just means a new start a
fresh start so for example if I leave my job or I leave my relationship or a
friendship breaks down then you could say I'm going to turn over a new leaf
and start again start a new job get a new boyfriend and maybe make friends
with a person I've fallen out with or just move on and get a new friend will
you be my friend to take a leaf out of somebody else's book this means follow
the example of somebody else so if you're not very good at getting up in
the mornings maybe you would look at someone who is good at getting up in the
morning and find out what they do and how they inspire themselves to get up
and get going you will take a leaf out of their book
and finally number one it's raining cats and dogs during the autumn months we
tend to see a lot of rain here in the okay and so we will quite often say huh
it is raining cats and dogs today raining cats and dogs just means it's
raining very heavily so make sure you wear your raincoat or you take your
umbrella out with you so there you go the 10 essential autumn idioms which you
should definitely try to use over the next couple of weeks to make sure they
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