Hey, in order for you an English learner to speak English like a
native English speaker, you must learn how to use English idioms properly.
And that's exactly why I created today's lesson for you in this lesson, I'm
going to teach you five English, idioms.
You must know, are you.
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Here we go.
Idiom.
Number one, to come to a head.
Good after me to come to a head.
Excellent.
Last time after me to come to a head.
Great job.
Now, this just means to reach a crisis.
So think about it like this.
Imagine there was a man and a woman, they fell in love and
they decided to get married.
And in the very beginning ever read thing was wonderful.
They were happy every day they woke up smiling, but suddenly
things started to change.
They started to argue.
They started to avoid each other and they started to really hate each other.
But you see, when the wife found out that her husband had cheated on her,
things came to a head, they argued, they fought and she said, I want a divorce.
Things came to a head when she found out that her husband had
cheated on her, you caught it.
Right.
Okay.
Again, reached a crisis.
She mentioned divorce.
So let me give you an example sentence.
Here we go.
Things haven't been good between us for a while.
And this incident made everything come to a head just like in this
story with the husband and wife.
Things came to a head.
Here's another example, sentence.
The situation finally came to a head when she failed to show up to
school, reached a crisis and sentence.
Number three, a situation came to a head when the workers went out on strike.
When the workers went out on strike, it reached.
The crisis level in English, we say to come to a head, make sense, right.
Again, try to use the idiom today.
At least one time.
Here we go.
Now, any of them, number two, turn a deaf ear.
No, after me turn a deaf ear.
Excellent.
Again, turn a deaf ear.
Good job.
Now, this just means to refuse to listen or respond to a
statement or request in English.
We say, turn a deaf ear.
Think about it like this.
There is a story that is told to children, and the story is
called the boy that cried Wolf.
Now in this story, this little boy, every day, he would say there's a Wolf coming.
There's a Wolf.
And everyone in the village where he lived would get scared and say, oh
no, save the sheep, save the animals.
And then they went here, the little boy laughing, just kidding.
He was lying.
And the boy continued to do this day after day after day.
So after a while, the people of the village realized that the boy was just
lying until one day a Wolf actually did.
The Wolf was attacking the sheep and the little boy ran to the talent,
said, oh, Wolf, there's a Wolf.
He's attacking the sheep.
But instead of listening to him, all of the towns, people turned a deaf
ear to the little boys warnings.
Why?
Because he had lied so many times before they refused to listen.
This.
Makes sense.
Right?
So let me give you another example sentence that will help you
understand this idiom even more.
Here we go.
He turned a deaf ear to all appeals.
He turned a deaf ear.
Remember deaf means someone who is unable to hear.
So turning a deaf ear means you're not going to listen.
Next.
The factory owners turned a deaf ear to the demands of the workers.
They didn't want to live.
Sentence number three, she turned a deaf ear to her husband's
advice and took the job anyway.
She didn't listen to her husband.
She turned a deaf ear to, so again, this idiot it didn't.
Number two, you must understand this idiom to turn a deaf ear.
Now let's move on to idiom.
Number three, idiom.
Number three is turn the clock back.
Turn the clock back.
Now, this just means to return to a situation that used to exist to turn
to a situation that used to exist.
And now, to give you an example so that you can understand this
better, I am about to be 40 years.
And I still feel good, but I don't feel as good as I did when I was in my twenties.
And I remember being in my twenties, I used to run five miles a day.
I remember getting on the treadmill and just running for an hour.
Like it was nothing I could talk to people while watching TV.
Everything was good.
I was able to do it because I was in good shape.
No, I'm in good shape now, but not like when I was in my twenties.
So sometimes I would like to turn the clock back to have
my 20 year old body back.
You got it right.
Maybe you've experienced the same thing.
You remember when you were in high school or college and you're like, Ooh.
Now, every once in a while you have a cough, maybe your head hurts.
Maybe your body aches things aren't like they used to be.
But if you could just go back in time when you were younger and turn
the clock back, you got it right.
Again, to return to a situation that used to exist.
So let's check out the first examples.
In some ways we wish we could turn the clock back for a moment, just for a
moment to go back in time, max sentence.
If I could turn the clock back and do things differently, I would think about
a situation that happened in your past and you regret what you did or what
you said, you, in that situation, you would wish to turn the clock back and
you change what you did or what you.
And sentence number three.
I wish I could turn the clock back to when I was a kid and
didn't have any responsibilities, no bills, nothing to worry.
Turn the clock back.
Make sense?
Right.
All right.
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Now it M number four, it M number four is to twist someone's arm.
Say it after me, twist someone's arm.
Excellent last time after me twist someone's arm.
Great job.
Now, this just means to persuade someone to do something that they
are or might be reluctant to do.
We say you're twisting their arm.
Now.
Sometimes parents.
When they want their children to do their homework, the children complain.
I don't want to do my homework.
I just want to watch TV or I want to play on my phone.
They don't want to do their homework.
So sometimes parents have to twist their children's arms.
Listen, if you do your home.
I'll buy you ice cream.
Now this is not my method, but sometimes parents do this.
They have to twist their child's arm.
Again, persuade them to do something it's not a physical twisting, but this
idiom just means to persuade someone to do something like a parent may try to
persuade his or her child to do something.
Here's an example, since it's right here, the first example, sentence.
I've twisted his arm and he'll get you some tickets.
I did it.
He's going to do it for you now.
I've twisted his arm next.
My wife, my wife, really, she really had to twist my arm to
get me to apologize to my boss.
I didn't want to do it, but my wife twisted my arm to
get me to apologize to my.
Number three, I wasn't going to come, but George, he twisted my arm.
You get it right.
I'm showing you through body language and my facial expressions, how
we use this in real life, because I want you to use it as well.
Again, twist someone's arm.
Now let's check out idiom number five, another important.
Wear several hats.
Good.
Again, wear several hats.
Excellent.
Last time wear several hats.
Good job.
Now, this just means to have many jobs or roles again, to have many jobs or roles.
And this reminds me of when I lived in South Korea, again, I
lived there for about 10 years.
I was a missionary English teacher.
Loved it, loved my students.
I loved it.
Now when I was there initially, I was just a teacher, but as time went
on, I was asked to be a manager.
So I was an English teacher.
And then I was a manager.
Now as a manager, I had to manage the teachers.
I had to, uh, give them duties and give them.
And then I was also studying Korean.
So as a Korean English learner, Korean learner, sometimes I had to be in
charge of my group, my study group.
So I was a teacher.
I was a manager and also I was a group leader.
I was wearing many hats.
I had many different responsibility.
You got it right.
Again, wear several hats.
You can also say wear many hats.
Now here's the first example sentence.
I want you to take a look at the first one is our editorial
assistant left the company.
So I've been wearing several hats, many different duties or
responsibilities, sentence number two.
I work from home.
So I'm able to wear several hats.
I'm able to do many different things and sentence number three, after he left.
She had to wear several hats.
Again, she had to do many different things in English.
We say wear several hats.
Make sense right now.
I really hope you enjoy today's lesson.
Remember use the idioms you learn today.
They will help you sound more like a native English speaker.
Now I'll talk to you next time, but as always remember to speak English.
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