hi my name is rebecca from engvid comm
in today's lesson we're going to learn
six idioms that have to do with dreams
all right now what is an idiom you
probably know but just to review an
idiom is a combination of words that
together mean something different than
the words mean individually all right so
let's understand what these idioms are
you need to be able to understand idioms
because people use them quite often and
in conversation and also in writing but
remember the rule about idioms is don't
actually use it unless you're really
sure how to use it because otherwise it
sounds a bit silly but it's still
important to know them and to understand
them and maybe at some point to get to
the stage where you can actually use
them in your own conversation which I
hope you'll be able to do soon let's get
started first one it was a dream come
true now what I've done it in all of
these is to use them in a sample
sentence a sample sentence which doesn't
necessarily give away the answer but
let's see if you can figure it out what
is the dream come true a dream come true
is when something is so perfect so
beautiful so amazing we say oh it was a
dream come true
for example how was your vacation Wow
amazing it was a dream come true
I loved it okay so it's like a good
dream that actually happens but we can't
analyze it that way you just need to
understand that the expression a dream
comes true means that something was
amazing
next I wouldn't dream of it
what does that mean I wouldn't dream of
it well this means that something is so
silly or improper that I would never do
that
so I wouldn't dream of it means I would
never do that I would never do such a
thing
okay for example if somebody says oh are
you going to always be my friend or are
you gonna stop being my friend when I'm
not so rich
oh no I will always be your friend
I wouldn't dream of not being your
friend I really care about you
something like that okay next one it was
like a dream again this is a
complementary positive kind of idiom how
was your vacation it was like a dream
okay
which means perfect wonderful great
usually dreams symbolize something
strong and positive when they're in
idioms we do have another idiom as like
a nightmare a nightmare of course is a
very bad dream so that's when everything
goes wrong you can say my holiday was
like a nightmare that's different but
now this was a good holiday so I say it
was like a dream next is an expression
which is a little bit sarcastic
sometimes someone says to somebody in
your dreams
when does that happen or dream on let's
say that two friends two good friends
are driving through a very expensive
neighborhood and they looking at these
amazing mansions and huge houses that
are on both sides and one of them says
wow I'd like to have a mansion like that
I'd like to be living in a house like
that and the other friend says to him
dream on or in your dreams which means
yeah really it's just a fantasy I don't
think it's really going to happen okay
he's not being mean he's just being a
little bit sarcastic and that's how we
use something like that or if someone
says oh what an amazing actor he is I
wish I could date him so the other girl
says oh he
in your dreams really okay that's an
example of how we use something like
that a little bit we're joking with
people we're not trying to be mean okay
next it was beyond my wildest dreams
again this is like it was like a dream
but this is even more so it was more
than beyond means more than my wildest
dreams my most crazy dreams my most
imaginative dreams it was beyond my
wildest dreams what could be beyond your
wildest dreams
I don't know anything your wedding day
maybe you had always dreamt of something
beautiful and your wedding day was
actually even more amazing than that so
you could say it was beyond my wildest
dreams all right and the last one is
I've left a blank here and you'll see
why it's a dream something so that you
could say for example it's a dream car
it's a dream computer it's a dream house
right it's a dream vacation so here you
put in whatever it is you're talking
about and what it means if you said it's
a dream computer means it's an amazing
computer it's a fantastic computer you
love it you think it's great so then you
say it's a dream something directly
without saying it's like a dream you
just say it's a dream computer it's a
dream holiday or it's a dream job all
right all right so here are some idioms
about dreams let's see if you remember
them very quickly let's review I
wouldn't dream of it means what I would
never do that how do you say oh really
you know maybe in your fantasy but I
don't think it's actually going to
happen how do you say that in your
dreams or dream on not both okay
one of them if I say it's a dream hotel
what does that mean well it was an
amazing hotel right if you want to say
that something was really amazingly
wonderful you
would say it was a dream come true and
another way to say that it was like a
dream a little bit less enthusiastic but
still very nice and it was beyond my
wildest dreams means amazingly fantastic
all right so a lot of them as you can
see are really positive this depends on
degree how positive so if you'd like to
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