Eat Sleep Dreamers what's going on? How are you? I am in Berlin, Germany. I've been
brought here by Lingoda for their Follow Languages Day event. It's been amazing! I've met so
many incredible English teachers, German teachers, other language teachers, and I thought what'd
be really cool, is if they could teach you their favorite English phrases. Let's do this.
Eat Sleep Dreamers, I have been joined by Lina. Lina, what is your channel called?
- "Lina Vasquez", or "The Busy Linguist".
- Okay, and you are from Australia?
- I am a mix of Latvian-Australian, with a Peruvian father.
- Wow!
- There you go.
- Crazy combination! Now what is your favorite English phrase?
- Alright, this might be. I mean it's a bit rude. Us Australians are known for being a
bit vulgar.
- Yeah!
- "Sh*t's about to hit the fan" When you know that something is about to go wrong.
- Yeah.
- The "S" stuff is about to hit the fan.
- Oh that's brilliant!
- For example, you know that you have. Well, something that I did as a teenager; I crashed
my Dad's car, and I was like "Oh my God! Sh*t's about to hit the fan"
- That's perfect! 'cause you know he's gonna explode at you.
- Yes, it's in that interim phase, of you know something's about to go down; either
there's gonna be huge consequences for something, but it's not there yet, so you're like! Yeah,
the suspense!
- The anticipation of it. Oh that is brilliant. Sh*t's about to hit the fan. Thank you very much
Lina.
- Thank you!
- Guys go check out her channel. I'll put it in the link below Okay, my next phase is
"Out out". Now that might seem a bit strange to you guys, but let's put it into context.
So, if I was talking about going out for a night, I would say "I'm not going out. I'm
going out out". Now, what does that mean? Well, it's kind of an exaggerated form. It
means that you're not just having one or two drinks, you're having a big night! This is
the big version, right? So, I'm going out out. So I'm going to a pub, a club, I'm doing
it big time! I'm doing it big style! Now that's the most common use of this "Out out". I've
heard people say "I'm staying in in", like not just that I'm staying in, but I'm staying
in in, like I'm really staying in! I was in a shop recently, and this shop assistant gave
me a small bag, and she said "Do you want a bag bag?", and I was like "What?". She was
like "You know, do you want a bag bag? Do you want like a proper bag? A big bag.". I've
never heard that used before. So people play with this phrase quite a lot, but the one
"out out" is really good. So, "Are you guys going out?" "Yeah we're going out out, like
we're going out big time!". Okay, our next special phrase, "On paper". Now this means
"In theory", not "In reality". So there's a TV show called Love Island, in which contestants
have to find love. Now they often say to each other, "Oh you're my type on paper!", like
"In theory, you are my type. I like your criteria; you're tall, you're good looking.", whatever.
But maybe in reality, it's a different story. Let's think of another context, like a plan!
Okay, so you're planning something. You say, "Okay our plan, it looks good on paper.",
but maybe in reality, it doesn't work. Something is wrong; maybe you got the time wrong, or
it's raining or whatever. If something is on paper, it means in theory, but the reality
can be different. Eat Sleep Dreamer's! Look who I've been joined by! It is Phillip from
Amigos Ingleses.
- How's it going? Hola!
- Thanks so much for joining us. Phillip, what is your favorite English phrase?
- Well I wouldn't say it's my favorite phrase, but it's a phrase that I used this morning
'cause I got in a taxi, and the taxi driver was driving quite fast, and aggressively.
I started to feel "a bit iffy".
- Ooh Iffy! Now what does that mean, how do we describe that?
- So it just means that you're not feeling yourself. You're starting to feel a bit sick,
a bit strange.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah! It's kinda similar to dodgy, right? Like "I feel a bit dodgy". Yeah
but "Iffy" is really nice, yeah! "I feel a bit unwell." Maybe?
- Yes, yeah, yeah!
- Did you find a solution for your "iffy-ness"?
- Well I almost had to tell the driver to slow down, and stop accelerating so much,
but then he stopped, so I got out, and once I walked for a bit, I started to feel myself
again, but I was feeling a bit "iffy".
- Nice, Nice! Phillip, thank you very much! I appreciate it!
- You're welcome!
- All right here's another great phrase! "Spitting image". If someone is a "spitting image" of
someone else, they look exactly like them, right? So, you could say "Oh my Dad is a spitting
image of a football player called David Seaman!", right? That means he looks exactly like him.
So to be a "spitting image", you have to look exactly like someone else. I guess another
way to say that would be to be "Doppelganger". It's a German word; a "Doppelganger". So "My
Dad is a doppelganger for David Seaman", "He looks exactly like David Seaman". Hmm! It's
a nice one; a "doppelganger" or a "spitting image"! So who are you a spitting image of?
Let me know! Which famous person are you a spitting image of? Okay guys, this is brilliant!
It's a super informal way to show that you are annoyed or angry about something! "'Something'
is a joke". Right, so you could say like, "Ugh, this traffic is a joke!". That means
you are annoyed with it, it's frustrating you, whatever it might be. If you're a football
fan, and a player has played really badly, you could say, "Oh his performance was a joke!",
like "It was terrible! I'm really annoyed about it!". So good, so put "anything" and
then "it is a joke", or "it was a joke" - brilliant! And very informal! Yes Eat Sleep Dreamer's!
Here we have Harry from "Real English with Real Teachers".
- Hi!
- What's your favorite phrase?
- My favorite phrase Tom, and Eat Sleep Dreamer's, is "Lippy"!
- Yes!
- "To get a bit lippy"
- What does it mean?
- It means you get a bit verbally aggressive.
- Okay!
- Maybe you're speaking out of turn. Maybe you're saying the wrong things at the wrong
time; which I do a lot!
- Yes! I think about it with teachers. I remember teachers being like, you know, maybe you're
being a bit cheeky to them they'd be like "Oi, don't get lippy!", like that kind of
situation.
- I can imagine your teachers saying that to you.
- Yeah they might've said it, sometimes!
- "Tom, don't get lippy!" And maybe in the pub, sometimes after a few drinks, people
get a bit lippy!
- That's true!
- You know, you've had two pints, you've got a bit over excited, and you've said something
bad.
- Perfect!
- So don't get lippy, be nice!
- Thank you Harry!
- You're welcome!
- This is another great one! "Whatshisface", "Whatshisface". Now this needs context. So,
the other day I saw a famous TV presenter, here in Berlin; he was filming. Now I know
that his first name was Greg, but I didn't know his second name. So when I sent the video
to my friends of who it was, I said "Oh it's Greg Whatshisface!", because I couldn't remember
his surname. So we use "Whatshisface" to replace the name of someone, when we can't remember
it. "Oh it was Greg Whatshisface! Aw, I can't remember". I guess it's another way to say
like "Whatshisname", "Oh it's Greg Whatshisname! Aw, you know, like, aw what's his name? Greg,
Greg, Greg Whatshisface!" In the end, I remembered what it was; it was Greg. No I can't remember!
Okay, my next phrase is "Yay big". "Yay big", what does that mean? Well, it's a really useful
phrase to show someone the size of something. Now, it's not an exact way to show them; it's
not a precise measurement, but you use your hands and you say "Oh, it was yay big". So
for example, if I was showing you the size of a cat, I would say, "Oh it was about yay
big". I need two hands to do this, but I've only got one at the moment. Or if I was to
show you the height of a wall, "It was yay big", right? "It was this big.". So it's a
really fantastic way to show someone the size of something; use your hands, "It was yay
big". Alright, our next phrase is "To get round to doing something". Now this is where
you have an intention to do something, but you haven't done it yet. Now maybe it's because
you haven't had time, or you're just a bit lazy; it could be lots of different reasons.
So, maybe your mum asks you, "Have you cleaned your room?. "Aw look I haven't got round to
it yet", like, "I know I will do it, I intend to do it, but I haven't done it yet.". So
to get round to doing something. So yeah, a really nice little phrase; "To get round
to doing something". Okay our next phrase is "To give me a shout". If someone says to
you "Oh give me a shout", then they're asking you to let them know when you've done something.
So, in an office you might say, "Give me a shout when you've finished the e-mail", right?
"Give me a shout when you've finished the e-mail". "Tell me when you've finished the
e-mail". You might use it yourself; you might say, "Oh I'll give you a shout when I'm done",
"I'll give you a shout when I'm done". Like, "I will tell you when I am done". So this
is a really nice informal way to say to someone that you'll tell them something, or ask them
to tell you when they've done something. So yeah, a super cool phrase to use informally.
What a day it's been in Berlin! I hope you guys have enjoyed that! I hope you enjoyed
meeting all those fantastic YouTube Teachers as well. Guys if you've enjoyed it, please
give it a big thumbs up. Share it with anyone you know. This is Tom, the Chief Dreamer,
in Berlin saying "auf Wiedersehen".