will you stop dilly dallying want to
grab a coffee over my dead body how come
oh god i really ballsed up in the
meeting today
if you want to know what these
expressions mean if you want to sound
more natural native in english then this
lesson might just be the thing you need
in today's lesson i will be looking at
basic standard english nothing wrong
with it it's fine but it is a little bit
boring but more importantly it's not
often the way native speakers truly
speak
so whether you are coming to the uk
whether you've got friends that are
native and you want to impress them or
if you really want to understand the
language and culture then these
expressions idioms and phrases are going
to help
we've got around about over 50
expressions for you and they are in
replacement of the more basic ones that
of course you know you learn in
textbooks in your classroom but unless
you really live and breathe the culture
and the language you might not have
heard these expressions before
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number one no ways to say no importantly
politely you want to say i'm afraid i'm
afraid not i'm afraid i can't this is
much more softer in saying no i'm afraid
i can't make the party
and often in emails more formal english
it's a great way to basically decline an
offer perfectly acceptable and natural
as well in spoken english we also have
the idiom over my dead body when you're
saying no often to perhaps a request or
an expectation someone wants you to do
something over my dead body am i going
to call him no i'm not idiomatic of
course
so we're not actually saying i have to
be dead before i do that but we're
saying
absolutely not it's a big no from me
and of course if you want to be a little
bit more
polite you might just say it's not
really my thing if someone's inviting
you to go
ice skating that's a nice offer but it's
not really my thing i'm afraid see you
can add i'm afraid there too it's not
really my thing basically
no i don't want to do it and number two
yes
of course there are many more ways that
you can say yes to something you could
say yeah
first of all but you could also say
i would jump at the chance so when
someone gives you an opportunity would
you like to come to winter wonderland
with me
wow i would jump at the chance to do
that meaning i'd love to i really want
to
often we'd say i'd jump at the chance i
would and it's a little bit more
hypothetical so it might be if i had the
opportunity i would say yes
oh i would jump at the chance to go out
with oh who's hot at the moment in the
cinema i don't know
i'm too old for this i would say george
clooney or brad pitt but we know that
they're a little bit old um
oh what's the one sabra likes oh i can't
remember his name jake gyllenhaal yes no
it's not it's someone else anyway you
get the idea i would jump at the chance
to go out with jake gyllenhaal meaning i
would definitely do this yes
you could also use the expression how
could i say no to that
would you like to come out for dinner
with me well how could i say no to that
what a wonderful offer yes yes yes i'd
love to go out for dinner with you
get
get is a rather boring verb it has
multiple meanings it's very useful it's
often used however often when it comes
to getting in terms of obtaining like
would you like to get a coffee we might
say grab grab is often used when we talk
about grasping something grab
but
would you like to grab a coffee a very
common expression that we would use in
english it's colloquial it's spoken
could also be in a text message in
informal english written in formal
english so yeah
do you want to grab a coffee
wait
nothing wrong with it but it can sound a
bit direct i like a bit of an order so
you might use the phrasal verb can you
hang on
hang on a minute meaning wait you could
also use the idiom hold your horses you
don't need to hold any horses but
essentially you're saying slow down
perhaps somebody is getting a bit
carried away and you might say come on
hold your horses wait let's see what her
answer is
hold your horses i'll be ready in a
minute i'm just going to put some
lipstick on
so wait
slow down importantly you might also
tell someone oh can you give me a sec
give me give me
give me a sec
so instead of saying wait give me a sec
i'll be there in a minute likewise if
you tell someone to hurry up hurry up
can be quite strong so you could use the
very fun expression
dilly dally don't dilly dally don't
waste time
hurry up or stop dilly dallying
you could also use the phrasal verb to
faff faff around or faff about
are you still faffing about really i've
been waiting 10 minutes we're going to
be late
so some great alternatives there to
hurry up
why
nothing wrong with it why
but we might say how come it often
sounds a little bit softer as well
oh if you broke up with your boyfriend
how come
why can sound a little bit intrusive too
much of a strong question word but how
come a little bit softer and gentler
you're inviting somebody to give you a
reason why
can you help me can you help me again
fine perfectly correct english
but often we would use
would you mind giving me a hand or could
you give me a hand
a nice colloquial way to say please help
now i used this a little bit earlier
fancy this is a word a verb that i have
often taught you guys and i had to put
it in here fancy is want oh i really
fancy a coffee
do you fancy grabbing a coffee
would you like to do you want
perfectly
native english
what's wrong
or
what's up you seem a bit down
what's up you seem a bit down meaning
low in your mood
so instead of what's wrong
what's up number 10 i haven't seen you
in ages
so great to see you
or
long time no see
how are things going long time no see i
haven't seen you in ages
oh i said the wrong thing
i really put my foot in it i really put
my foot in it a great idiomatic
expression when you say something really
stupid
oh i asked when the baby was due i
really put my foot in it because she's
not pregnant at all she's just put on a
bit of weight number 12 to make a
mistake you can say that you messed up
a little bit ruder ballsed up
ruder than that screwed up or worst of
all
cocked up
oh my goodness i cocked up the dinner it
really is a disaster it tastes like feet
so when you make a mistake be careful
cocked up ballsed up
and even screwed up do sound a little
bit vulgar in a sense so
try to use them mainly with friends not
in a situation that might be more formal
you could just use messed up i don't
know
i don't know the answer i haven't got
the foggiest i haven't got a clue or
beats me do you know where sarah is
sorry i haven't got the foggiest
beats me
you have to decide you have to decide or
you need to make up your mind you have
to make up your mind you have to make up
your mind do you want to be with him a
lot if not just break up with him
i really don't mind i really don't mind
now be careful do not use i don't care
this is actually very dismissive that
you
not interested you don't give a crap
really excuse my english so don't say i
don't care you can say
i'm easy i'm easy
do you want chinese takeaway or perhaps
indian
i'm easy not bothered really
i'm not fast i'm not fast i'm not
bothered or i'm easy meaning
whichever i'm quite relaxed about either
choice
i don't understand i really don't
understand or better more natural and
native
i don't get it i don't get it
i don't get it i took the exam but
i've got this essay question but i
really don't get it
help
could you give me a hand i understand
there's that verb again get
i get it i get it i get you meaning i
understand your situation or even
fair enough if someone has an
explanation for example i can't come to
the party tonight because i can't get a
babysitter you might say i understand or
fair enough meaning your explanation is
understandable
i get it i i empathize i understand you
i'm listening to you
meaning i'm ready to hear whatever
problems you've got and hopefully help
you could use i'm all ears now you're
obviously not all ears because usually
we have just two but if you say i'm all
ears you are listening attentively i'll
pay the bill i'll pay the bill or
it's on me
it's on me come on dinner is on me
tonight let me get this let me get this
my shout come on you treated me last
time it's my shout i'm paying i don't
have any money i don't have any money oh
my goodness i am skint
broke
even you could say brassic
these are all quite informal slang
expressions you could also use hard up
i'm a bit hard up this month i need to
make sure i save better next month
that's expensive
now if you think something is too
expensive and not value for money you
could use rip-off it was a complete
rip-off the concert was a rubbish
or you could use it cost an arm and a
leg it cost an arm and a leg it was so
expensive i'll keep your secret
or
mum's the word
don't worry i won't tell him the
christmas present you bought him
mum's the word i fell asleep i fell
asleep on the train or i nodded off or i
dozed off this implies that you fell
asleep for a shorter period of time
unintentionally i nodded off i dozed off
on the train on the way home and missed
my stop
i'll call you later i'll call you later
or more native
i'll give you a bell i'll give you a
belt tonight and we can work out the
plans for tomorrow it's not difficult or
it's really not rocket science
you just need to follow the recipe
it's not rocket science that was easy
that was easy or that was a piece of
cake the exam ugh a piece of cake no
problem at all i'm sure i've passed i'm
just going to the shops i'm just going
to the shops to go somewhere when it's a
short period of time and you're going to
come back quickly you can use the verb
to pop i'm just popping to the shops do
we need anything do we need milk sugar
i'm popping to the shops you can pop
anywhere really if you're going
somewhere a short distance for a short
period of time
oh i'm tired i'm gonna go home
or
i'm gonna head off i'm gonna head off
meaning i'm going to leave
you can say i'm gonna head home or head
off you could also say i'm gonna take
off you're not an airplane obviously but
it's essentially saying look i'm really
tired now i'm gonna take off if you
don't mind i'm gonna leave or even i'm
gonna hit the road i'm gonna hit the
road you're not hitting the road you're
obviously referring to getting in your
car and driving away and finally
are you serious are you serious now in
american english you often hear them use
are you for real are you for real are
you serious or
commonly i would more likely use are you
kidding me are you kidding me to kid is
to joke so so you can see the comparison
are you kidding me are you serious
or the idiom are you pulling my leg i'll
stop pulling my leg if you think
someone's pulling your leg they're not
literally pulling your leg you think
that they're joking that they're not
actually being serious with something
they've told you you lost your job
are you pulling my leg
seriously
wow i am so sorry to hear that
and there we have it some really useful
expressions phrases and idioms for you
that you can use in daily english daily
life regularly expressions that you will
hear natives use
do try and comment below and use some of
those expressions in an example and of
course don't forget you can always share
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and idioms with everybody else comment
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