hi everyone welcome to today's lesson
i'm arnell
today we're gonna look at eight great
idioms you can use in your conversations
so
are today's idioms formal or
informal they're neutral you can use
them in any conversation
this can be with family friends or even
at work or school
let's start with
number one
okay i work from home
which is nice but
i'm always in the same place
same house
same office
same computer
same same
same
i need a change of scenery
a change of scenery
definition you go to a different place
because you are tired of the same place
what is scenery
scenery
is like a view
kind of like this picture a landscape
this is beautiful but sometimes we need
a change i usually work at home but
sometimes i go to a cafe for change of
scenery
because of this coveted pandemic and all
the lockdowns i think we could all use a
change of scenery
you know a change of scenery would
do me good
number two
do someone good
definition
something has a positive effect on a
person
a change of scenery would do me good
we often use this idiom with some or a
lot of going for a walk would do you
some good
joining the army did jonathan a lot of
good he became more mature and
disciplined
right
so i booked a mini weekend getaway
i booked my hotel
i booked my rental car
and i bought travel insurance
i honestly don't think i need travel
insurance i'm only going to be gone for
two days
but it gives me peace
of mind
it gives me peace of mind
definition you are relaxed because you
don't need to worry
you can really think about it like your
mind
is
at peace
i just installed a security camera
outside my front door
oh does something happen
no it's just for peace of mind
i feel better if there's a camera there
what kind of things in life do we do for
peace of mind
um people buy insurance
people save money
or
they do things like arrive really early
for a train or a flight
how was your trip
it was okay
it was good but
you know i think i'm bored
i'm tired of everything
i want to feel
better i want to feel
healthier
you could stop drinking so much coffee
no
you could join a gym
that is the last thing i want to do
number four the last thing i want the
last thing i need
definition i definitely don't want or
need this
joining a gym is the last thing i want
to do
hey if you complete this 100 question
survey you might win 100
the last thing i need right now is more
work i definitely don't want to do this
end position
front position both
are fine
i have an appointment at 4 with joanne
she's the last person i want to see
so we can say something is the last
thing i want or need
or someone is the last person i want to
see
to talk to to have dinner with
right back to joining a gym
i should bite the bullet and do it
bite the bullet
number five
this is a bullet
do you think biting a bullet is easy or
difficult
and difficult is it pleasant or
unpleasant
definition
you do something
unpleasant
because it's necessary
i should bite the bullet and join a gym
i don't want to do that but
it would be good for me
in life when do we need to bite the
bullet
number one when we have to pay for
something we don't want to pay for
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that accident was obviously not my fault
you saw the mole
but i bit the bullet and i agreed to pay
for a new mailbox
number two
when we have to do something that scares
us
i hate making phone calls in english
just bite the bullet and do it you have
to speak to a doctor
or number three
when we have to apologize to someone and
we don't want to
i know you don't like bruce
but you should probably bite the bullet
and say sorry
you have an interview tomorrow right
yeah
i do
thank you
what was the name of the last company
you worked for
oh um
oh
oh no
oh what's the name of the company oh
come on i worked there for five years
i can't believe my mind's gone blank
oh come on come on
i'll say something
say something say anything say something
could you repeat the question please
next idiom
your mind goes blank definition you
completely forget everything
in that moment it's like poof your brain
stops working
it was so embarrassing my mind went
blank in the middle of my speech
some of my students say this to me
whenever i try to speak english my mind
goes blank
okay so i asked the interviewer to
repeat the question
of course what was the name of the last
company you worked for
well i worked there for five years and
um
the name of the company it's um
it's on the tip of my tongue
um
number seven something is on the tip of
your tongue
that's a tongue and there's the tip
tongue
not tongue
you definition you know a word or a name
but you just can't say it it's on the
tip of your tongue
who's this
oh i know her oh she ah she was a really
famous hollywood star like a hundred
years ago
oh her name it's it's on the tip of my
tongue um
that's mary pickford
okay this idiom tells the listener that
you know something
but you just can't say it
interview
done
and we have one more idiom to go
idiom number eight needs
a little bit of an introduction
maybe you've seen those clips on youtube
called um
celebrating too soon or celebrating too
early for example you might see
a cyclist
oh he thinks he's one
ah he celebrated too soon
we don't want to celebrate too soon
and we don't want to speak too soon
i don't want to speak too soon but
i think i got the job
definition
you feel something good is going to
happen
but you're not 100 sure
you want to be a little bit careful
how are sales this month
i don't want to speak too soon but i
think this could be our best month ever
do i know this is going to be our best
month ever
no but i have a good feeling about it
we can also say i spoke too soon
notice the past simple
we say this
after something negative happens
maybe after we celebrated too soon
for example
today's weather is perfect nothing's
going to ruin my day
ah
i spoke too soon
or maybe you have a baby
and you finally put the baby to bed
husband
finally some peace and quiet
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i spoke too soon
okay there we have it
do you have any of these idioms in your
language let me know in the comments
below
and can you try to write me a mini
conversation using at least three three
of today's idioms
thank you so much for watching i can't
wait to make another video for you thank
you bye
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