Ugh!
Not again!
Thank you!
Hi guys! It's me!
I'm here in sunny London
That's British sarcasm there
It's extremely cold today
But, I wanted to talk to you about some of the common British expressions
That I hear and use more or less every day.
So, let's get started!
So, the first one is 'All right?'
And this really means 'Hello, how are you?'
Some people get confused and think it means
Is everything ok?
Really, it's a very general question
It's a nice way of greeting somebody
So if you hear someone in the street say
'All right?' you can say 'Yeah, how are you?'
as a response
Ok, so the next one is 'I'm easy'
And this would be something you use when
somebody asks you to make a decision
and you don't really mind
Would you prefer Italian or Chinese food tonight?
mm...I'm easy
It means 'I don't really mind'
Ok, the next one is 'on about'
and this means 'talking about'
Ok? So if I say 'What's he on about?'
I'm really saying 'what's he talking about?'
Ok? It can be used quite negatively so if someones talking too much
You could say 'what's he on about!?'
So, my personal favourite of this list is
'Bob's your uncle!'
and this, if you're not familiar with the phrase,
may sound ridiculous, and it is!
Err...we're a little bit crazy here in the UK
But 'Bob's your uncle' is a phrase we use
to conclude a set of instructions
Like, for example, making a cup of tea!
You need to boil the water,
You need to add it to a cup
You need to add a tea bag
You need to let it brew
You then need to take the teabag out
and then add some milk
and sugar to taste
and then...
Bob's your uncle! You've made a cup of tea!
Ok so this last one 'easy peasy'
is something I used to say quite a lot when I was a child
But I might still say it every now and again
now
This mean's that something is really easy
The full rhyme is 'easy peasy lemon squeezy'
I don't recommend that you use this phrase in a job interview
But, for general fun and general conversation
It's absolutely fine.
So, how was the exam?
It was easy peasy!
And then if you really want to go for it..
It was easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
Thank you for watching this short and fun little lesson today
Try and use these phrases that I've taught you
At some point today and
see the kinds of reactions that you'll get from your English teachers!
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