Idioms are cool and idioms are funny too and if you want to sound like an
advanced speaker of English you need to be able to use them so I'm going to show
you today how to use whether idioms
I'm Deirdre Nicholas from palm tree teaching TV teacher speaker and your
personal English language coach now idioms are those little English
expressions that we use all the time in everyday speaking they're pretty special
too because the meaning of the idiom is different from the meaning of each word
so you have to learn them but trust me they are really worth it now they make
you sound like an advanced speaker of English and they're also one of the
quickest ways to build your vocabulary and boost your English level so we're
here today in the South of England by the sea and in the forest and it's a
beautiful day so I wanted to share some really lovely weather idioms with you so
I'm gonna share with you seven of my very favorite idioms about that great
British subject the weather now we use weather idioms a lot in Britain because
we're always talking about the weather it changes all the time so we have a lot
to talk about of course but how do you know which idioms to use well I'm here
to help you and here's my recommendations so I hope you enjoy it
so to kick off here's my first idiom number one to brighten up the day to
brighten up your day means that something makes your day more pleasant
and more enjoyable it's something that happens which makes you feel more
positive and happy all day long so in a sentence it would be finding a ten pound
note on the ground all the way to work really brightened up my day
you can use it about people too so my friend Jane is always so positive when I
see her she always brightens up my day idiom number two come rain
now this is used for saying that something always happens no matter what
and literally no matter what the weather is like it always happens so for example
I listen to music every day come rain or shine or my friend always goes for a run
every morning come rain or shine oh and before I share my next idiom I want you
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now for my third idiom snowed under now this is a great way of telling people
that you're incredibly busy with no time and you're overwhelmed with things to do
and of course it comes from the image of being stuck under a heavy snowfall or
under snow in bad weather and you can't get out and you can use snowed under
like this I'd love to come out for dinner tonight
but I'm snowed under with work at the office or my friend is snowed under at
the moment because she's about to take her exams so idiom number four to get
wind of my fourth idiom is to get wind of something the origin of this idiom is
when an animal smells something on the wind this usually refers to hearing
information about something which really should be a secret or to hear a rumor so
for example she got wind of the surprise party that her friends were organizing
for her or maybe you could say to a child if your mother gets wind of how
naughty you've been she'll be very angry number five break the ice now breaking
the ice is something you do when you meet strangers perhaps a gathering or at
a party it's really when you do or say something to create a more friendly and
relaxed atmosphere or to reduce shyness so for example Peter is good at breaking
the ice he always knows what to say to people to put them at their ease it
could also mean you're trying to get friendly with someone so he tried to
break the ice with her but she was very cold towards him so she wasn't friendly
at all now another one about ice but with a very different meaning is tip of
the iceberg if something's the tip of the iceberg is just a very small part of
a very large problem or a very serious situation so it's just like an iceberg
really you only see the top of something which is much bigger
underneath you could use it like this these problems I've told you about with
my class are just the tip of the iceberg there's a lot more you don't know about
now my final idiom is calm before the storm this is quite an obvious meaning
it means a quiet period before some trouble or even violence so on the news
you might hear the country is quite peaceful now but this may be the calm
before the storm so there you are you've experienced all sorts of weather from
bright sunny days to rain through snow wind ice and storms and I hope you've
enjoyed it now I have lots of other videos that I've made for you on my
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