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Well hello there, how are you? I'm okay, nothing new really happening in my life,
everything's just the same, everything's normal- oh my goodness is that an engagement
ring? - Yes it is. - I think it is! - We got engaged, hooray! Let's get on with the video!
- Today we are talking about idioms, I was thinking about some idioms I use all the time
because they must be pretty useful to learn right? So you are about to watch a little sketch from me
and my fiance Bez, now in this sketch there will be a lot of common idioms and phrases, see how
many you can spot and I will see you afterwards! - I hate first dates, I never know how to break the
ice. - You're doing great, so tell me about your job, what do you do? - I'm actually a slaughterer,
I kill chickens and turkeys for meat, you know I'm actually so good at my job that... sometimes I ...
I kill two birds with one stone! - Nice, well that explains the blood stains on your trousers then!
- Yeah yeah, of course...
- So, what are your hobbies? - Well I've recently started singing actually.
- Oh yeah?
- I've always wanted to take lessons and I thought,
better late than never! I've got to get this out of my system.
- Well that's fantastic, so where did you-
- I'm quite good actually. - Are you? - Yeah.
- Wonderful, well I'm-
- Can't read my, can't read my, no he can't read my Poker Face, she ain't gonna love nobody.
- Oh wow... wow that was um... that was... that was loud.
- Thank you
- Should we order? - Yes of course, sorry, time flies huh? - Flies... - Right, I think I'm gonna
have steak but the steak comes with tomatoes and I really don't like tomatoes so what I might do
if it comes with tomatoes I might put them on your plates but we'll cross that bridge
when we come to it. - I'm allergic to tomatoes. - Ooh! Speak of the devil, they've got tomato soup,
you can have that! - Good shout. - I was really nervous for tonight, you know,
I.. I had butterflies all day. - Really? - Yeah but then I went to the toilet and I felt right
as rain after that. - You know, you're being a bit a bit crude. - Oh, sorry, I'm just me,
and what you see is what you get baby. - I don't think this is going to work. - Hey hey,
don't leave yet, it ain't over till the fat lady sings! - What did you just call me? - No no I
didn't mean that- - Goodbye. - Wait, there's something that I need to get off my chest,
it's been weighing on my shoulders all evening and I just have to say it.
- What? - Do you want to buy any cryptocurrency? - And there you go, how many idioms did you spot?
And do you know what they all mean? If not, no worries, I'm here to help. The first common idiom
we heard was to break the ice, I never know how to break the ice, if you think, when you
meet a new person the atmosphere is normally very cold almost like there's ice covering everything,
when you break the ice you do or say something to make the atmosphere a lot more relaxed and warm
you make the conversation easier people feel more at ease you feel like you are with someone you
know rather than a stranger, to break the ice. The next idiom we heard was kind of morbid but
it's kind of a morbid idiom, to kill two birds with one stone, kill two birds with one stone,
all that means is to accomplish two tasks with one action. The next one we heard was better late than
never, better late than never, and that means exactly what it sounds like, it's better to do
it later rather than never at least you did it, at least you did it at some point rather than never
at all. Bez finally proposed to me, better late than never! And the next one was soon after that,
get it out of my system, I've got to get this out of my system, to get something out of your system
means you have a want to do something, you have a desire to do something, you want to say something,
you want to achieve something and you know you want to do it and you just need to 'ah' just
do it! I just need to do it so that I don't want to do it anymore. Now I wonder if you heard the
next one because it was within a song so when Bez was singing, can't read my, can't read my,
no he can't read my Poker Face by Lady Gaga. Poker Face, that's an idiom or phrase a poker face
is a face that you use for poker, no one can tell what your emotions are, you are completely blank,
you don't know if I'm happy if I'm sad if I'm confused because I have a great poker face, now
we don't only use this in the context of Poker you can use it anytime someone is not revealing their
true emotions. Next up we had time flies which is a shorter version of time flies when you're
having fun, sorry time flies huh, you will notice that natives rarely say the whole idiom here,
they rarely say time flies when you're having fun, most of the time they just say time flies and this
means time passes quickly when you are having fun. Then we had we'll cross that bridge when
we come to it, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, this means we will handle that problem
when we get there, it's not a problem right now so don't worry about it, if it becomes a problem
we will deal with it then, not now. Next up we had speak of the devil or the goat I don't know what
I'm trying to be here, speak of the devil they've got tomato soup you can have that! This is used
when you have just been speaking about someone or something, you've just been having a conversation
about them and then next thing you know they arrive or they appear! So, oh did you hear that
Darren just bought a new house? That's amazing, oh speak of the devil, Darren! He's here! Speak
of the devil. Next up, we had one that I probably use every single day, good shout. Good shout.
This is an alternative to good idea, and it's extremely common in the UK, possibly in the US I'm
not entirely sure but definitely in the UK we will say good shout sometimes instead of good idea,
good shout. Next up we had to have butterflies, I had butterflies all day, this is that feeling
in your stomach where it feels like it won't stop moving because you're nervous you're excited it
feels like there are little butterflies in your stomach, nervous, excited, that feeling. Next we
heard right as rain, yeah but then I went to the toilet and I felt right as rain after that, to
be right as rain it means you are healthy you are happy nothing is wrong with you you are normal you
are all good in perfect health. Then we had what you see is what you get, and what you see is what
you get baby, that simply means the way I appear is the way I truly am I'm not hiding anything I'm
not pretending to be anybody different, if you see someone who is very happy, I truly am very happy,
what you see is what you get. Next up we had it's not over till the fat lady sings or if you want
to be more American, it ain't over till the fat lady sings, it ain't over till the fat lady sings.
This simply means it's not over yet okay? There's still time, it is not over until a fat lady sings,
so if you hear a fat lady sing maybe it's over but it's not done yet don't give up,
we can still do this, there's still time, it's not over yet. There are two more idioms,
stay with me. To get something off your chest, there's something that I need to get off my chest,
if you get something off your chest, you finally say something that has been burdening you, maybe
you've been keeping a secret for a long time and it's been stressing you out it feels like you've
got this pressure on your chest and you just want to... Similar to this we have it's been
weighing on my shoulders, it's been weighing on my shoulders all evening, to have a weight on your
shoulders, to carry something on your shoulders is to have a burden, something that sits here
and you feel like you can't relax because you're carrying this weight of a secret, of a bad thing
that you've done, it sits on your shoulders. And there we go! How many idioms did you get?
Did you get them all? I hope you did. Thank you so much for watching, if you enjoyed this video,
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link for that is down below, thank you so much for watching and I'll see you next time, tata!