aubry uh do you make new year's resolutions you know we're getting to that time of year
it's a it's a time of self reflection um do you do you make resolutions
i'm not going to anymore my resolution this year is to not make any new year's resolutions
because i'm so bad at just like i'll do it for two weeks and then it's done so instead of waiting for
new year's to make a resolution like if i see something i need to do i'm just going to resolve
to do it right then instead of waiting for new year's because it doesn't work for me it doesn't
work for many people um you know changing your life isn't easy right and i feel like people think
there's just some sort of magic that happens at new year's and it's like wishing on a star
you know like you just put these words out that's gonna happen or whatever um but you have to be
intentional about it right so we we have three great idioms you guys could use on ielts today
um about facing challenges and improving your life but before we teach you those three idioms guys i
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idioms so we're gonna teach you three idioms about facing and overcoming challenges and we will also
highlight where you could use these on the exam so aubrey uh do you wanna take the first one
sure so it's roll with the punches i love this one which means difficulties are coming challenges
are coming but you don't lose hope you don't lose motivation you just keep going you don't
get negative right you can stay positive so for example you could say you know what i took ielts
last year and it i didn't get my best scores but i'm just gonna roll with the punches and keep on
studying totally so this would be an informal idiom i would i wouldn't use it in writing um
unless you're doing an informal letter if you're a general training student but this is fine
great not just fine it's great for anywhere on the speaking test guys so if you're describing
a person in part two who is uh just like a calm chill laid back person that means they're good
at rolling with the punches like it doesn't matter what bad news happens or you know what
crazy stuff happens around them they just roll with the punches you know um if you're asked
about something you would like to change about yourself maybe or how you like we talked about
um recently handling bad news right you could be like well i would like to be better at just
rolling with the punches so i don't get sidelined if plans don't work out you know just roll with
the punches be cool uh okay so the next idiom is out of the woods i i love this now i would say
this is informal because it's an idiom but i would still find it acceptable in writing task two
um what does this mean to be out of the woods yeah so imagine in the woods lost in the woods
right there's struggles there's difficulties you can't and then you get out of the woods you reach
the edge of the forest and you know where you are right so to be out of the woods means things are
more smooth sailing right we the problems are past us so if we say we're not out of the woods
yet that means we're still in the problem we're still lost in the woods and that's most often how
i hear that you know like oh we're not out of the woods yet it just means like you're you're still
experiencing the hardship whatever that is um at work or in life anywhere um i hear this a lot used
to describe people recovering from an illness as well like he's out of the woods he's recovered you
know he's gonna be fine so if you're talking about health related issues um and again any questions
about dealing with problems negative circumstances um even like a general training formal letter
describing a problem you know like um you lost a bag on air air flight right to the airline or
whatever be like listen i am not out of the woods on this you need to find my bag right now i don't
know like this could be used three questions i can imagine any time you're asked about the
environment or the economy something like that to say yeah you know we're making strides we're
improving but we are not out of the woods yet meaning this is still a problem you nailed it
that is the perfect time to use this on ielts yes i love it for both speaking and writing oh so good
yep um all right the last one guys is an uphill climb so this is a noun phrase and it just instead
of saying a challenge or a problem or something is difficult say it is an uphill climb right um
what is an uphill climb oh i also say uphill battle i feel like that i would say that more
often than an uphill uphill climb more this could very much be geographical because i feel like i've
heard uphill battle 2 but i grew up saying uphill climb oh this is a real uphill climb so this is if
you're hiking and it's uphill so it's a much more difficult hike it's more strenuous right you would
not use this to talk about very simple problems that are going to be easy to write this means
it's more challenging than the average difficulty you would face to say oh we this is quite a like
if you're in a meeting and you're realizing there are a lot of steps here this is a very difficult
project be like okay guys this is an uphill climb but we can do this totally yeah guys
any time you're describing something as very very difficult right you can say it is an uphill climb
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fun one i love idioms me too all right aubry have a good day you too bye