hello this is jack from tofluency.com
and in this english lesson i'm going to
share three idioms that i used last
weekend the key when using idioms in
English is to know how to use them and
when to use them and I'm going to show a
method at the end that will help you
with this so keep watching to help me
explain the first one know that on
Friday my son's school had this festival
and I was in charge of one of the bouncy
houses or in British English we say
bouncy castles and at first things were
okay
there weren't many kids there I was in
control of the situation but as it got
busier things got out of hand
kids were trying to get on the bouncy
house without paying there were too many
kids there and it was just all a little
bit crazy so if something gets out of
hand it means that you lose control of
this situation
it's unmanageable and that's what
happened things got out of hand another
example is this the class got out of
hand the class got out of hand so you
can think about a situation where a
teacher is teaching a lesson but the
kids don't listen they're shouting
they're screaming they are throwing
things and the class got out of hand
so again it just means that the teacher
lost control of that situation
I love this second one but this is used
only in very specific situations
now I played soccer for football on
Sunday and I was talking to one of my
teammates about another player I was
talking about how well this other player
had been playing recently and then he
just appears he comes over to talk to us
and I say speak of the devil
speak of the devil so that's how we use
it in that specific situation when
somebody appears when you are talking
about them speak of the devil
you've probably heard this finer one
used a few times and I've actually used
it in other lessons too but I said this
on Sunday morning because I woke up and
I went downstairs with my children I
wasn't feeling too great I had a bit of
a headache I didn't have a lot of energy
and I said to my wife we're feeling a
little under the weather I'm feeling a
little under the weather and this means
that I was feeling a little bit sick to
feel under the weather means that you
feel a little bit sick you can also say
things like I feel rundown
I feel rundown which means that you
don't have energy and you're not
completely sick but you might get sick
in the near future and your body is
doing things to stop you from getting
sick but that takes a lot of energy so
to feel rundown means that maybe you've
been working too hard
maybe you've been partying too hard and
your body doesn't have energy you don't
feel energetic you feel a little bit
sick those 3 idioms again are get out of
hand speak of the devil and feel under
the weather
again the key with idioms is using them
at the right time too many learners try
to force them they try to use them in
different situations because they feel
like they are advanced English but in
many cases you can use non
o matic language and make your point in
a better way but if you do feel like the
idiom matches the situation then use it
it's a great way to express yourself in
English if you want to learn some more
idioms then click over here I've made a
playlist for you and if you want to
learn more words and phrases related to
sickness things like under the weather
feeling rundown etc click over here
there's a playlist there too if you've
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you so much for watching