If you want to speak English like a native and improve your English speaking
level instantly there's one thing that you can do use idioms and phrases and
there's such fun to use as well watch this video to learn exactly how to do
that today and your English speaking will improve better and faster than you
ever thought possible let's go
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miss any of my lessons one of the best ways to sound like a native speaker and
one of the easiest things to do is to use idioms and phrases they also give a
big insight into British culture two idioms are combinations of words that
make little phrases or little wise sayings or comments and we use them all
the time in native speaking English in fact they're so natural to us we use
them without even thinking so you must use idioms too to mock you out as an
advanced English speaker take time to learn the ones that I'm going to give
you and your spoken English will improve really quickly there are hundreds or
even thousands of idioms that we use in Britain but now I'm just going to give
you a few of my top idioms if you would like more idiomatic
and I'll tell you how to get a free idiom and guide from me mmm this book
looks interesting my first idiom is don't judge a book by
it's cover or you can't judge a book by it's cover if you're looking for a book
to read on a bookshelf you might choose the one with the most interesting cover
and that's where the phrase comes from of course what it really means is you
shouldn't judge somebody just by looking at them or judge something just by
looking at it looking at their appearance it's really teaching people
not to be judgmental about others so in a sentence you could say we didn't like
the look of the restaurant at first but the food was delicious it just shows you
can't judge a book by it's cover oh my number two is blow off steam now
this is to do something or say something which helps you release your feelings it
can be feelings of excitement or anger but some extreme feelings for example he
has a very stressful job so he lifts weights after work to blow off steam or
the kids are playing in the garden and letting off steam my third one is get
the ball rolling now this sounds very sporty doesn't it but actually it's
nothing to do with sport this means to make something begin or get something to
happen or get something started you could use it for work such as let's get
the ball rolling on this project and make it successful or I've started
planning my lessons to get the ball rolling this term or outside work
I think I'll learn to drive very quickly now as I've got the ball rolling by
taking lessons oh so tired I think I'll hit the sack to hit the
sack means to go to bed or go to sleep it's nothing violent or anything about
hitting anything but it came from centuries ago when mattresses that you
lie on in bed were made from old sacks so an example I feel really tired after
all that exercise I think I'm going to hit the sack
goodnight now this is one of my favorites a piece of cake maybe I like
it because it's about food but it's very very useful as an idiom it can be used
to describe anything that's a very easy task something simple to do so for
example don't worry the interview will be a piece of cake for you you've got
all the qualifications you need or this exam will be a piece of cake for me
I've been studying hard for months so remember using idioms will mark you
out as a great speaker of English and just enjoy using them they're a piece of
cake if you'd like more idiomatic below this video and you will receive an email
with another link click on that link and you'll get a free guide to idioms in
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