You are going to love this lesson because today you're going to learn the 20 most common idioms
in English. And using these idioms will help you sound like a native speaker. Welcome back
to JForrest English. Of course I'm Jennifer, now let's get started! number one to break a leg do
you know this one what if I said to you break a leg do you know what that means I'm saying good
luck and we generally use this when someone is about to perform in an exam or a presentation
a job interview or within the theatrical world if you're an actor so I might say you're going
to do great on your presentation break a leg good luck and you can simply use those three
words break a leg break a leg break a leg don't worry about writing these down because I summarize
everything in a free lesson PDF and you can find the link in the description number two to Spill
the be means oh this means to reveal a secret so you tell your friend about this surprise party
you're planning for another friend but then she spills the beans she tells that friend hey we're
planning you a surprise party you can say I can't believe you spilled the beans about the
surprise party so what about you can I trust you with a secret I'm going to tell you a secret But
first you have to promise to not spill the beans so put in the comments I won't spill the beans I
won't spill the beans and then I'll reveal my secret Spill the Beans Spill the Beans number
three to hit the hay well I'm going to hit the hay do you know what this means it means I'm going to
bed I'm going to sleep so you might tell your family I have an early meeting tomorrow so I'm
going to hit the hay now you can also use sack hit the hay hit the sack they mean exactly the
same thing let's hit the hay well I'll hit the hay number four to bite the bullet this is when
you face a difficult situation with courage so let's say you made a mistake at work that's a
difficult situation but you're going to face it so you're going to walk into your boss's office and
you're going to say I made a mistake so you could tell your coworker I have to bite the bullet and
tell my boss about the mistake we bite the bullet guess it's time to bite the bullet number five to
hit the jackpot I hope this happens to you this is when you experience a significant success or
gain you could say winning the contract felt like hitting the jackpot for our company so maybe the
contract was for a very large amount or it was with a really prestigious client so it was a big
success a significant success we hit the jackpot number six to catch someone's eye this means to
attract someone's attention or simply be noticed her impressive presentation caught the CEO's eye
so notice that possessive catch someone's eye the CEO's eye so it's possessive how about this
one his resume caught the hiring manager's eye so notice the possessive is after the S because
there's more than one hiring manager the hiring managers it's plural so you add the possessive
after for a plural so it belongs to the hiring managers but notice I is always singular we don't
add the S to I pick whatever catches your eye are you enjoying this lesson if you are then I want to
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lesson number eight to hit the nail on the head this is when you describe precisely exactly what
is causing a problem or situation hit the nail on the head to give you a compliment I could say
you really hit the nail on the head with your analysis but I could reverse that and say your
analysis of the situation really hit the nail on the head both of them are correct and have the
same meaning you hit the nail on the head number nine to burn Bridges you don't want to do this
this is when you damage relationships or you close off opportunities and most people do this when
they end a relationship in a business context this would be when you quit when you end your
professional relationship with the company but you should never burn Bridges when you quit because
if you damage that relationship by quitting in a outrageous way in a unprofessional way well then
you can't use that employer as a reference and you never know when you might need that employer again
in the future or when you might even work for that employer again in the future so you don't want to
burn Bridges burned all my bridges and burn that bridge no number 10 to jump on the bandwagon this
is a fun one this is when you adopt a popular activity or Trend in the YouTube World a popular
trend is YouTube shorts now after a year of not making YouTube shorts I decided to jump on the
bandwagon I decided to make YouTube shorts because they're popular and they're trendy every studio
is jumping on the bandwagon I wish I had bit the bullet remember this one bit that is the past this
is the past perfect I wish I had bit the bullet sooner number 11 to be in the same boat one of
the most common idioms this is when you face the same challenges or are in a similar situation the
same boat Julio is nervous about public speaking kzia is nervous about public speaking they're in
the same boat when it comes to public speaking we're in the same boat boat looks like we're
in the same boat SP and span I love this one this means neat tidy and clean I always keep my office
SP and span how about your office you can use this for anything an entire room or maybe even just a
desk she always keeps her desk [ __ ] and span [ __ ] and span I want them SPI and span number
13 to cost an arm and a leg this means to be very expensive iive so there's a problem with your car
you could say getting my car repaired is going to cost an arm and a leg it's going to be very
expensive air conditioners cost an arm and a leg and it won't cost you an arm and a leg you could
also say cost a pretty penny which is our next idiom number 14 and it means exactly the same
thing very expensive so the same example as before but now you can say getting my car repaired is is
going to cost a pretty penny you can use either one because it cost a pretty penny it cost me a
pretty penny today how about number 15 dirt cheap dirt cheap this means very cheap very inexpensive
so let's say I see my best friend with this new designer handbag I can say wow that Gucci handbag
must have cost an arm in a leg or must have cost a pretty penny but then she can say actually it was
Dirt Cheap hm so I could say really how and that's our next idium number 16 a knockoff do you know
what a knockoff is this is a copy or imitation of a product so my friend does not have a real Gucci
handbag it's a knockoff So when you buy a Rolex make sure it's not a knockoff it's just a cheap
knockoff number 17 to hit the road I love this one I use it a lot this is when you begin a journey
or simply leave a place so to begin a journey you can say I'm packed let's hit the road let's begin
our journey or you could say oh it's getting late let's hit the road yes hit the road let's hit the
road number 18 to break a sweat this is when you exert physical effort so at the gym if you run
really fast you're going to break a sweat which means you begin sweating to break a sweat but it
could also be when you work really hard you could break a sweat but we also use this in the negative
oh this lesson was too easy Jennifer I didn't even break a sweat well I'll have to make the next one
harder for you number 19 to be under the weather a must no idiom this simply means means to be or
feel sick so you might send a message to your team and say I'm going to work from home today
I'm a little under the weather and I don't want to get anyone sick well they're under the weather and
finally number 20 to call it a day this is when you decide to stop working on something well this
is the 20th idium so let's call it a day I'm going to stop working on this video I'm going to end the
video and you can stop as well well in just a few minutes now notice the expression uses day
let's call it a day if it were 8:00 at night you could say well it's 8 so let's call it a day or
let's call it a night so at night you can choose to use night but you can also still use day so
you can just use day for all situations call it a day we're going to call it a day now you have
20 of the most common idioms in your speech there are hundreds of idioms in English do you want me
to teach you more if you do put more idioms more idioms more idioms in the comments and I'll bite
the bullet and make another lesson for you now before we call it a day make sure you like this
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before you hit the hey if you haven't broken a sweat yet why don't you watch this lesson on
common phrasal verbs because native speakers love using phrasal verbs you can watch it right now