hello everyone and welcome back to
english with lucy i am in a really good
mood today so i decided to make a video
about expressions english expressions
related to happiness now if you're
wondering why I'm so happy honestly
there's no single reason is this life is
really fun right now the channels going
well I think we're just about to hit 300
thousand subscribers which is amazing
and I'm moving house soon the Sun is
coming out the days are going to start
getting longer just really happy so
those the reasons I'm happy when you
finish watching this video please do
comment below and tell me something
that's made you happy recently and if
you want to use one of these expressions
you are more than welcome now a lot of
you have been asking where is your
250,000 subscriber Q&A video with your
dad ha that was a mouthful and the
answer is my dad is an extremely busy
man I didn't realize how busy he was and
so it's been hard to pin him down it's
been hard to get him and make him stay
in one place so hopefully this week I'll
be able to film it with him so it should
be uploaded quite soon I'm still using
all of the questions that you ask on the
original Instagram post so look forward
to that quickly before we get started
this video is going to help your
speaking and your listening it's going
to help your speaking because I'm going
to teach you new phrases when you
expression to use and it will improve
your listening because you'll be able to
understand what natives mean when they
use these expressions but if you want to
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practice your received pronunciation
right let's get started with the video
the first expression relating to
happiness is to be over the moon and to
be over the moon means to be really
really happy believe it or not so I can
say that last Thursday I passed my
driving test and I was over the moon
because I had to try three times yes
that was my third text yeah I was
completely over the moon because driving
is not something that had come naturally
to me
and it really bothered me for a long
time that I couldn't drive but now I can
so I'm over the moon the next expression
related to happiness is to have a whale
of a time and to have a whale of a time
well you guess what this will mean let
me use this one in an example and see if
you can guess what it means it's a clue
it has nothing to do with whales so I
went to a ball on Saturday and a ball is
like a posh party you normally have
dinner and then you can dance I went to
a ball on Saturday with a group of
friends and I had a whale of a time
okay so to have a whale of a time means
to have a fantastic time nothing to do
with whales now the next one number
three is actually a slang expression but
I think it's really important you guys
know this one we definitely use it a lot
in England it is to be buzzing now if
you say are I'm spotting it means I'm
really accelerated really enthusiastic
really happy really excited about
something so it means I've got positive
emotions in my body and it is a good
feeling okay so I could say I've just
booked my ticket for La Feria de city
yeah which I seem to mention all the
time but I am buzzing I cannot wait to
go so that is a
situation perfect example of the word
buzzing because I literally am buzzing
coffee to speak up okay number four okay
number four is to be happy as Larry who
is Larry
it doesn't matter not relevant I don't
know hilarious I'm sure one of you will
google the etymology of happier valerian
find the help but to be happy as Larry
means to be really really happy so I
might ask you know does John like his
new job and you can reply saying yes he
is happy as Larry he is as happy as
Larry meaning he is as happy as can be
the final expression relating to
happiness is to be on top of the world
to be on top of the world and to be on
top of the world means you guessed it
guys it means to be really really happy
to be just in ated so delighted so happy
and yes so I would say when I found out
that I graduated from university with a
first-class degree I was on top of the
world I was really really amazed happy
and just buzzing right guys that is it
for today's lesson I hope it brought in
a bit of happiness into your life and as
I said before I would love to hear about
something that made you happy recently
maybe using one of the expressions that
we discussed today put it in the
comments I really am keen to hear about
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will see you soon for another lesson Wow
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