if something doesn't float your boat
when someone goes that extra mile
if your teacher's a bit old school or if
it's a no-brainer
what do these idiomatic expressions mean
yes it's another idioms lesson but with
a bit of a different twist today we are
looking at idiomatic expressions that
are more modern
many of the idioms that we regularly
teach you have a lot of history and
cultural connection but the truth is
idioms are being created
imagined
every day whether it's through
television culture
or even the internet you'll find new
idiomatic expressions popping up all
over the place
in today's lesson i'm going to share 19
idiomatic expressions modern more
recent idioms with you and i would like
you to see if you can think of one that
you have heard of to make it to a nice
round 20.
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now idioms let's get on with the lesson
20
the 20th being up to you
modern idiomatic expressions that you
can use daily that you really should
know and they're really quite fun
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if i refer to
taylor swift as being the first lady of
pop
what am i referring to her as being
popular good well essentially the best
if you refer to someone as being the
first lady of and usually yes it would
be a woman the first lady of
pop the first lady of literature the
first lady of teaching english who would
that be would it be us would it be lucy
you're referring to the person being an
expert or the best in their field now
this idiom obviously is referring to the
first lady of the white house so we've
taken the title of first lady and we've
used it in a different context here it's
now taken on a new more modern idiomatic
meaning so come on who is the first lady
of youtube english teaching
i don't know for me
vanessa
emma
you do have to love lucy
number two if someone or something has
fallen off the radar essentially they
have been forgotten they've kind of not
been a priority often you'll hear this
expression in the news so perhaps some
of you might think that coronavirus has
really fallen off the radar recently
especially with all the news that's been
going on especially with all the things
that have been going on more recently in
the news you could even use this when
you're talking about a friend a
colleague someone who you haven't had
contact with for a little while you
haven't heard from them
oh sally i used to be such good friends
with her at school but she's really
fallen off the radar lately have you
heard from her
so comment below and let me know what
you think has fallen off the radar in
the news or
that's maybe been a little bit forgotten
now someone at work or even a friend
goes the extra mile to do something for
you to help you to support you
then they are doing more than is
expected of them they're doing a lot
basically to help you in some way
for example she went the extra mile and
printed the report for me leaving it on
my desk she just needed to send me an
email but it was nice to get a hard copy
so it's usually a very positive thing if
someone says you have gone the extra
mile they're appreciating what you've
done and the effort that you have put
into doing something
when was the last time you went the
extra mile for a friend what did you do
how did you help them comment below and
let me know
if you say that something does exactly
what it says on the tin
this is really an expression that i
think is referring to an advertising
campaign
so you're saying that it does and
performs in exactly the way that it
claims to
love english with layla and sabra does
exactly what it says on the tin
makes you fall in love with english
if something is like nailing jelly to
the wall
then it's going to be very difficult to
describe to explain
i mean have you ever tried to nail jelly
to a wall
jelly is essentially a kind of dessert
made from gelatin
and i quite like it but there's no way
that you could attach it to anything
because it's jelly it's essentially a
liquid of sorts
following an ikea instruction manual is
like nailing jelly to the wall
have you tried it
but getting any sense out of her is like
nailing jelly to the wall but getting
any sense out of her is like nailing
jelly to a wall
i was trying to understand exactly what
the problem was
i'm cool with that
a simple expression but essentially it
is an idiom because cool is actually a
temperature
in this context we are using it to say
you're okay you're happy with whatever
suggestion someone has made
going to the cinema tonight
yeah i'm cool with that
a great expression and often one that
you'll come across particularly i think
in american programs
whatever floats your boat or that
doesn't really float my boat
this is a great expression when you're
trying to say that you're not
particularly interested in something
for example
horse riding doesn't really float my
boat
it's not something i'm particularly
interested in
so basically i don't agree with what you
like or you are interested in
kind of like i'm not keen on
so it's a nice expression to say
uh yeah skiing doesn't really float my
boat i'm not really interested in going
but thanks for asking
big time
if something is big time then
essentially you're saying extremely
he messed up the relationship big time
he cheated on her how could he
i am fed up with him big time i asked
him to do some cleaning and he's done
nothing so big time it's a really simple
and effective way to say
extremely
right if something is old school it's
essentially a great idiomatic expression
to say something is more retro more
traditional basically from a long time
ago so for example those nokia phones
are so old school you really need to get
a new one
her teaching methods were really old
school i was falling asleep in class
number 11 a great expression that you
will hear a lot particularly in american
sitcoms or television programs movies
even is no brainer
no brainer meaning you really don't have
to think about it because it's an easy
decision to make
she invited her for a free holiday well
no brainer of course she said yes
right it's time to face the music
you cheated in the exam and now you are
going to have to resit it with it being
capped at 40
so
to face the music is to confront the
consequences of your actions
usually well always a bad decision that
you've made or something you've done so
in this case an exam if you've cheated
in an exam you would have to face the
music and reset it or even worse be
expelled from school or university so to
face the music is to confront the
consequences of your actions right okay
let's see how many of you know what the
idiom is from this action
okay to drop the mic you see the action
to represent the idiom very often
but some of you might not know what it
is referring to well
when there are rap battles you will and
i can't believe i'm talking about this
because i have no interest in rap music
i'm not remotely that cool but
essentially if you drop the mic
afterwards after you've wrapped you're
saying yeah i've done it i'm the best
you're not going to beat me now when in
this case we use drop the mic in normal
day-to-day english that we now do we're
basically saying we've done something
really impressive that we think we've
done a brilliant job with something or
made a great decision
what a goal he really dropped the mic
i have to say that expression i'm not
particularly comfortable using it's not
one that i would use often um so comment
in the description box and try and share
some maybe better examples
with me for that expression
yeah to drop the mic i love it i think
it's a great expression but maybe i need
to use it a little bit more
could i say
wow sabre really dropped the mic with
that youtube lesson
it was great okay so
kind of similarly when someone's doing a
really great job
when they're doing something really
really well
actually i had an interview once and the
interviewer said that i crushed it
um then essentially you've done a
brilliant job you're doing great in
whatever you are doing you can also use
it in the continuous form so you are
crushing it at work at the moment how
many sales did you get last week amazing
so to be doing a great job to be
crushing it or to crush it
right instead of saying hang on or wait
you could say sit tight sit tight i will
be with you in just a second
sit tight is essentially just wait
please
it's a nice idiomatic expression it
suggests that you won't be waiting very
long and that you just need to have a
little bit more patience so sit tight we
have got lots more lessons on love
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when it comes to phrasal verbs and
grammar
okay
ever done that
probably not um but it illustrates the
next idiomatic expression to shake it
off to shake it off in fact this is
potentially a phrasal verb really if you
shake something off you are trying to
get rid of to rid yourself of any
negative energy or emotions so if you
tell someone look just shake it off the
next interview that you go to will be
great don't worry one bad interview
doesn't mean that you won't get another
job
so shake it off
so to get rid of bad feelings or
negative emotions she couldn't shake off
feeling scared after walking home she
really felt like someone was following
her okay if at the end of the week you
have got energy you are fed up with
going to work every day and you want to
do something fun you might say oh i
really need to blow off some steam
to blow off some steam is referring to
getting rid of negative emotions or
simply if you've got a lot of energy
come on let's go out clubbing tonight
guys i really need to blow off some
steam
number 18 crunch time crunch time now if
it's crunch time then you're saying you
have reached a critical point a critical
moment
when action needs to be taken so you've
got your presentation tomorrow it really
is crunch time have you prepared enough
do you need to practice a bit more
crunch time
number 19 shape up this is a great
expression it's actually of course a
phrasal verb but don't forget phrasal
verbs are idiomatic in their meaning
to shape up or if you're saying things
are really shaping up then you're
talking about improvement to become
better
wow things are really shaping up at work
since the new management took over
can you believe sales figures it's
fantastic
if the weather just shaped up we'd be
able to go to the beach and get out of
the house i am so tired of being at home
and there we have it 19 idiomatic
expressions with a few phrasal verbs in
there but 19 idioms that you can use
daily that are commonly used and that
are more modern in their creation
so don't forget i want you to add number
20. can you add an idiomatic expression
that you have heard coined created more
recently perhaps from television in the
news social media
comment below and let me know and
perhaps next time i'll include it in one
of my lessons
thank you so much for watching we look
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