Hi friends my name is Sonia and welcome to today's lesson Well, I am really excited about
today's lesson. Ask me why? That is because today's lesson is all about Friendship Expressions.
Basically its all about friends. Do you remember, when we were in school a common topic given
to us to write essays on used to be, My best friend. And wasn't that really simple to write
about, well that is because friends are so very important in our lives. Imagine how boring
our lives would be, if we didn't have any friends. And don't we all have different kinds
of friends? Some friends are very sweet and nice, some are really naughty and mischievous.
Some of our friends are really annoying, some are really intelligent and some are not so
intelligent, so let's not talk about them. Today we are gonna talk about different expressions
that we can use in English in order to describe our friends and describe the kind of friendship
we have with our different friends. So let's get started.
My first sentence for you on the board is, My best friend and I have been through thick
and thin together. Let me underline that for you. My best friend and I have been through
thick and thin together, which means that, we have supported each other through good
times and bad times. Yes this means that this kind of friend has always been there for you,
whether you've had a tough day or you've had a really nice day and they've always stood
by you. So for example, I have a friend, whose name is Sue and she has always been like this,
she has always been there for me. So I can say something like, Sue is my best friend
and she and I have been through thick and thin together. That's how even you can use
this sentence. Now the next one I have for you on the board is, My best friend is such
a good laugh. Yes my best friend is such a good laugh. Which means that, my best friend's
company is really enjoyable. When I say that my best friend's company is really enjoyable.
It means that this person has a good sense of humor, cracks the best kind of jokes and
really is just best company to be with. You know, when you're down and out and you want
someone to cheer you up, you go to that kind of a friend. So if you have someone like that,
you can say, My best friend Peter is such a good laugh, he always lifts my mood. The
next one we have for you is, My best friend and I are like brother's from another mother.
So let me highlight that, you can always make a sentence like, My best friend and I are
like sisters from another mother. Which means that even though you're not siblings, you're
not blood related, but you know each other, so well and you take care of each other so
well, you're almost like siblings, almost like brothers and sisters, but obviously you'll
are not related. So you'll are like friends, who are always taking care of each other and
you'll are not siblings, but almost like brothers and sisters. The next one that I have for
you is, I can always turn to my friend for advice. Now what does this mean? Does this
mean that I always turn to my friend for advice? That's not what it means. What it means that
I can always depend on my friend for any kind of advice or help. Now I'm sure you guys must
have noticed that in every group, there's always this one friend or maybe more than
one, who is really wise and who would really take care of you and advice you, whenever
you are in any kind of trouble. And whatever small little thing it would be, you would
want to walk up to that friend in order to get any kind of advice. So that's when you
can use sentence like this, you could say, well Sam is someone I can always depend on.
I would always turn to my friend Sam for any kind of advice. The next one is also really
nice, it say's, My friend always stands up for me. Well, yes my friend always stands
up for me, means that this particular friend of mine will always back me up, who'll always
support me, so let me write that down for you. My best friend will always support me,
so when my friend knows that I am in the right, that Iv'e not done something wrong or supposing
if I want to make a career decision, which maybe the other's are not really accepting.
This friend will still support me, will still stand up for me knowing that I am doing the
right thing. So I can always say, My friend always stands up for me, whenever I want to
do something new or I don't have support from anyone else. The next one, we have is, I know
that my best friend has got my back. I know that my best friend has got my back, now got
my back means that this person or this friend will always watch out for me. So I remember
a few years ago, when I wanted to move into a new neighborhood, new area and I wasn't
sure of how the place was? One of my friends actually decided to go into that area, see
how it is, check out the kind of places, the kind of people , who live there to make sure
that, that particular neighborhood is really safe and nice for me and that made me feel
really good, because that friend of mine actually had my back. He was watching out for me, making
sure that I am safe and not harmed in any way whatsoever. Now the next one, we have
here is, My friends lips are always sealed. Now what does this one mean? This one means
that this particular friend of mine can keep a secret really well and tell me how many
people can do that? So if you have a friend, who can keep secrets really well, what you
can say is, My friends lips are always sealed. So I'll just write that down for you here.
The next one we have on the board is, He is not a fair weather friend. He is not a fair
weather friend, which means that this friend of mine is not friends with me only during
my good times, but also during my bad times. For example, I have a friend name Maria and
she has always stood by me during my good times and bad times, so I can say that Maria
is not just a fair weather friend, she has always stood by me. That's what this one means.
The next sentence we have is, She is my life long buddy. Now we all know what buddy means?
Buddy means a really good friend and life long means someone, who you have known for
a long time and you probably want to know them for the rest of your life. So she's my
life long buddy, means you are friends with this person for a very long time. Friends
for a long time. This could possibly be like your childhood friend or your school friend.
We know them since childhood and mostly we try to keep in touch with them, so then they
become our life long buddies. And the last and final one we have is, Me and my friend
are joined at the hip. Now this is an interesting one, joined at the hip over here means, we
are not physically joined at the hip. This means that we are so un-separable, we are
inseparable, we cannot be separated from each other. We always are together wherever we
go, we do everything together, have the same kind of hobbies, etc,etc,etc and so on, so
you can say that we are inseparable or always together, there are many friends like that,
who always do the same things and you can say something like, Peter and me are joined
at the hip. So guys these are some of these wonderful expressions that we have, which
we can use to describe different friends that we have and I'm sure you would like to pick
up at least a few of them and start using them in your day to day language. And now
after talking about friends so much, I am really missing my best friend, so I am going
to go and give her a call. Till then you take care and keep practicing. Good Bye.