So here we are again with another ten commonly used
English phrases.
Down in the dumps.
If you describe yourself as down in the dumps,
you are saying that you feel unhappy,
you feel gloomy, you feel blue,
you don't feel happy about your current situation.
You feel down on in the dumps.
Hang on a moment.
This particular phrase is often used when we realise something.
Maybe we suddenly realise a certain thing has happened or is happening.
Hang on a moment.
I know who you are.
You're Mr.
Duncan from YouTube.
I can't stand you.
Or you might ask a person to wait for you.
Hang on a moment.
Don't leave me.
Don't go just yet.
On the tip of my tongue.
If something is on the tip of your tongue,
it means it is something that you are trying to say.
But you can't quite remember the word.
Something that you want to express,
that you sort of remember.
But you can't express it.
It is on the tip of my tongue.
I can't remember that guy's name.
It's on the tip of my tongue
slip up.
He is a great expression for those who make mistakes.
Or maybe you make a silly error.
We can say that you slip up.
You have made a very silly mistake.
You slip up, you say something you shouldn't have.
Maybe you reveal a secret about another person.
You slip up.
You make a silly mistake.
Caught with your trousers down.
To be caught with your trousers down is a very embarrassing thing.
Thing?
This figure of speech means that you have been caught
in a very embarrassing situation.
Maybe something you were caught doing that you shouldn't have been.
Maybe something that you feel embarrassed about.
Or by.
You were caught doing something naughty.
You are so naughty.
You were caught with your trousers down
hold out.
This is a very interesting expression.
If you want to wait for something to happen, or maybe if you are waiting
until something better comes along,
we can say that you are holding out.
You are waiting for a particular thing to come along.
You are holding out for a better offer.
You are holding holding.
to wait for something to come along.
Something that you are waiting for.
Something that you are hoping will happen.
You hold out for something.
Maybe you hold out for a better offer.
Maybe you hold out for a better
looking girlfriend or boyfriend.
You are holding out.
You are waiting patiently.
Your best shot.
This particular phrase means you are doing your best.
Or maybe you are about to perform your best thing
or do something in the best way possible.
You give something your best shot.
You will try your best.
You will use all of your professional experience
to do that particular thing.
You will give it your best shot.
Take the biscuit.
Here is a great expression that you can use
when you are surprised by something.
Something that you feel annoyed or upset by.
You might say that particular thing takes the biscuit.
It really does take the biscuit that he has run off with my girlfriend.
It takes the biscuit.
It means that particular thing
that that person has done has really upset you.
You can't believe that person would do it.
It really takes the biscuit.
Walk out.
This is a very interesting phrase.
If a person gives up something, if a person
quits during a performance, for example,
we can say that they walk out.
They have walked out.
They have quit. They have left.
They have decided that they don't want to do it anymore.
They walk out.
This particular phrase is often used figuratively.
Create a stink.
If you create a stink, it means you cause a fuss.
Maybe you've overreact to something.
Maybe you complain about something
in a very outrageous way.
You create a stink.
You cause trouble.
You make things very difficult for everyone around you.
Because you want to make a complaint.
You cause a stink.
And those are today's phrases.
I hope they were useful.
And I look forward to seeing you again for another one of these.
This is Mr. Duncan in England saying...
ta ta for now.