Hi and welcome back to Love English today's lesson is all about integrating
idioms into your general day-to-day
conversation if you really want to be able to speak
more fluently express yourself like a native and
generally make it quicker and easier to express
what you're thinking or how you're feeling
then idioms are of course a great way to do this
now today i'll only be sharing six idioms so it's not too many to
manage now i've chosen these six idioms because i've noticed myself this week
using them quite regularly these are six of the most common idioms that i would
use and often hear now whether you've heard of these before
or not it is really important that you listen carefully
to the context that i give you to make sure you understand
how these idioms should be used because of course if you get it wrong
they can sound a little bit strange or not quite right now for many of you
practicing these idioms is not the easiest thing to do
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right without further ado six essential idioms for conversation
to help you express yourself to help you speak more like a native
and of course a little bit more fluently let's go
number one a blessing in disguise a blessing
in disguise something that is actually a good thing that may have seemed bad at
first i really think that breaking up with him
has been a blessing in disguise you seem so much more confident now and
you're free to travel and do what you want
so when you say this to somebody you're saying okay
that situation might seem really bad but perhaps
it's a good thing without you realizing of course you would use this expression
in part of a sentence in your conversation the breakup was
definitely a blessing in disguise you've got more freedom to travel losing
your job was a blessing in disguise because you would never have applied for
this new one and look at the money that you're going
to be making number two better late than never better late
than never better for someone or something to arrive or happen late
than never at all for example i've been waiting for my exam results for so
long but i suppose better late than never
number three this is a great expression when something is not as complicated
as someone might be trying to make out it's not rocket science it's not rocket
science if you just follow the recipe step by
step you shouldn't make a mistake with this dessert
really it's not rocket science number four
no pain no gain no pain no gain meaning you need to work hard for what
you want what you want to achieve i have been studying all night i haven't
slept a wink but really no pain no gain also a great
expression when you're talking about training maybe
getting fit healthy oh i exercised all morning and i haven't
been able to eat any chocolate but no pain no gain now someone is
particularly stressed or anxious you might say to them pull
yourself together pull yourself together they
could also be very upset about something essentially this
is a great expression when you're telling somebody to calm
down to gather themselves to find the strength they need
to deal with the situation i can't believe i haven't got the job what am i
going to do come on pull yourself together get your
cv out there and apply for another job calm down gather your strength pull
yourself together and finally number six i told you this
was going to be a short lesson to do something at the drop of a hat to
do something at the drop of a hat this means to do something
spontaneously without any warning or planning
she called me to see if i could look after the children but i couldn't just
leave everything at the drop of a hat i was at work you can't expect me to
come over at the drop of a hat and there we have it six idioms that i
think you can use in daily conversation that we would frequently hear in english
why don't you comment below share an idiom that you have learned recently
or one that you've heard and you might not know the exact meaning
and i will comment and respond share the idioms that you think
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in the meantime thank you so much for watching and we'll be seeing you again
very soon with some slang expressions that's right there's more informal
english to come