Hi everyone I am Niharika and welcome back. Well in today's lesson we are gonna look at
some royal phrases. Now what's royal? Royal is having a status of a King or Queen or something
related to royal power. In English we have some royal phrases for common people like
us, isn't that great! And they are really nice and simple to use. So let's learn what
are these phrases.
Very first one we have is Drama Queen. Drama queen is used especially for a woman who is
extremely melodramatic. Like for a situation or for an event the way this woman would react
will be in a very exaggerated and melodramatic way. Like for example, a friend of mine lost
her wallet. And this another friend of mine was like "Oh no, Really!! Oh that's awful"
. Now that's quite and exaggerated reaction, right? SO she is such a drama queen. SO a
woman who reacts in an over dramatic way or in a very melodramatic manner, she is a drama
queen. So there are so many women who do that, they love all the drama in their lives. SO
that's a perfect phrase to use for such women. So someone who would act 'Oh no that's horrible'
or 'that's awful' so they are way too melodramatic.
The second one that I have for you is Queen bee. Well, have you watched the movie Mean
Girls? Now, Mean girls if you have seen the movie you would realize what I am talking
about. Queen bee is again used for a woman who tries to be the centre of attraction.
She thinks that she is the best in a group. Like it is a group of ten girls and if one
of the girl is a queen bee it means that she likes things to be revolved around her. She
likes to be the centre of attraction. She likes to be perfect, well kind of she thinks
she is perfect in the group so she is the queen bee of that group. So a girl who thinks,
she's the best. Okay, so she is the queen bee.
The third phrase that I have for you is Prince Charming, well I am still waiting for my Prince
Charming. So, who is that prince charming? Well, the guy in the fairy tales, yes! Prince
charming is used for a man who is just perfect, who is very attractive, very kind and who
would be a perfect soul mate. A man of a woman's dreams. OK, so he is a prince charming. Where
is your prince charming? You still dreaming about him? So prince charming is a perfect
phrase for a very attractive man and a very kind ,very polite and a very rich man. OK,so
that's Prince charming for you.
The next one - Live like a king . Have you heard that before? I am sure you have, so
what exactly does this phrase really mean? Live like a king it means to live luxuriously.
When someone is living a very comfortable, a very luxurious life, he lives like a king.
Well of course, if you have read stories about kings and queens of course about the royals,
they had a very luxurious life. They had servants, they had the best of things in their palace.
So they of course lived like a king. If you also have a very comfortable, very rich and
luxurious life then you live like a king. A friend of mine, he won a lottery and since
then he is been living like a king. Because he has so much money, drinks champagne, he
drives a Ferrari and now he is living like a king. So, to live like a king is ..a luxurious
life.
The next phrase that I have for you is King's ransom. King's ransom is a phrase used for
huge money, like a fortune. Now imagine, in olden days the king was held for ransom, can
you imagine the amount of money that someone would have to pay to get the king back. Well
yes, so king's ransom is a perfect phrase for fortune, for something that cost's way
too much..Millions..Billions.. For Example - This house is beautiful, I am sure it costs
a king's fortune. SO that means the house is so beautiful that I am sure it is a very
expensive one. I would like to buy a watch but I really don't want to pay king's ransom.
SO it means I don't wanna buy a very expensive watch where I have to pay too much of money.
So I don't want that kind of a watch. So that's how you can use this phrase. Got that?
And then the last royal phrase that I have for you is Fit for a King. Now, when do you
use that? Now fit for a king is little similar to live like a king. Fit for a king is you
know something that is really expensive and that's really nice and very luxurious. For
example I went for a vacation last month and my hotel room was just fit for a king, it
means my hotel room was really nice. It was a very luxurious stay that i had. So, fit
for a king it means something which is really nice and luxurious. Ok! so that's how you
can use it. Look at your car, it's just fit for a king. so probably you have bought this
expensive car and you know it fits for a king, its very luxurious and it's very classy and
nice.
So these are the six royal phrases that you can use in your daily conversation, they are
simple and they fun to use, so use them. I will back with a new lesson till then take care