Expressions

HURRY UP AND WAIT means take some action quickly, only to be halted at the next step in the process. Have you ever been asked to drop everyt...

DOING CHORES means performing regular in-household tasks around the house or farm, which are often unpleasant but necessary. Washing the dis...

KEEP AT BAY and HOLD AT BAY are two renditions of an idiom that has been in use since the mid-1700s. "The government hopes to keep infl...

Morning boys and girls 👍 Well, I am feeling a bit under the weather today... still. I can't say I have the man-flu because I am up earl...

Have you ever been in a situation where you couldn’t find the right words to describe a particular place or city that you visited?  We are h...

➡ approximately   - What time are we meeting, approximately?  ➡ beforehand -  - The exam starts at 9 am but make sure you arrive beforehand....

Good morning guys) I shall write down some useful expressions for you we natives often use in the morning. Can't get more natural than t...

✔ Put together - used for saying that someone or something is better or bigger than the whole of a group of other people or things. - He kno...

To be in good/bad/poor shape (in good/bad condition, in good/bad health)  ● For an old car, it’s in pretty good shape.  ● The economy is in ...

✔ Game changer - something such as a product or event that affects a situation very much.  - Netflix creating original content is a game cha...

1. To beat the holiday blues  ● Meaning: to overcome the stress and frustration resulting from holiday preparation or resulting from the nee...

BOOZE (slang: alcohol)  - Let's pop to the shop and get some booze for tonight's party, mum! PLONK (slang: cheap wine)  - I only hav...

● Come face to face with (a: to suddenly meet someone by chance. b: to see or experience a problem for the first time)  a) As I was going in...

➡ Politeness: ● To offer someone a seat  ● To stand up for someone  ● To give up your seat for someone  ➡Movement: ● To get squashed by the ...

✔ Make fun of (or poke fun at) - to make jokes about someone or something in an unkind way. ➡ Example - The other children made fun of her b...