10 English Expressions in 2 Minutes

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Get ready for ten English expressions in two minutes. After I drink my tea.
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Number one 'don't give up the day job'. We use this phrase to tell someone that they
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are not good at something and they should stop doing it. 'I'm in love with the shape
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of you.' 'Dude, don't give up the day job, alright?' 'Yeah' Number two so far so good.
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This is a phrase we use to show that we are happy with the development or progress of
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something. 'Hey dude, how's your new job going?' 'Yeah, so far so good. Yeah my boss is pretty
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nice. Yeah I'm enjoying it.' Number three at the end of the day. This is a phrase that
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replaces ultimately or when all things have been considered. 'Look at the end of the day
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if you really want to break up with her then you should just tell her. Ok, just be honest.'
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Number four, speak of the devil. Now we use this when we have been talking about someone
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and then they suddenly appear unexpectedly 'Ah Tom can be such a **** sometimes' 'Oh
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speak of the devil' 'Oh, hey Tom' 'Oh hey guys, what are you talking about?' Number
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five that ship has sailed. We use this phrase to say that it's too late to do something.
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You can't do it anymore, it's too late. 'Dude don't you think it's about time you changed
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your career, I mean you haven't been happy for ages.' 'Sadly that ship has sailed. I'm
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getting too old man.' How are we doing for time? Ok, we're ok. Number six, it's not rocket
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science. We use this when we want to say that something isn't that difficult to do. 'Oh
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come on we can put this IKEA bed together, it's not rocket science.' Number seven Ignorance
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is bliss. We use this phrase when we want to say that it's probably better not to know.
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'Alright would you want to know if your partner was cheating on you?' 'No definitely not,
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ignorance is bliss.' Number eight, better late than never. We use this phrase to say
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that it's probably better that something eventually happens after the time it was supposed to
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rather than it not happening at all. 'Hey, I'm here for the party....better late than
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never?' Number nine, there are plenty more fish in the sea. Now we use this phrase when
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someone's relationship has ended to make them feel better, to say that there are other potential
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partners out there, there are plenty more fish in the sea. 'She's left me, she's gone.'
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'Oh dude there's plenty more fish in the sea, yeah.' And the last one it's not over until
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the fat lady sings. It means that there's always a chance even until the end there is
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always hope, there is always a possibility that what you want to happen can happen. 'It's
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alright, we might be three nil down with five minutes to go but it's not over until the
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fat lady sings.' Alright we did it. Ten English expressions in two minutes. Unbelievable!
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Well done guys. I advise that you probably rewind and watch this video again so that
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you can take a bit more time to learn these phrases but wasn't that fun? If you would
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like to do another English lesson in two minutes, you let me know in the comments below. Hit
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the like button, hit the subscribe button and I'll see you really soon. This is Tom,
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the chief dreamer, saying goodbye.
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