WATER - 5 Common English Idioms | Learn English With Anna English

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English Like A Native


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Hi guys welcome to another English lesson with me Anna English here on
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English Like a Native. As you can see I'm not in the normal setting, in fact I'm
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here in Marsa Alam, Egypt and as I'm by the Red Sea I thought I would give you
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five water-based idioms / phrases that we use in the UK.
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Number one - a fish out of water.
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If you're a fish out of water it basically means you're in a situation
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where you do not feel comfortable. Imagine a fish jumping out of the water
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the fish would not survive for very long because it's not equipped to be out of
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the water so if you are a fish out of water then you are not comfortable or
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confident in your environment.
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Number two - water off a duck's back.
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Water off a duck's back basically means that it doesn't bother you. Imagine if you
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pour water onto a lady wearing her best outfit she would be very upset but if
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you pour water onto a duck the duck would not mind at all.
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It would ruffle its feathers and shake off the water but it would be perfectly
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happy so if something doesn't bother you then you can say it is the water off a
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duck's back it does not bother me.
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Number three - smells fishy.
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If something smells fishy we're not talking about the actual aroma we mean that something
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doesn't seem right, so if someone's behaving in an unusual way you could say
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"mmm something smells fishy, there's something fishy going on with
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him" it means it's just not quite right.
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Number four - to have a sinking feeling.
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If you have a sinking feeling then it means that you are becoming more and more
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aware that something bad has happened or that something bad is about to happen
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it's having a feeling or a sense of doom on its way. You've got a sinking feeling
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just like if you're in the ocean you're going down down down into the murky
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depths of the ocean, to have a sinking feeling.
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And number five is water under the bridge.
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If something is water under Bridge then it means it has been forgotten
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about, it's no longer something that bothers you or has any impact on your
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daily life or how you feel. So if you and I have a fallout and at the time I'm
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very upset about it but five years down the line I'm no longer concerned about
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that argument and I'm not angry anymore or upset anymore, then I can say "oh that
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argument, it's water under the bridge let's just be friends" so there you go
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five water based phrases we have: fish out of water, water off a duck's back,
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something smells fishy, to have a sinking feeling, and water under the bridge.
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Guys if you know any other water-based phrases then please do put them in the
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comments box below remember to give this video a LIKE, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE
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take care and ... sounds like my boat's getting started. See you later! Bye!
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