IELTS Speaking Idioms: HEALTH

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Okay great, it's idiom time.

We've already seen quite a few idioms there,

but let's bring in some more idioms for you.

And I'm gonna test you, okay?

So, I'm gonna show you a picture

and can you guess the idiom?

Okay, let's put it in here.

Let's do number one, where are you number one?

Number one... (Keith laughs)

Idiom number one is here, guess the idiom.

You can type in the box.

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Oh, you're getting close, guys.

Oh, very close Arash.

Oh, this is getting closer and closer.

Guys, you're so close.

This is a good one, "I'm not on the ball."

Oh man, you're so close.

Don't focus on feet, it's not feet, is it?

What can you see in the last picture?

Wait, Dione.

Perfect, perfect, well done.

Yeah, nice, very, very good.

Dione has got it, it's off your game, right?

Off your game.

Perfect, well done, off your game.

So to be off your game or to feel off your game

is to not feel well enough to perform at your best.

So often, if you do something badly

because you feel sick, you say, "I am off my game."

Or, "I feel off my game."

For example, "I'm sorry that wasn't a good presentation.

I just feel off my game today;

I didn't sleep well last night."

I feel off my game.

Right?

You can say "I feel,"

or "I'm off my game off."

Off with a... (Keith hisses)

Not... (Keith hums)

Off, it's not voiced, "I'm off my game."

Because you're not feeling very well,

maybe you've got a fever, a cold, you're tired,

you're lethargic, "Oh, I'm off my game.

I'm sorry, the class is so boring today

because I'm off my game."

Or, "I couldn't do my homework, I just...

I feel off my game."

Right, I'm not performing.

It's more about a performance,

like a presentation or even playing,

football players can say,

"Oh, I drank too much beer last night.

Today, I'm off my game."

Idiomatic, it's not talking about football,

it's the performance.

I'm off my game.

Great so we've got it, off your game, yes.

Daniela, you're in.

Yes, you are in, welcome.

Thank you, Leila.

I love this comment that's great, thank you.

"You're very good at teaching."

Oh, thank you so much.

That's nice, thank you.

So it means not able to perform well.

Yes, yes.

Not able to perform.

Let me change that 'cause that's to...

Yes, that's better.

Not able to perform well, because you are a little sick.

Yeah, thank you Somaya.

You're better at me at teaching.

Really, that's a better, a shorter definition.

Not able to perform well but because you're sick, right?

Right, so this is really interesting,

so notice to feel off your game.

So it's gonna be your or my game.

So Brian, this is really good but let me help you

because it's, "I felt off my game."

It's always the pronoun, "my game last week

so I didn't play at my football club's game."

Lovely, really, really nice.

Excellent, good.

Tanzima, I feel off my game 'cause the weather.

Also, you're very close.

Let me help you a little bit

because feel is a verb, right?

I feel, it's not an adjective.

You can't say I am feel, it has to be I feel, right?

Notice, it's the verb to feel.

And I've just realized why you are saying that,

'cause I've said am, be, and feel.

Okay, let me make it much, much clearer, this is my fault.

So it's either to feel or to be, but not be feel.

I understand why you said I'm feel, right?

It's not, it's to feel off your game

or my game, or his game.

She feels off her game or to be off your game.

Excellent, good.

Yeah, Omid great.

"My productivity has been declining

because I am off my game nowadays."

You've got the idiom really well.

Really good, yes.

Good.

"I feel off my game because I'm busy."

Yeah, perfect, nice.

Really, really good okay guys, let's move on to number two.

Idiom number two...

What's happening?

I dunno what's happening, let me bring us back here.

Okay, guess the idiom, where are you?

No, I'm in the wrong place.

You don't know I'm in the wrong place

but I know I'm in the wrong place.

Number two, guess the idiom.

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Interesting.

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Interesting.

Ah we've got there yes, Firefly.

"As right as rain."

Perfect, well done, you're there.

You're there, you're in.

Very, very nice.

And quite, I can see quite a few of you have got it.

Absolutely, well done, great.

So...

Whoa... (Keith laughs)

Come on, Keith, get your act together.

To be as right as rain, to feel perfectly healthy.

As right as rain.

Not as good as but as right.

I'm right, I'm as right as rain, to feel perfectly healthy.

For example, "He was sick last week

but now he's as right as rain and back to work."

I think a lot of you got that as right as rain,

as right as rain, yes.

As right as rain, yeah.

Good, we've got it.

I feel as right as rain.

It's often used after you've been sick.

I think because of that comparison as right as rain.

I'm not sure, but we tend to use this

after you've been sick.

So it might be a bit strange to wake up in the morning

and every day you're healthy

and you say, "Oh, today I'm as right as rain."

People might ask you, "Oh, were you sick last week?"

It sounds like you were sick in the past.

So normally we use this after being sick

and you have got better.

Yes, excellent.

Sanjit has a good example here,

"You just need a good night's sleep

and then you'll be right as rain again."

Exactly, perfect.

Nice, Mahsa, I like your example too.

"The doctor said I was as right as rain after my checkup."

Good.

As clear as rain.

Nope, not correct.

"I was so sick last week but now I'm as right as rain."

Good, excellent.

"Last week I was under the weather,

but now I'm as right as rain."

Yes, two in one, nice.

"I've been dealing with chickenpox..."

Oh, dear.

"But now I'm as right as rain."

Excellent, good.

Perfect, Fuh, "I was sick yesterday

but now I'm as right as rain."

Nice, excellent.

We've got it, good.

Let me move on to, not this one but number three.

Here we go, guess the idiom.

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Oh, interesting.

Oh, interesting idea.

"It's not my thing."

Nice, remember it's to do with health.

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Oh, very clever, "Lift thing up."

Oh, also here, nice, interesting.

"Think he's better."

This is a tough one, this one.

Rafi's Sky, looks like you've changed your name as well.

Or no, maybe not, I'm not sure.

"Hold the things."

So your not...

Good ideas.

What is the man doing?

"Lift yourself up."

That's an interesting one, "Lift yourself up."

(Keith hums)

You're getting close.

You're getting close now, "Things go down."

Yeah, almost. (cheery music)

Oh, "To be uplifted."

That's an interesting one.

Okay, they're really interesting ideas

and some of them could be true actually.

Some of those could be true.

So let me just...

Let's have a look.

What it is right is to be coming down with something.

He's coming down the lift with a thing.

I know, very difficult, right?

To be coming down with something.

Literally, those are the words you use.

I am coming down with something,

means to start to feel sick.

For example, "You look very pale today,

are you coming down with something?"

"Maybe, I think I am coming down with something."

Okay, so we always use it in that way, yeah?

I am coming down with something.

Always those words, exactly the same words.

You can change the tense but it's always those words,

to be coming down with.

Someone had be uplifted is to to feel motivated maybe.

To feel...

To be uplifted or to feel uplifted is to feel motivated.

Thinking outta the box is an idiom

but not related to health.

There was one, I think somebody had to hold things together.

Right, means to stay in control.

Everything's going wrong,

but I need to hold things together, right?

Very hard, very, very difficult, I agree.

Yes, "Oh, very hard to guess."

Yes, gets harder and harder.

He was looking up but the lift was going down,

he was going down.

Yes, "Throw the heavy things."

So Saima says, "You feel off your game today,

are you coming down with something?"

Yeah, "You feel off your game today,

are you coming down with something?"

Okay, good.

We've got Jansaya, "I feel lethargic today

because I'm coming down with something."

Lovely, very nice.

Very, very nice.

Ahmed says, "I can't join you today to the gym

because I feel coming down with something."

Good, great example.

Let me just help you a little bit with the gym,

to is when you go to a place but when you are already there

or you're talking about in the place,

we would say at or in the gym.

So, and here, "I feel I am coming down..."

You must have the am coming down 'cause it's always to be,

"I feel I am coming down with something."

Got it, nice.

Very, very good, thank you so much.

Here we go, "We've got you look pale and have been coughing,

are you coming down with the flu?"

Yeah, good, exactly.

Just be careful with flu, without the E, right?

The flu, F-L-U.

Nice, excellent, good.

I'm gonna give you one more.

Let me just show you one last idiom,

guess to idiom number four.

It gets harder and harder, right?

The last one is super difficult.

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Very close, Uddyana.

(Keith chuckles) Nice.

Oh, interesting, interesting.

You're on the right lines everybody.

Ronaldo, welcome.

"On top of the world."

Good, almost.

"Reach the peak."

Peak of health, that's interesting.

It's not the one I'm thinking of but not bad.

"Touch the top."

So you've all got the right idea.

This is very difficult, actually, but you're all very close.

"Hill me."

Reach a peak is a nice one.

To reach your peak, to be at the top of your game.

Yeah, I mean that is an expression, that's good.

It's not the one here, but that is good.

"Reach the top of the mountain."

"Touching rocks."

(Keith hums).

"Are they touching a hill or the mountain?"

Well...

"Yeah, I'm sorry you're ill, Elena."

Okay, "Reach on the peak."

So this is really, really hard.

I don't think anyone's gonna get this.

"In the cloud nine."

No, "Peak condition?"

Another good expression, to be in peak condition

but not the one here.

Anybody else?

"Rich on the right top."

Okay, not quite.

This is...

Yeah, this is hard, okay?

This one is to feel peaky.

So the peak, right, is the top of the mountain.

And a lot of you said that to reach the peak,

but to feel peaky, we're taking peaky as an adjective.

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So peak is a noun, peaky is the adjective,

but what it means nothing to do with mountains.

It means to feel a little unwell or slightly unwell.

To feel peaky, "I'm feeling peaky."

I'm feeling sick, okay?

"She said she felt peaky, so she decided to leave work early

and go home and rest."

Okay?

Yeah, difficult, difficult.

Now, there are other expressions

and I'm gonna add them here.

To be in peak condition, right?

You can say that there are are similar ones.

What else came up?

Somebody had something else.

You can say, yeah, "I'm at the peak of my career."

At the top, at the top of my career.

I mean, you know, the very, very pinnacle.

The highest point.

To be in peak condition, to be in great condition.

"I go to the gym every day, so I am in peak condition."

Yeah, I'm trying to see,

there was something else somebody said

that sounded very good.

Oh, reach the peak, yeah.

Reach the peak is similar to this one.

To be at the peak, to reach your peak

or be at the peak of your...

Normally career, we often say, yeah.

Okay good, well done.

"I feel peaky right now, so I cannot get outside."

Yep, "Pencil tips often make me feel peaky."

What, pencil tips?

Why do they make you feel peaky, Jane?

And I recognize you now.

Yes, after our meeting in the breakout rooms,

Abdel, reach the zenith is to reach the peak.

Well done, yes.

Dario says, "I'm feeling peaky today,

so I decided to stay home and rest."

It's a good idea, it's a good idea.

Ronaldo says, "Yesterday I played football a lot

and I felt peaky."

Great, it's a privilege to have you here, Ronaldo,

thank you.

To be in tip top shape is also a good expression.

Yes, excellent.

Good, any others?

(Keith humming)

Yes, okay.

There was a nice one here, where has it gone?

From Saima Jahan, "Yesterday I felt peaky,

but I am as right as rain today."

Yeah, lovely.

I like it, very, very, very nice.

Lovely, good, excellent.

So gosh, we've been through quite a lot of...

A lot of what?

A lot of idioms, four idioms and more

that you've given me there as well.

So next, what we're gonna do next?

Next, we're gonna have...

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