Top 5 English Idioms | Collaboration with Learn British English Free

Hello, and welcome back to English with Lucy!

Today I've got a very special lesson for you.

I've got my fellow teacher Chris here

He has a Youtube channel called Learn British English Free

It's a fabulous channel, you definitely need to check it out

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Chris and I have got a really interesting video planned for you today

It's going to be all about our top 5 favourite idioms

So I've got my top 5 and he's got his top 5

The first half is here on my channel

And then the second half will be on Chris' channel

So as soon as you finish the first half here

Click on the link in the description

Head over to Chris' channel and you can watch the second half there as well.

Quickly, before we get started

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Ok, so Chris and I have made a list of each of our top 5 favourite idioms

And we're going to talk them through with you today

So...do you want to start with number 5?

I would love to, yeah

My number 5 idiom is 'not my cup of tea'

And we use this to describe things that we don't like or we're not interested in

My best example would be that as a huge fan of sports

such as football

I don't actually like golf

it's not interesting for me, so I would say golf isn't my cup of tea

So, for me, I love gin, but rum really isn't my cup of tea

Would that be good?

it would indeed

Well there we are...easy!

So my number 5 is to beat around the bush

If you beat around the bush, you avoid talking about a specific topic or problem

So an example would be...Chris I....your tshirt...it's...

Don't beat around the bush Lucy, just say it!

Ok, I hate your tshirt, I'm sorry!

So, I was beating around the bush then, I avoiding saying the real problem

and this is something that British people do a lot

Because we're very polite

We are indeed

Ok, so what's your number 4?

My number 4 idiom is 'to move the goalposts'

and this describes a situation when someone's trying to do something

and someone else changes the rules or the objectives

making it more difficult

it might happen at work or maybe in your studies

where you're trying to complete a task or a project

and someone changes the rules so they change what they want you to do

they've moved the goalposts, they've made it more difficult for you

well that's very frustrating

it is indeed

I hope they don't move my goalposts any time soon

they wouldn't dare Lucy

meow!

Right, my number 4 is 'as good as gold'

and if someone is as good as god it means that they're very nice

and very well-behaved

so when I was young, my mum always used to tell me that I was as good as gold

I'm sure she did

I was so well-behaved. Do you believe that?

Of course. yes. Good, good!

My number 3 idiom is 'something is a piece of cake'

and this means that it is really easy

For example, if you want to learn English

then, learning English through Lucy's Youtube channel

Learning English becomes a piece of cake that way!

Ahh...thank you Chris!

Ok, so that's it for this half of the lesson

now you need to go over to Chris' channel

Learn British English Free

the link is in the description

and watch the second half! I'll see you very soon!