British English Expressions - Cloud Idioms | English With Lucy

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Well isn't that a beautiful balcony!
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I've just been inspired by the clouds in London today
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Gorgeous cloudy weather!
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and I think it's a great opportunity to talk to you all today
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about cloud-related idioms!
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Now, when I mention idioms in my English classes
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the first one that anyone says is....
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What is it?
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the first one that everyone says is
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it's raining cats and dogs
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Now, I do like weather-related idioms
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I use them a lot
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but this particular idiom
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meaning it's raining a lot
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I just don't tend to use it!
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So, I want to give you some idioms that are relevant
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that we do use a lot
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So, here are three cloud-related idioms!
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So my first cloud-related idiom is
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every cloud has a silver lining
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and this is my absolute favourite idiom
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in the history of idioms
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because it's so positive
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It means that out of every unpleasant or difficult situation
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there is always something positive
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an example of this would be
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I got fired yesterday but
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at least I can spend more time writing the book I wanted to write
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So, every cloud has a silver lining
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Guys, please don't worry
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I didn't get fired yesterday because I am
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self-employed
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Quite a funny alternative to my favourite idiom
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which is every cloud has a silver lining is
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every silver lining has a cloud
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Which means that every positive situation
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also has a negative one
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but let's stick with the original
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My next cloud idiom is to have your head in the clouds
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If somebody has their head in the clouds
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it means they are out of touch with reality
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Their ideas are not logical, nor are they practical
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An example of this would be
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Lucy has her head in the clouds if she thinks
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that she's going to reach 10,000 subscribers
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by the end of the year
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maybe you could subscribe and help me
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it's getting cloudier and cloudier!
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My next cloud-related idiom is
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on cloud nine
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and if somebody is on cloud nine
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it means they are elated or extremely happy
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So when I finished my exams last week I was on cloud nine
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and drinking wine!
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So, I hope you enjoyed my video on cloud-related idioms
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I know there were only 3 but this is a bonus video
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It's a Friday, I should be at the pub!
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but I just got suddenly inspired by the clouds
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In other news, I have opened an instagram account
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It is @LearnEnglishWithLucy
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It should be just here
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Please follow me and you can see little updates
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of what I do in my daily life!
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I will be back to filming normal lesson videos next week
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Until then....cheers!
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So that was my video on cloud-related indians
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........Indians? .....No.
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