Common Idioms in English - Common English Idioms in American English

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Hello students. In this lesson,  I will teach you some of the most  
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common English idioms. These idioms are very  common in everyday conversation in America.  
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You will hear these English idioms in movies  and TV shows and by using these idioms you  
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will sound more like a native English speaker. The first common idiom is a blessing in disguise.  
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So, let’s think about the words in this idiom. A  blessing is a good thing. A disguise is something  
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that changes the appearance of something  or someone to make them look different.  
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A costume is a kind of disguise. This idiom  means a good thing that looked bad at first.  
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Here’s an example, “losing my job was a blessing  in disguise because I got a much better job.” 
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The next common English idiom is “beat around  the bush.” A bush is like a small tree. It looks  
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like this. Beat around the bush is an old hunting  term. Hunters would use a stick and hit the ground  
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(beat) around the bush to get animals to run out  so they could hunt them. They would avoid hitting  
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the actual bush. Beat around the bush idiom  means to avoid saying something that might be  
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uncomfortable. Here’s an example, “stop beating  around the bush and just answer the question.” 
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Another common idiom is, hit the sack or hit the  hay. This term probably originated from the idea  
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that a long time ago mattresses used to be made  by stuffing hay into a sack. This is hay. So,  
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before going to bed people would fluff the hay in  the sack to make the mattress more comfortable to  
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sleep on. Nowadays, the idiom just means going to  bed. Here’s an example, “I am really tired today,  
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I think I’m going to hit the sack.” “I am really  tired today; I think I’m going to hit the hay.” 
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The next idiom is it's not rocket science. What  is rocket science? Rocket scientists are people  
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who design rocket ships that go into space.  The job of rocket scientist is a difficult  
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job. The idiom it’s not rocket science means  something is easy to do. It’s not difficult.  
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A similar idiom is it’s not brain surgery. These  two idioms have the same meaning. Sometimes,  
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we can use the word exactly. For example, it’s  not exactly rocket science. Here’s an example,  
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“I don’t understand why there are so many bad  drivers, driving isn’t exactly rocket science.” 
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The next common idiom in English is go back to  the drawing board. Back to the drawing board  
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mean to go back to the beginning of some process  and start it again, because it’s not working.  
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So maybe you are working on something and it’s  not working out well, you can go back to the  
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drawing board and start again. Here’s an example,  “I tried to fix my car, but it still won’t drive.  
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I guess I need to go back to the drawing  board and try something different. 
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Not you know some of the most common idioms  in English. I’ll see you in the next video.
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