I have something interesting for you today.
I gathered some different expressions and idioms that I hear regularly in movies, talk shows, interviews, and just casual conversations?
Well, you probably know this feeling of confusion when you watch a video or listen to some podcasts and you hear some phrase That kind of doesn't make any sense, but it clearly means something important. and usually they are bewildering because you know that's the english language So let's find out what some of them are and we'll use them in sentences because it's always easier to understand something in context.
Hey everybody, it's Anna, and this is the English Fluency Journey.
Let's go. The first one is throw a fit. Throw a fit or have a fit.
It means to get upset, enraged, or worried and often shouting out loud because something or someone provoked you.
Today I went to the mall and in the parking lot some guy threw a fit because he wanted to park in the same spot that I parked in minutes earlier. there.
Today I went to the mall and in the parking lot some guy threw a fit because he wanted to park in the same spot that I parked in minutes earlier. earlier.
Whenever I'm wearing my new perfume, my boyfriend throws a fit because he doesn't like its scent.
Whenever I'm wearing my new perfume, my boyfriend throws a fit because he doesn't like its scent.
Burst at the seams. So when you feel yourself overwhelmed, stressed out, or trying to contain a strong feeling, strong emotion, that it seems that you're going to explode, you can use this phrase to express your emotions. your feelings, you can say that you're bursting at the seams.
Mostly, it's used to talk about If it's jam packed, you can say that it's bursting at the seams.
Or when you've eaten too much, you can say that I'm bursting at the seams.
You're bursting at the seams. This coffee shop serves the best coffee in the city, no wonder that it's bursting in the seams all the time.
This coffee shop serves the best coffee in the city.
No wonder that it's bursting at the seams all the time.
Who wants the dessert? Oh, not me. I'm stuffed.
I feel like I'm bursting at the seams. Who wants the dessert?
Oh, not me. I'm stuffed. I feel like I'm bursting at the seams. take a toll on something or someone, take its toll on something or someone.
You'll hear this one a lot. It means to gradually cause some damaging effects or suffering.
You can say that years of sedentary lifestyle took a toll on my back.
Years of sedentary lifestyle took a toll on my back. or I've been getting too little sleep lately and it's taking its toll on my health.
I've been getting too little sleep lately and it's taking its toll on my health.
Increased amount of cars in our city has taken a toll on the state of roads. increased amount of cars in our city has taken a toll on the state of roads.
So my hair, see it through, see it through.
True means to keep doing something until it's completed, to go all the way, not to give in.
So instead of saying he never gives up, you can say he always sees it through.
Or you can say a good lawyer taking a case is determined to see it through. good lawyer taking a case is determined to see it through.
Hustle and bustle Hustle and bustle means to be very busy and active, loud and hectic, and work really hard.
So you can say the hustle and bustle of malls and big cities or to restore your inner balance and relax, you gotta get away from the urban hustle and bustle.
Or in another context, you can say, Any plans for this weekend?
Oh, I have so much work to do that I think that I'm going to hustle and bustle. meaning that I'm going to work a lot and hard.
And usually in this context, it gets contracted to just hustle.
So I'm gonna hustle now. Hustle and bustle of malls and big cities.
To relax and restore your inner balance, you gotta get away from the urban hustle and bustle.
Strike a nerve. Strike, hit, touch a nerve. means to hurt someone's feelings, to upset them by saying or doing something because they are sensitive about it.
Hey, you really struck a nerve when you mentioned his family problems.
He's pretty upset. Hey, you really struck a nerve when you mentioned his family problems.
He's pretty upset. Golden rule. You might watch some video and listen to some conversation there and it might go like this.
Hey, how are you today? Oh, those bullies were making fun of Emily again today so I couldn't stand it and I stood up for her.
Oh, you did the right thing, because you know what the golden rule says.
Oh, yeah, sure, I know. So what is this golden rule?
Golden rule is a basic ethical principle which says Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, or treat others as you would want them treat you.
So I try to live by the golden rule. Are you?
I try to live by the golden rule. Are you?
Keep in your back pocket. Keep in your back pocket having your back pocket means to know some information or tricks. so that you can use them later at any time you need or to have someone whose services you can use later or at any time you need.
I hope that these expressions are useful information that you can keep in your back pocket.
I hope that these expressions are useful information that you can keep in your back pocket.
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