You may hear expressions and wonder what they mean but when you learn to use them in your daily conversations, you will sound more like a native English speaker! Take a look at these common expressions.
English idioms, proverbs, and expressions are a crucial part of English. You deal with all the time in both written and spoken English. Because expressions don’t always make sense exactly, still you’ll need to know yourself with the purpose and practice of each idiom. That may look like a lot of work, but learning idioms and expressions is enjoyable, especially when you compare expressions in your language. They could be similar, or completely different!
Learning to use common expressions will present your English sound like a native, so it’s a good approach to expert some of these expressions, to improve your fluency incredibly!
Examples
“Beat around the bush”
Meaning: Speaking in an indirect manner
Example: Instead of apologizing, she kept beating around the bush.
“Hold your horses”
Meaning: Wait
Example: Hold your horses! We still have to know if we were accepted.
“It takes two to tango”
Meaning: There are two people involved. Usually used in a scandal
Example: We shouldn’t only blame her, it takes two to tango.
“Blow off steam”
Meaning: feeling upset, and want to do something to reduce these sentiments,
Example: “Hey, I’m feeling angry. I’m going to go blow off some steam.”
“Stabbed in the back”
Meaning: You’ve been disappointed by someone whom you deemed you could confident.
Example: These corporations will pretend you like they’re your supporter, but they’ll stab you in the back the time it makes the economic reason for them.
“Break a leg”
Meaning: the total contradiction of what it looks
Example: “Hey, don’t you have a program today? Break a leg!”
“Up in the air”
Meaning: the situation being depicted is still uncertain, and that everything is yet doubtful.
Example: Far up in the air was a gadget that looked like an aircraft.
“Hit the hay”
Meaning: exhausted and want to go to rest.
Example: “Sorry, fellows, it’s late, so I hit the hay”!
“Rule of thumb”
Meaning: not precise, based on common experience and sense.
Example: “As a rule of thumb, Evelyn should compensate for her loss.”
“Hit the books”
Meaning: going to study
Example: “I can’t attend the party tonight, because I have to hit the books due to my exams.
“Pitch in”
Meaning: contribute to something or to join someone
Example: The Pitch-In card is a different choice offered to Buy.
“Go cold turkey”
Meaning: smoking or drinking alcohol
Example: “I haven’t an idea, she just announced last week that she’s leaving drinking.”
“Is she quit cold turkey?”
So, now what?
Now it is time to make your own examples! Create a dialogue (a conversation) of two people talking and try to incorporate at least 5 of these expressions in that dialogue.
Make it fun and creative so that the expressions will make sense!
When you finish, send them to us or leave them in the comment section below!
Good luck!
