English Idioms: 10 Essential IDIOMS You Can Use Every Day || Definitions and Example Sentences || ✅
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Idioms are fun, exciting ways to spice up your English. They can be used in everyday conversation, you can use them with friends and family, at work, and you'll often hear them used in movies and TV shows.
In this English video lesson, we'll introduce ten essential idioms you can use every day, with definitions and example sentences, or sample conversations.
It's essential to keep in mind as we go through this lesson that idioms are not meant to be literal. You cannot translate an Idiom word for word.
This Main Street English video lesson will define and use the following ten common conversational idioms.
➡️ Number. 1 The last straw
Here is a great idiom to start with as it comes from another idiom, The straw that broke the camel's back.
The camel is already wholly overloaded. It cannot take any more weight upon its back. Not even a single straw. One more straw would break its back. So the last straw means reaching the breaking point—the final thing in a string of nasty things. You cannot cope with anything more.
➡️ Number. 2 Cut some slack.
Sometimes we should give people the benefit of the doubt. You may not initially understand why they are behaving the way they do, but there could be reasons to explain it.
➡️ Number. 3 You can say that again.
Essentially, this idiom means, what is said is correct. I agree with it.
➡️ Number. 4 Cross that bridge when you come to it.
You cannot cross a bridge if it's not in front of you. It is not necessary to worry about something that is not happening now. Deal with the situation if or when it occurs.
➡️ Number. 5 Long story short
Just the basic facts of a long story, using as few words as possible. To be concise with an explanation of something. To summarise, giving just the ending and not the complete history.
➡️ Number. 6 Hit the sack
Simply going to bed!
➡️ Number. 7 Feeling under the weather.
To not feel well.
➡️ Number. 8 Take your time.
To spend as much time doing something as necessary. It can also be used to ask someone politely to slow down during an activity.
➡️ Number. 9 Take your word for it.
To believe someone without knowing yourself.
➡️ Number. 10 Work cut out for you.
The activity will prove very difficult to achieve a satisfactory result.
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