How to Say Something is Expensive!
In the listening lesson “Sex and the City 2!” I talked about buying snacks at the movie theatre. I said: Admission for an adult is now $11.99, which is not so bad, but they charge an arm and a leg for food and drinks!! Here are some other ways to say that something is […]
English Vocabulary: Idioms with “Dog”
The listening lesson “Thor to the Rescue” is about a very smart dog in my neighbourhood. Many language learners are familiar with the expression “It’s raining cats and dogs”, but there are many more expressions in English with ‘dog’ in them. Here are 13 more phrases and expressions with ‘dog’: The doggy paddle This is […]
5 Funny Phrases to Use When You Want to Say that Someone is Dumb!
In English, we have lots of creative and colourful ways of saying that someone is not very smart! It’s not very nice to call someone ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’, so in English we have a lot of funny expressions to use instead. 1. He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed! There are many […]
English Idiom: Have a Chip on Your Shoulder
Recently, I watched a program on TV called ‘Lockdown,’ about young men in an American prison. A young inmate was asked, “Has anyone ever told you that you have a chip on your shoulder?” Someone who has a chip on his shoulder is angry all the time. He (or she) feels that he has been […]
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