How to Use AS THEY SAY Advanced English vocabulary expression lesson
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm
oh no the sky is falling as they say
let’s talk about it in today’s video
lesson
we’re going to talk about the quick
expression as they say as they say
i already used this a couple seconds ago
after an idiom i said oh no the sky is
falling as they say this expression as
they say is kind of an afterthought you
just add it to the end of a sentence
it’s not the most important part of the
sentence but it has an important meaning
so let’s talk about what it actually
means oftentimes we add as they say
after an idiom just to show that we
don’t actually mean the sky is falling
we don’t actually mean that you’re
living under a rock like an idiom I
talked about in a couple lessons ago
you’re showing that it’s figurative it’s
not literal this is not a necessary
expression to add after every idiom but
we do often add this after idioms just
to show that we know it’s an idiom so a
common idiom is the grass is greener on
the other side this means that the other
person’s situation is gonna look better
than your situation because it’s not
yours maybe you’re jealous and you want
to have their situation the grass is
greener on the other side but after we
say this idiom we can add today’s
expression well the grass is greener on
the other side as they say just adding
it at the end so as you learn some
idioms with me through video lessons or
the past idioms that you’ve already
learned with me you can add this at the
end of those idioms you might say
English is
my cup of tea as they say we talked
about the expression cup of tea in a
past video lesson so you can add this
after that idiom you’re adding together
all of these expressions English is my
cup of tea as they say it’s not really
your cup of tea English is not
physically you are a cup of tea but
you’re showing that it’s a metaphor it’s
just an idiom if you don’t know what
this idiom cup of tea means make sure
that you watch the past video where I
talked about that another idiom that I
talked about in the past that hopefully
you already know if you watched the live
YouTube lesson about this is living
under a rock and it means that you’re
unaware of things that are going on
around you maybe pop culture or
something in the news that should be
obvious but you don’t really know what
it is you’re living under a rock but
you’re not actually living under a rock
it’s just an idiom idioms don’t actually
have the literal meaning I don’t think
you’re living under a rock as far as I
know so if you use this idiom you could
say you don’t have to add it but you
could say what he’s living under a rock
as they say so it’s just added to the
end so it’s your choice if you would
like to add this or if you would like to
leave it out I want to make sure you
feel comfortable with this expression
because you’re gonna hear it when you
are introduced to English movies TV
shows when you talk with native speakers
you’re going to hear this as they say as
they say and hopefully now you can use
it too so in the comments below this
video I want to challenge you to make a
sentence using as they say so this means
you’re going to have to also use an
idiom you’re welcome to use an idiom
that I’ve talked about in past lessons
you’re welcome to use a new idiom but
you’re going to need to use an
U+ as they say that’s your challenge for
today I’m looking forward to reading
your sentences and giving you some
feedback about them too
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