hello everyone and welcome back to

english with lucy

today i'm going to talk to you about 20

of the most beautiful idioms in the

english language i've chosen these

idioms because i like their meaning i

think they sound nice i think they refer

to beautiful things and let's just face

it some of them are really fun to say so

this video is perfect for improving your

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with our 20 beautiful english idioms

number one is it takes two to tango it

takes two to tango i love the way that

this one sounds

when you say it takes two to tango it

means that both parties or people

involved in a situation or argument are

equally responsible for it for example

we need to come to a compromise here it

does take two to tango after all

take two to tango take two to tango it's

hard to say

number two is my absolute favorite idiom

i have mentioned this in quite a few

videos before but it's worth a spot here

it is every cloud has a silver lining

this means that every difficult or sad

situation has a comforting or more

hopeful aspect even though this may not

be immediately apparent it comes from

the sun shining behind a cloud the cloud

is obviously a negative thing for some

people

i don't mind clouds because i'm very

very white

but the sun shining behind the cloud

creates a silver lining and the sun's

going to come out later and be hopeful

and comforting for you it's a nice way

of expressing seeing the positive side

of something or seeing something

positive that will come later on as a

result of something negative for example

i was so upset that i failed that first

interview but now i have my absolute

dream job every cloud has a silver

lining

number three is to burn the midnight oil

to burn the midnight oil this means to

work or study late into the night for

example i've been burning the midnight

oil trying to finish a very important

course that's a hint if you

if you didn't quite get that

number four is kind of similar but it's

got a slightly different meaning it's to

burn the candle at both ends

to burn the candle at both ends

this means to work or to do something

from very early in the morning to very

late at night thus getting very little

rest you're using all your free time in

the morning that you would usually use

to rest and you're also using all your

free time in the evening that you would

also use to rest so you're getting very

little rest

an example i was worried about will this

summer because he was burning the candle

at both ends he's a farmer it was

harvest he was getting up early and

coming back very very late i was worried

number five is a lovely one it is water

under the bridge

water under the bridge

this refers to problems or disagreements

that someone or a group of people had a

long time ago

but now they don't care about it anymore

because time has passed and these things

can't be changed they've moved on

for example yes we had our disagreements

but that's water under the bridge now it

doesn't matter we've moved on

number six is to wear your heart on your

sleeve to wear your heart on your sleeve

if you wear your heart on your sleeve it

means that you openly share emotions and

feelings rather than keeping them hidden

inside for example i wear my heart on my

sleeve i am not afraid to tell someone

if i like them number seven is a funny

one i love this one it is lovely weather

for ducks

lovely weather for ducks you're probably

thinking what the hell

let me explain it's a humorous phrase

for

very wet rainy weather of which we have

a lot in the uk

and ireland

i might ask someone how's the weather

looking and they might reply oh well

it's gonna be lovely weather for ducks

the ducks are gonna love all this rain

number eight is to burn your bridges to

burn your bridges this is the act of

unpleasantly

and permanently ending a relationship

with another person or an organization

like a company that you worked for it's

always a good idea to not burn your

bridges there have been many times where

i have wanted to burn bridges but i

haven't and

quite a few of those times actually

there's been a benefit

afterwards as a result of my not burning

my bridges

for example i'm so glad i didn't burn my

bridges with my old boss because she's

just offered me an amazing new job in

her new company

number nine this is lovely variety is

the spice of life variety is the spice

of life this is a phrase that says that

new and exciting experiences make life

more interesting for example i never

like to visit the same restaurant twice

because variety is the spice of life

that is not true for me i find a

favorite and then i

go there until

it shuts down basically

very upsetting when that happens number

10 is to londoneer to lend an ear

this simply means to listen to somebody

with sympathy an example

take my mobile number i'm always here to

lend an ear if you need one number 11 is

a change of heart

a change of heart

this means a move to a different opinion

or attitude for example

the troll had a change of heart and

decided to dedicate their life to

supporting anti-bullying campaigns that

would be a nice thing wouldn't it number

12 is to touch someone's heart to touch

someone's heart

this means to make someone feel a

particular emotion

or strong feelings for example the

handmade birthday card from the little

girl down the road really touched my

heart

it made me feel very

touched

number 13 is to take one's breath away

to take one's breath away if you say

that something has taken your breath

away you're emphasizing the fact that

it's really beautiful or amazing

or breathtaking an example the way he

played that piano took my breath away

number 14 is one that i really like i

love all the weather-related idioms it's

the calm before the storm the calm

before the storm this is a period of

unusual peace silence and tranquility

that seems to come before more difficult

or chaotic times

for example

every morning before i open my laptop i

sit down at my desk with a coffee and

enjoy the calm before the storm before

the busyness of my daily life begins

number 15 is to spread one's wings to

spread one's wings this means to become

more independent and confident and to

try new things

it refers to birds leaving the nest they

fly for the first time and spread their

wings an example

moving it to a new country at a young

age really gave me the chance to spread

my wings i became more independent and

more confident number 16 is so sweet

it is those three little words

those three little words and yes those

three little words is the idiom it is

the phrase we're looking at saying those

three little words is an indirect way of

referring to the words i love you those

three short little words an example in

use i might say to my friend with her

new boyfriend

has he said those three little words to

you yet implying has he said i love you

yet

it's a nice way of asking a question

without being too direct about i love

you which can be a big deal

number 17 is actually more of a proverb

than an idiom but i thought it would be

nice to include it because i really like

it it is what comes around goes around

you might remember the justin timberlake

song

i'm not going to sing it cause i will

get demonetized this means that if you

treat someone badly or do something

negative it's likely that the same thing

will come back to haunt you that they

might treat you badly or you might just

be treated badly in general for example

she picked on me in middle school and

now her boss bullies her

what goes around comes around

number 18 is hook line and sinker hook

line and sinker i love this one it's a

nautical one

relating to navigation and the sea and

sailors and maritime this means

believing something completely something

that's usually not true for example you

got me hook line and sinker when you

told me you were going to be on the x

factor the x factor is a popular talent

show a singing talent show in the uk i'm

sure you have it in your country

perhaps number 19 is to have a soft spot

for someone to have a soft spot for

someone this means to have a great deal

of affection for someone or it can be

something for example i have a huge soft

spot for ginger cats i have a lot of

affection for ginger cats

it's nice because obviously i'm speaking

about cats it's not strictly romantic

it can be if someone says to

their crush or love interest i have a

huge soft spot for you then yes it

probably means romantic affection um but

it doesn't have to be and i really like

that i feel like i'm being extra british

today like awkward and weird anyway and

the last one is to only have eyes for

someone to only have eyes for someone

for example oh no i didn't say the

definition

this means to only be attracted to or

interested in one person which is lovely

monogamy

for example i only have eyes for william

he is the only person that i'm

interested in and attracted to obviously

because i i'm gonna marry him

right that's it for our 20 beautiful

idioms i hope you agree with me that

they are lovely

fun to say they've got beautiful

meanings

and they're just

just nice aren't they

um please do share any other beautiful

idioms or idioms that you consider to be

really really nice fun to say satisfying

or really meaningful down below in the

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for example i never like to visit the

same restaurant restaurant

i really like the weather related idioms

i do have a whole video on whether

related idioms i believe and if not then

i should make one definitely unless i've

covered them all in this video anyway

that doesn't matter number one is number

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number 17

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和 lucy 一起回到英语。

我要和你谈谈英语

中最美丽的 20 个成语

我选择这些

成语是因为我喜欢它们的意思我

认为它们听起来不错我认为它们指

的是 美丽的事物，让我们面对现实

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真的很有效让我们开始

使用我们的20个美丽的英语

习语第一是探戈

需要两个探戈需要两个我喜欢

这个听起来的方式

当您说探戈需要两个人时，这

意味着

涉及情况或争论的双方或人都对此

负有同等责任，例如，

我们需要在这里达成妥协

，探戈确实需要两个人，毕竟

探戈需要两个人 到 探戈

很难说

第二个绝对是我最喜欢的成语

我之前在很多

视频中都提到过，但这里值得一提

它是每一朵云都有一线希望

这意味着每一个困难或悲伤的

情况都有一个安慰或更多的

希望 尽管这可能

不会立即显现出来，但它

来自太阳照耀在云层后面 云

显然对某些人不利

我不介意云，因为我

非常白，

但是太阳在云后面

照耀 一线希望，太阳

迟早会出来，

对你

充满希望和

安慰 我第一次面试失败了，

但现在我有我绝对

梦想的工作每一朵云都有一线希望

第三个是

熬夜 熬夜这

意味着 ork 或学习到深夜，

例如，我一直在熬夜

试图完成一门非常重要的

课程

把蜡烛两端

都烧掉 把蜡烛两端都烧掉

这意味着

从一大早到

很晚都在工作或做某事，因此几乎没有

休息，你把所有的空闲时间都用在

了早上 你通常会

用来休息，而且你还利用

了晚上所有的空闲时间，你

也会用来休息，所以你

很少休息这

是我今年夏天担心的一个例子，

因为他在燃烧蜡烛

在两端他是农民 这是

收获 他起

得很早很晚才回来 我担心

数字 5 是一个可爱的人 它是

桥下的

水 桥下的水

这是

指某人或某个 gr 的问题或分歧 一群人很久以前就有了，

但现在他们不再关心它了，

因为时间已经过去了，这些事情

无法改变，他们继续前进

，例如，是的，我们有分歧，

但现在那是桥下的水

没关系，我们已经

进入第六条，就是把你的心放在

袖子上 把你的心放在袖子上

如果你把心放在袖子上，这

意味着你公开分享情绪和

感受，而不是把它们藏

在里面 例如，我把我的心放在

袖子上 我不怕告诉别人

我是否喜欢他们 第七

个很有趣 我喜欢这个

对鸭子来说

天气很好 对鸭子来说天气很好 你可能在

想什么

让我解释一下

对于

非常潮湿的阴雨天气，这是一个幽默的短语，我们

在英国

和

爱尔兰有很多这样的天气

八是烧毁你的桥梁

烧毁你的桥梁 这是一种

令人不快

和永久地结束

与另一个人或组织（

如你工作的公司）的关系的行为

不烧毁你的桥梁总是一个好主意

有很多次

我一直想烧桥，但我

没有，而且

很多次实际上

有一个

好处，因为我不烧

我的桥

，例如我很高兴我没有

用我的旧桥烧掉我的桥 老板，因为她

刚刚在她的新公司 9 中给了我一份了不起的新工作

这是可爱的

品种是生活的调味品 品种是生活的调味品

这句话说

新的和令人兴奋的经历让生活

更有趣 例如我从来没有

喜欢去同一家餐馆两次，

因为多样性是生活的调味品，

这对我来说不是真的

10 向伦敦人伸出援助之手，

这仅仅意味着以同情的态度倾听某人的意见

，举个例子，

以我的手机号码为例，

如果你需要一个号码，我总是在这里倾听，11

是改变

心意，改变心意，

这意味着 转向不同的观点

或态度，

例如，巨魔改变了主意，

决定献身于

支持反欺凌运动，这

将是一件好事，不是吗？第

12 条是触动某人的心 触动

某人的心

这个 意思是让某人感受到某种

特定的情感

或强烈的感情 例如

路边小女孩手工制作的生日贺卡真的触动了我的

心

它让我感到非常

感动 13 是

如果你说的话，是屏住呼吸，屏住呼吸

某件事让你

叹为观止 你在强调

它真的很漂亮、令人惊叹

或令人叹为观止 举个例子 他

弹奏那架钢琴的方式让我叹为观止

第 14 号是一个 tha 我真的很喜欢我

喜欢所有与天气有关的成语 这是

暴风雨前的平静 暴风雨前的平静

这是一段

不寻常的和平 寂静和安宁

似乎在更困难

或混乱的时期

之前出现，例如每天早上在我打开我的 笔记本电脑

我坐在办公桌前喝杯咖啡，

享受暴风雨前的平静，在

我日常生活的忙碌开始前

15 号是张开翅膀

展开自己的翅膀 这意味着变得

更加独立和自信，并

尝试新

事物 指鸟儿

第一次飞离巢并展开

翅膀

小时候把它搬到一个新国家的例子

真的给了我展开翅膀的机会

我变得更加独立和

自信 16 号太甜

了 是那三个小词

那三个小词是的 那

三个小词是成语 它是

我们正在看的短语 说这

三个小词是引荐的间接方式

用我爱你这

三个简短的小词的

例子我可能会对我的朋友和她的

新

男友说他是否对你说了这三个小

词但暗示他是否说我爱你

但这是一种很好的提问方式

一个不太直接的关于我爱

你的问题，这可能是一个大问题

数字 17 实际上更像是一句谚语而

不是成语，但我认为包含它会

很好，因为我真的很喜欢

它，它是围绕着

你的 可能还记得贾斯汀·林莱克的

歌

我不会唱因为我会

被贬低这意味着如果你

对某人不好或做一些

消极的事情很可能同样的事情

会回来困扰你他们

可能会虐待你或

一般来说，你可能会受到不好的对待，例如

她在中学时挑衅我，

现在她的老板欺负她

，周围发生的事情是

18 号钩线和坠子钩

线和坠子，我喜欢这个，它是

航海的 e

与航海、海洋、

水手和海事有关，这意味着

完全相信

一些通常不正确的事情，例如

，当你告诉我你将成为 x 因素时，你得到了我的钩线和坠子

，x 因素是一个受欢迎的人才

在英国表演歌唱才艺表演 我

相信你在你的国家

也有表演 也许第 19 项是

对某人情有独钟 对某人情有独钟

这意味着对某人有很大

的感情，或者可以

例如，我

对姜猫情有独钟 我对姜猫有很多

感情

这很好，因为显然我在

谈论猫 这并不是严格意义上的浪漫

如果有人对

他们的暗恋或爱人说我有

对你来说是一个巨大的软肋，是的，它

可能意味着浪漫的感情，嗯，但

它不一定是，我真的很

喜欢我觉得我今天变得更加英国化

，无论如何都喜欢尴尬和怪异，

最后一个是只有

一个人的眼睛只有一个人的眼睛，

例如，哦，不，我没有说这个

定义，

这意味着只

被一个可爱的一夫一妻制的人所吸引或感兴趣，

例如，我只有威廉的眼睛，

他是唯一一个这样的人 我很

感兴趣并被吸引，

因为我要嫁给

他，这就是我们的 20 个美丽的

成语我希望你同意我的观点，

他们很

有趣地说他们有美丽的

意义

，他们

只是 很好，不是吗，

嗯，请在评论部分下方分享您认为非常有趣或真正有意义的任何其他美丽的

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