5 Common British English Expressions
not get thank you hi guys
it’s me and I’m here in sunny London
that’s British sarcasm there it’s
extremely cold today but I wanted to
talk to you about some of the common
British expressions that I hear and use
more or less every day so let’s get
started so the first one is alright and
this really means hello how are you
some people get confused and think it
means is everything ok
really it’s a very general question it’s
a nice way of greeting somebody so if
you hear someone in the street say
alright you can say yeah how are you as
a response ok so the next one is I’m
easy and this would be something you use
when somebody asks you to make a
decision and you don’t really mind would
you prefer Italian or Chinese food
tonight
well I’m easy it means I don’t really
mind ok the next one is on about and
this means talking about ok so if I say
what’s he on about I’m really saying
what’s he talking about ok it can be
used quite negatively so if someone’s
talking too much you can say what’s he
on about so my personal favourite of
this list is Bob’s your uncle and this
if you’re not familiar with the phrase
may sound ridiculous and it is we’re a
little bit crazy here in the UK and but
Bob’s your uncle is a phrase we use to
conclude a set of instructions like for
example making a cup of tea you need to
borrow the water you need to add it to a
cup you need to add a tea bag you need
to let it brew you then need to take the
tea bag out and then add some milk and
sugar to taste and then Bob’s your uncle
you’ve made a cup of tea mm-hmm ok so
this last one easy-peasy is something I
used to say quite a lot when I was a
child but I might still say it every now
and again now and this means that
something’s really easy and the full
rhyme is easy peasy lemon squeezy
ok I don’t recommend that you use this
phrase in a job interview but for
general fun and general conversations
it’s absolutely fine so how was the exam
it was easy pee pee and then if you
really want to go for it it was easy
peasy lemon squeezy thank you for
watching this short and fun little
lesson today try and use these phrases
that I’ve taught you at some point today
and see the kind of reactions you’ll get
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