5 Common British English Expressions Episode 2
hello my darlings it’s Lucia from
English with Lucy I never know quite
what to do in the introduction so I
thought a slide-in might be quite I
didn’t so everyone really seemed to like
my last video five common British
expressions so here is part two here are
five more common British expressions
that ask British people we use on a
daily basis very important news I now
have an Instagram which is learn English
with Lucy along with my Facebook and my
YouTube all the information will be
right here and for my Chinese followers
I know you’re watching me over in China
so I’ve created a Weibo I think it’s
pronounced like that Weibo way boat not
sure feel free to laugh at me but I’ve
created an account so that I can
communicate with you too so our first
common British expression is it’s and
Bob’s and this means various or
miscellaneous things so if someone asks
you what did you get for Christmas and
you just really got a mixture you can
say oh just bits and bobs really nothing
huge just general random things so the
next one is gobsmacked
and this means amazed or surprised or
shocked it’s kind of a mixture of all of
them so can you believe she left him or
can you believe he did that so I’m
absolutely gobsmacked it can be both
positive and negative so number three is
to lose the plot and this means to go
mad or to go crazy mad is another word
for crazy so I can’t believe you spent
300 pounds on a pair of socks you’ve
completely lost the plot this can be
used negatively and also affectionately
I’d often say to my mum if she spends
too much money that she’s completely
lost the plot I love you mum now we have
number four which is to take the mickey
we sometimes shortened Mickey to Mick to
take the mick and from so a more vulgar
version is to take the piss but I would
only use that in a colloquial situation
with my
friends not work or with people I need
to respect not that I don’t respect my
friends you know I mean not around
Authority so an example would be what
three English lessons with the nature of
English teacher are you taking the mick
the answer would of course be no it’s
true
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last but not least we have to pass with
flying colors and this means to be very
successful in a test or selection
process and like a job interview and an
example of this would be Lucy past her
University exams with flying colors
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