Advanced English Expressions And Idioms For Daily Life
are you ready to sound like a native
English speaker no I mean really sound
like a native English speaker well if
you said yes that means you need to
learn advanced English expressions and
advanced English idioms and I am gonna
teach you them today I’m teacher Tiffany
let’s jump right in alright idioms and
expressions now here’s a very popular
quote from John Powell communication
works for those who work at it now I
like this quote because basically it’s
saying if you put in the work if you put
in the time to learn these expressions
and idioms you will see results now
another quote that I really really like
is right here communication is your
ticket to success if you pay attention
and learn to do it effectively I’m gonna
teach you how to do just that so let’s
get started with the first idiom number
1 to be in the limelight now this means
to receive attention and interest from
the public or to be at the center of
public attention now let me help you
understand this idiom even even more so
think about a light right now I have a
light directly in front of me why
because I’m recording a video lesson for
you but you need to see me good right
you need to see me very clearly so I
have to use a light so the light is
making you focus on me so to be in the
limelight refers to being the center of
attention all right now I’m gonna give
you some examples in into so that you
know how to use this idiom properly
alright so here we go first we have this
one right here he’s been in the
limelight recently following the release
of his new movie
so think about Will Smith Will Smith is
a very popular actor not just in Amer
but around the world so when he produces
or stars in a new movie he usually is in
the limelight everyone’s looking at him
Wow
what’s Will Smith doing he’s in the
limelight alright now the next example
here we go Sally loves being in the
limelight or basically Sally loves
having other people focus on her all
right makes sense right and the third
example we have is right here
the reporters made sure the attractive
new actress was in the limelight
basically the reporters wanted everyone
to focus on the new actress okay
so again this idiom number one is to be
in the lime light you got it all right
let’s move on to idiom number two again
very useful idioms take a trip down
memory lane now this idiom means to
deliberately recall pleasant or
sentimental memories so here’s the best
way for you to remember this idiom you
know at the end of each video what I
usually do what’s that called again
story time I usually tell you a lot
about my past something that happened
that either made me happy or sad but
taking a trip down memory lane usually
refers to a pleasant memory from the
past okay all right so let’s look at
some examples that can see or show us
how to use this idiom properly we were
just taking a stroll down memory lane
and recalling the days of our youth Oh
real quick stroll so taking a stroll
just means to take a nice walk a very
pleasant walk we say stroll in English
all right so again this individual says
we were just taking a stroll down memory
lane recalling the days of our youth
remembering when he or she was in high
school or in grade school and the many
things they did when they were in school
all right so here’s another
let’s see let’s go there and take a trip
down memory lane now I want to tell you
this is such a useful idiom you can
start using it right now and you will
sound like a native English speaker
because we use this idiom so often
alright now the last example sentence we
have is right here before we take a trip
down memory lane let’s look at the facts
now this is very interesting because
again remember a trip down memory lane
is recalling what happened and thinking
of pleasant memories but this person is
saying hey hey hey hey hey wait a second
let’s look at the facts and let’s go
down memory lane get makes sense alright
good so again idiom number two is take a
trip down memory lane
now idiom number three again another
very useful idiom crank out something
now this means to produce something
continually like a machine or to make
something in a casual and mechanical way
now let me give you a good example of
what to crank out something means or how
it can be used okay so you all follow me
on Instagram I think most of you follow
me on Instagram I’m gonna open it up on
my phone now for Instagram I produce two
videos every single day I produce a
vocabulary lesson and also a lesson on
slang so in order to do that I have to
usually record a lot of videos now I’m
gonna show you what my timeline looks
like hopefully you can see it alright
there we go let’s see and now it’s there
so you see there are so many videos on
my Instagram account now I have to
record a lot of videos continually so I
have to crank out a lot of Instagram
video lessons kind of makes sense I know
you got it now let’s see some examples
and it says using this idiom here we go
first Stanley can crank out a lot of
essays in a single day okay Stanley I
see you
Stanley is legit I
legit means awesome or amazing another
slang turn alright next we have this one
right here the new robot they created
can crank out over 100 mechanical parts
in one hour now you’re seeing how you
can use this idiom in real life
think about robots robots are created
because they can move faster than humans
and do certain processes faster than a
human being they can crank out things
faster than humans make sense all right
all right now let’s see the last one
here we go the last one is right here
the director cranks out one movie a year
so like a machine
the director keeps producing keeps
producing keeps producing kind of makes
sense all right now let’s move on okay
so we have our three idioms but what
about expressions so our first English
expression is know or learn the ropes
now this means to understand how to do a
particular job or activity or to learn
how to do something so again right now
you are learning English right you’re
kind of learning how to use these
expressions properly let me give you
another example that may be helpful
think about when you first learn to
drive a car right you don’t know what to
do you don’t know how to turn the wheel
you don’t know how to turn the car on so
you have to learn how to actually drive
a car you need to learn the ropes
alright again a very very useful English
expression so let’s see some example
sentences using this expression here we
go first anyone who’s been doing the job
for a few months should know the ropes
by now it’s like hey come on you’ve been
at this job for a few months now you
should know what you’re doing or you
should know the ropes make sense all
right now let’s go to number two here we
go once I learned the ropes at my new
job I won’t be so nervous it’s true when
you learn how to do something and you
understand
you suddenly kind of relax like I got
this it’s okay
right okay and now our last example
sentence is right here we need someone
to teach the new staff someone who knows
the ropes and is good at explaining
things someone who understands and is
able to explain things well make sense
all right so number one expression
number one is to know or learn the ropes
now let’s move on to number two here we
go all right the second one is line of
work now this literally just means job
or occupation or the principal activity
in your life that you do to earn money
so again very useful expression we as
Americans native English speakers use it
on a regular basis it literally just
means your job or applicant occupation
application occupation all right so this
is what happens let’s say for example
someone walks up to me and says Tiffany
can I ask you what your line of work is
I can say oh yes I’m an English teacher
and I love my students I really do so my
line of work is I’m an English teacher
and right so again your job or
occupation so let’s go back and check
out some example sentences here we go
first we have I believe that the
majority of you chose your line of work
because you want to help so basically
you chose your job because you want to
help people again
we replaced job with line of work all
right now number two the second example
sentence is in my line of work being
surrounded by gadgets is an occupational
requirement so ah in jobs like mine we
usually are surrounded by gadgets again
the exact same meaning now the last
example sentence is right here this line
of work
requires lots of effort so this type of
job require
a lot of effort makes sense alright so
again expression number two line of work
just meaning your job or occupation now
expression number three another good one
on the back burner alright on the back
burner now real quick um let me explain
what a back burner is so in America I’m
sure in your country too we have a stove
right and on the stove there are usually
four unless you have a really big stove
on top there are four we say burners
right where you put the pot on top of
you turn it on either you have a gas
stove or you can have an electric one
and sometimes our induction as well but
you put the pot on top or the pan and it
heats it up well we used to call those
burners we still do the burner so
they’re usually four burners now when
you’re cooking something the most
important thing is usually in front on
the front burner because you need to
cook it and cook it in a way you’re
comfortable right you’re not having to
reach over things but when you finish
something or it’s not the main dish you
can put it to the back on the back
burner make sense now we don’t have
expression that says front burner I know
someone’s gonna ask me but we don’t have
that one we have on the back burner so
let me explain what this actually means
here we go having low priority or
something that is temporarily not being
dealt with or considered like I
mentioned I’m cooking but I finished
kind of the side dish so I’m putting it
to the back and now I’m cooking the main
dish on the front okay all right so
let’s see some example sentences here we
go first we’ve all had to put our plans
on the back burner for a while think
about it right now we are all
experiencing a kind of a serious
situation across the world right so
people are staying at home to work or
some people unfortunately have lost
their jobs so things that were our
priority in the past have now been moved
aside to try to figure out how to adjust
to the new situation so we can say I put
my vacation on the back burner or I put
that paper I was writing on the back
burner kind of make sense
good all right now number two let’s move
on number two the building project is on
the back burner for now okay we’re gonna
do it later and finally this matter was
on the back burner for a long time again
this matter and one time it was very
important but now we’ve kind of put it
to the side and it’s not as important
right now kind of makes sense all right
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English lessons and I know you’re gonna
enjoy it but I really hope you enjoyed
this lesson as well remember I want you
to sound like a native English speaker
and I taught you literally three English
idioms that we use on a regular basis
and three English expressions that we
also use on a regular basis so I really
hope you enjoyed today’s lesson remember
to review and remember if you want to
watch part two hit the link in the
description well I will see you next
week but as always remember to speak
English
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you know what time it is it’s story time
eh I said it’s story time
all right now I have kind of a funny
story for you guys today um all right so
when I was in South Korea remember I
taught in South Korea for about ten
years
now I speak Korean now but when I first
went to South Korea I did not speak
Korean but I loved teaching so anyways I
was assigned a class and one of my
classes was a room full of I think there
are about 20 of them 20 and they were I
think they were about 6 years old their
routine 6 they weren’t 7 they between 5
and 6 years old so there were little
people now I love children I truly love
children but when you have five and
six-year-olds and English is not their
first language there’s a bit of a
barrier to kind of overcome sometimes
children are very active right they’re
very active and they like to have fun
and again I love children and I love
having fun so one day we’re in class and
again they weren’t bad kids but they
were kids and they were talking a lot
and they were laughing and they weren’t
paying attention to the lesson I was
teaching them I was their English
teacher so I asked them okay guys I need
you to be quiet
now remember English is not their first
language and now that I speak Korean I
realize how important it is at certain
times to use the mother tongue if you
want to immediately get someone’s
attention so fast forward now when I did
learn Korean I had no problem with
little people because I would speak in
Korean really quickly to get their
attention so anyways back to the story
so I was getting a little bit frustrated
because I was a little tired that day
there were 20 little munchkins munchkins
is another word for little people that I
use it’s kind of a cute term I actually
call my nieces munchkins so I was I had
20 munchkins running around the room and
I was getting frustrated and I said I
need you guys to sit down and be quiet
the boys looked at me the girls looked
at me
I mean they were adorable cute so okay
my level my tolerance level was going
like this I said okay you guys are about
to make me upset so they’re just yappin
just talking just talking so at the top
of my line I said I said shut your mouth
and everybody froze everybody in the
class froze now remember these are five
and six year old Korean kids and I love
them they again they were just being bad
that day and I said I said shut your
mouth so they all got quiet including me
and one little girl leaned over to her
friends in perfect English and said the
teacher just told us to shut up I said I
did not tell you to shut up I said shut
your mouth and I was trying not to laugh
because I should be little kids because
I would never tell a child to shut up
because shut up is rude and as a teacher
you shouldn’t say it to your kids again
every teacher is different but I never
told my kids to shut up because it’s
rude so I said shut your mouth but again
there were little kids English was not
their first language and all they heard
was shut and then they saw my facial
expression and I was loud so they said
oh she told us to shut up and all I
could imagine was these little kids
telling their parents my English teacher
told me to shut up in class or I was
like I did not tell you to shut up I
said shut your mouth so again I was
trying not to laugh but I they looked at
me and they said okay teacher needless
to say the rest of the class they were
angels they were quiet they listen to
the lesson and they were fine but I
always remembered that story because it
reminds me of the importance of
understanding a language because they
knew one expression they knew shut up
but they had never heard shut your mouth
so they immediately assumed I had said
shut up so anyways the kid I loved the
kids they loved me we had a great time
the rest of the semester there was no
problem at all but um yeah sometimes you
know you
to a breaking point and you express
yourself but this is why it’s important
to know many different English
expressions all right I really hope you
guys enjoyed this story remember uh tell
me something that happened to you that
was funny in your past you put it in the
comments section alright guys I’ll see
you in next week’s video