hello everyone and welcome back to

english with lucy

today i'm going to show you 20 idioms

that you can use to sound like a native

english speaker this video is really

going to help you improve your

vocabulary but if you want to improve

your listening and pronunciation skills

even further then i highly recommend the

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reading and listening at the same time

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reading alone will not help with your

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phonetic language the way a word is

spelt or written in english might not

give you any indication as to how that

word is pronounced that's why

pronunciation in english is so hard for

my students

but if you listen to a word as you read

it your brain will start making

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right let's get started with the lesson

idiom number one is a drop in the ocean

a drop in the ocean

i think there's a song called a drop in

the ocean i used to really like that

when i was at school a drop in the ocean

means a very small or insignificant part

of something big or whole

for example the government's pledge to

increase health funding by a hundred

million is a drop in the ocean compared

to the billions that need to be spent

number two is a lovely one i think

they're all lovely actually because i

chose them myself for you

number two is action speak louder than

words

actions speak louder than words this

means that it's better to actually do

something

rather than just talk about it

for example

stop apologizing to me and prove to me

that i can trust you actions speak

louder than words

that's a good one to use in your next

fight with someone who has lost your

trust

number three is to add fuel to the fire

to add fuel to the fire

this simply means to make a problem

worse to exacerbate a problem

we learned exacerbate in another class

didn't we recently comment down below if

you remember which it was for example

don't tell her about the delays you'll

just be adding fuel to the fire

number four is the ball is in your court

the ball is in your court

this means that it's your turn to make

the next step or decision for example

i've done all i can do the ball is in

your court now

number five is to bend over backwards to

bend over backwards

this means to do whatever it takes to

help someone

for example

our company is bending over backwards to

satisfy our customers

sometimes it can mean that you've helped

too much you've put in too much effort

oh i've been bending over backwards

trying to solve his problems and he

hasn't given me the time of day to give

someone the time of day is to give

someone the proper attention

number six to bite off more than you can

chew

to bite off more than you can chew

this means to take on a task that is too

big

for example i think i've bitten off more

than i can chew with this project

this is something i said all the way

through my university degree i was

working i had a youtube channel i was

doing projects i had taken on extra work

i bit off more than i could chew and i

suffered the consequences but it was

worth it i'm okay now

actually homework here have you ever

bitten off more than you could chew

let me know about the situation in the

comments section down below

maybe you were studying and working at

the same time maybe you were trying to

maintain a long-distance relationship

whilst

doing an internship i don't know let me

know

oh number seven is a good one this is

one my mom uses a lot it's by the skin

of one's teeth by the skin of your teeth

this means to only just succeed

something by a very narrow margin by the

enamel on your teeth but we say skin we

don't normally say skin of teeth but for

this particular saying we do an example

i think i might have passed that exam by

the skin of my teeth

only just

number eight

is derived from a fable i think or a

childhood story it's to cry wolf to cry

wolf this means to call for help when

you don't need it

and i think the story is i wonder if you

have this in your own country and

culture

um a boy

kept pretending that there was a wolf so

that people would come and in the end

when a wolf did actually come he called

for help and no one came because they

always thought that he was crying for

help when he didn't actually need it an

example my new flatmate is always crying

wolf

number nine is to cut somebody some

slack

to cut somebody some slack

this means to give someone a break to

stop judging them so hard

for example you need to cut the interns

some slack they are still learning

number 10 is to cut to the chase to cut

to the chase

this means to leave out all of the

unnecessary details and just get to the

point

an example to cut to the chase i'm not

comfortable working alongside john

anymore

number 11 to get one's head around

something to get your head around

something this means to come to

understand something to work to

understand something for example i'm

going to spend tonight trying to get my

head around this new legislation

number 12 is to hear on the grapevine to

hear on the grapevine this means to hear

a rumor or an unconfirmed story for

example i heard on the grapevine that

our receptionist will be leaving us soon

number 13 a personal favorite it takes

two to tango it takes two to tango

you've got to be comfortable with the

tough sound to say that it takes two to

tango

this means that actions or

communications need more than one person

for example

don't just blame him for the affair it

takes two to

two parties were involved in that

bad behavior

number fourteen is to miss the boat to

miss the boat

this means to miss the opportunity to do

something

for example

i think you've missed the boat on that

application they've already started

interviewing candidates

number 15 is a lovely one it is a piece

of cake a piece of cake

this means really easy

that pop quiz was a piece of cake

number 16 is pull yourself together pull

yourself together

this means calm down and act normally

it's normally said when somebody is

stressing out

for example i think you need to pull

yourself together and stop stressing

about the presentation

number 17 is to sit or to be on the

fence to sit on the fence to be on the

fence

this means to stay neutral and to not

take sides

for example i'm sitting on the fence on

this one i don't want to offend anyone

number 18 is to step up one's game to

step up your game

this means to start performing better

for example if you really want to get

this promotion you'll need to step up

your game

number 19 is to sell someone out to sell

someone out

this means to snitch on someone or to

let their secret out

for example i asked you to keep that

information to yourself i can't believe

you sold me out like that

and number 20 is

your guess is as good as mine

your guess is as good as mine

this means

i don't know or i have no idea

for example we just don't have enough

data your guess is as good as mine

right those were our 20 idioms that you

can use to sound like a native speaker

i've got some more homework for you this

is the official homework the other

homework was just

spur of the moment

homework

spur of the moment means on impulse or

without advance planning

the real homework is to write in the

comments section five sentences

using five of your favorite idioms that

we have talked about today if you'd like

to add some sentences with additional

idioms that you have heard native

speakers say then feel free to do so and

we can all learn from each other don't

forget to check out audible the link to

claim your free audio book is in the

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connect with me on all of my social

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for another lesson

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大家好，欢迎今天

和 lucy 一起回到英语，

我将向你展示 20 个习语

，你可以用它们听起来像一个以英语为母语的

人，这个视频真的

会帮助你提高

词汇量，但如果你想

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甚至更进一步，我强烈推荐

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版本相结合的特殊方法，这听起来很奇怪，

同时阅读和聆听，

但这是一种非常有效的方法，让我

解释一下，

拿一本你已经读过的书

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，当您阅读该书时，请同时收听

有声读物版本

单独阅读不会 帮助您的

发音或您的

听力 你有任何关于这个

词如何发音的迹象，这就是为什么

英语发音对我的学生来说如此困难，

但如果你在阅读时听一个词，

你的大脑就会开始建立

联系，下次你看到

那个词时你就会知道 确切的

发音 它应该如何发音

，下次你听到这个词时，

你会知道它是如何拼写它是如何

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并注册试一试，因为它

真的很

有效让我们开始学习

成语第一课是大海里

的一滴水一滴大海

我 想想有一首歌叫大海里的一滴水，

我在学校的时候真的很喜欢这首歌

与

需要花费的数十亿相比，

一亿是

沧海一粟 比言语更响亮这

意味着实际做某事

而不是仅仅谈论它更好

，例如

停止向我道歉并向我

证明我可以相信你的行动

比言语更响亮

，这是你下次与某人打架时使用的好词

谁失去了你的

信任

第三个是火上浇油 火上浇油

这仅仅意味着使问题

变得更糟 加剧问题

我们在另一堂课上学到了加剧

不是我们最近在下面评论过，如果

你记得哪个 例如

，不要告诉她延误的事情，你

只会火上浇油。

第四，球在你的球场

上，球在你的球场上，

这意味着轮到你

做下一个 步骤或决定，例如

我已经做了所有我能做的 球在

你的球场上 现在

第五个是向后

弯腰 向后弯腰

这意味着尽一切努力

帮助某人

例如

我们公司正在向后弯腰

满足我们的客户

有时这可能意味着你帮助

了太多你付出了太多的努力

哦我一直在向后弯腰

试图解决他的问题而他

没有给我一天中的时间来给

某人 一天中的时间是给

某人适当的

注意力 第六 咬得比你能

嚼

的多 咬得比你能嚼的多

这意味着承担一项太大的任务

例如

我可以用这个项目咀嚼

这是

我在大学学位

期间一直说的话

这是

值得的，我很好

你现在实际上的家庭作业你有没有

咬得比你咀嚼的多

让我知道

下面评论部分的情况

也许你正在同时学习和工作

也许你在做的时候试图

保持异地

恋 实习 我不知道 让我

知道

哦，七号是一个很好的，这

是我妈妈经常使用的一个 它是靠

牙齿的皮肤 靠牙齿的皮肤

这意味着只能

以非常小的优势成功 通过

你牙齿上的珐琅质，但我们说皮肤，我们

通常不说牙齿的皮肤，但是对于

这个特殊的说法，我们举了一个例子，

我想我可能已经通过

了我的牙齿皮肤的考试，

只有

八号来自 我认为是寓言或

童年故事，它是对狼哭

狼这意味着当你不需要它时寻求帮助

，我认为这个故事是我想知道你

在自己的国家和文化中是否有这个，

嗯，一个男孩

一直在假装 有一个 狼，

这样人们就会来，最后

当狼真的来了时，他

呼救了，没有人来，因为他们

总是认为他在

实际上并不需要的时候在哭求救

我的新室友总是在哭

wolf

number 9 是让某人

松懈

让某人松懈

这意味着让某人休息一下，以

停止对他们如此苛刻的评判

例如，您需要让

实习生松懈，他们仍在

学习 10 是切入正题

切入正题，

这意味着省略所有

不必要的细节，

直奔主题

这意味着要

了解一些事情以努力

了解一些事情，例如

我今晚要花时间试图

了解这项新立法

第 12 号是在小道消息上

听到，在 g 上听到 rapevine 这意味着

听到谣言或未经证实的故事

例如我在小道消息上听说

我们的接待员很快就会离开我们

13 号个人最喜欢的

探戈需要两个人 探戈需要两个人

你必须对

很难说探戈需要两个人

这意味着行动或

交流需要不止一个人

例如

不要仅仅因为这件事而责备他

需要两到

两个当事人参与那个

不良

行为 第十四是错过

错过了这艘船

这意味着错过了做某事的机会

例如，

我认为您在申请中错过了船

他们已经开始

面试候选人

15 号是一个可爱的人 它是小菜一碟 小菜一碟

这意味着非常

容易 流行测验是小菜一碟

第 16 号是振作起来 振作

起来

这意味着冷静下来并正常

行事 通常在有人

压力大

时说 例如，我认为您需要振作

起来，不要再

强调演示文稿

编号 17 是

坐下还是站在栅栏

上 我坐在栅栏

上我不想冒犯任何人

18 号是加强自己的比赛来

加强你的比赛

这意味着开始表现得更好

例如如果你真的想得到

这个晋升 你需要 加强

你的游戏

号码 19 是出卖某人 出卖某人

这意味着告发某人或

泄露他们的秘密

例如我要求你将这些

信息保密 我不敢相信

你就这样出卖了

我 数字 20 是

你的猜测和我的一样好

你的猜测和我的一样好

这意味着

我不知道或我不知道

例如我们只是没有足够的

数据 你的猜测和我的一样好

对 那些是我们的

听起来像母语人士的 20 个习语

我还有一些作业要给你 这

是官方作业 其他

作业只是

一时冲动

作业

一时冲动意味着一时冲动或

没有提前

计划 真正的作业是在

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