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Idiom-Monday #32 to break the bank
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase is said in the positive but most often in the...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Sep 4, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #31 to jump on the bandwagon
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase is used a lot as it means to follow a trend or...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Aug 28, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #30 to swallow your pride
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase is a really nice one to use and isn't too...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Aug 21, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #29 to be none the wiser
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase is brilliant as it's very British and is great...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Aug 14, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #28 to play up
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase can also be 'to act up' and means the same; 1....

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Aug 7, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #27 to clear the air
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase refers to a discussion you have in order to...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Jul 31, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #26 to get the ball rolling
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase is often used in the workplace too and can be a...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Jul 24, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #25 Let's circle back
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase is always used in the workplace and can be...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Jul 17, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #24 to make amends
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase refers to repairing a relationship after a...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Jul 10, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #23 Let's not reinvent the wheel
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase can be used with 'let's not' or 'we don't need...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Jul 3, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #22 to fall at the first hurdle
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase refers to failing or giving up at the very...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Jun 26, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #21 to draw the short straw
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase refers being the unluckiest of a group of...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Jun 19, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #20 To get the wrong end of the stick
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase is always used with 'get' as shown and means...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Jun 12, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #19 Six of one, half a dozen of the other
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase is clever as it says the same thing twice!...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Jun 5, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #18 ...to take something too far...
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! To take something or to go too far means to take a...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Jun 5, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #17 ...to be too hard on someone...
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! To be too hard on someone is to treat them in a very strict...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
May 22, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #16 ...show someone the ropes...
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This idiom is really handy in the workplace and can be used...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
May 8, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #15 The odd one out.
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! This phrase isn't connected to odds / evens (2,4,6,8 vs...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Apr 24, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #14 ...it's all well and good...
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! You say this phrase before acknowledging something good /...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Apr 10, 20231 min read
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Idiom-Monday #13 ...off the bat...
Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice! To do something (right - we often out this before) off the...

Lucy @ DailyEnglish
Mar 27, 20231 min read
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