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My name is Alicia and today we're going to talk about everyday English idioms.

I've chosen some very common idioms that we use a lot in American English.

So today I'm going to talk about what these expressions mean and when and how you can use them in your everyday life too.

So we have a lot of vocabulary to cover today.

As I talk about these expressions, please feel free to make some sentences in the chat on YouTube or on Facebook.

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As I said, today's topic is everyday English idioms, everyday idioms that we can use at work at school.

Uh, at your office at wherever you go.

These are very common, Um, and very convenient idioms.

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So, as I said today, we're going to practice lots of idioms.

I'm going to introduce the meaning of the expression and then how you might use the expression.

And then I'll try to check the chat to see your examples intense is to see if you've used it correctly.

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So let's begin, then.

Over here on the left side of the board with this expression.

But I think many of, you know, to kill two birds with one stone to kill two birds with one stone.

I was just talking to control.

Death Control desk has a similar expression.

Uh, which is to kill two birds with one bullet.

Okay.

With one bullet.

So this idea here to birds one stone.

This means to do one task.

Like to take one action.

In this case, the action is a stone.

We say stone because a long time ago, like when hunting we had, we could throw, I guess throw a stone so stone means rock and use it to kill an animal.

We were hunting in this case, two birds.

So to kill two birds with one stone means to achieve two things with one action to achieve two things with one action.

So you can use this at the office, for example.

Maybe you have a meeting and the meeting is with someone you haven't seen for a long time, so you can maybe say, Oh, I'm going to kill two birds with one stone.

I'll catch up with this person and will meet about a specific topic.

So to kill two birds with one stone means to achieve to achieve two things with one action two birds with one's down.

So I think many people are familiar with this expression to kill two birds with one stone.

So a good, warm up one.

Uh, And as I said, if you have an example sentence, please feel free to send that in the chat.

We'll try to check, okay, the next one.

I use a lot on this channel, and I use it a lot on, like social Media, or to talk about the things that we are doing here to keep an eye out, to keep an eye out, and usually the proposition that we use here to keep an eye out for something to keep an eye out for something.

So I say, like a please keep an eye out for our next video, or please keep an eye out for, uh, the new series we're making, so please keep an eye out for means.

Please watch carefully or please like wait carefully.

So it's like something.

Something is coming.

Something is coming soon and I hope you are ready for it.

So I want you to be ready for it.

Please keep an eye out for our next video.

Please keep an eye out for a new restaurant in the neighborhood.

Please keep an eye out for means.

Please look for So this means I keep one eye specifically you might Here, keep your eyes also in the plural form means like please use your eyes to watch carefully for something.

Use your eyes to watch carefully for something, so keep an eye out for something.

Okay?

I don't see any examples yet, but I will check throughout today's lesson.

Let's go to the next one.

This next one is maybe a little bit more challenging to understand.

Oh, sorry.

Black.

How Kim?

Yes.

You can use the plural form keep your eyes out for is also Okay.

Okay.

Um so let's go to this next one to add fuel to add fuel to the fire.

So fuel, what is fuel?

Fuel is like the stuff you put in a car or another machine to make the car run.

So gasoline, or maybe petrol, so gasoline is an example of fuel.

To add fuel to the fire toe, add fuel to the fire, so fire.

Of course, a fire is not a good situation, so fire is dangerous.

Fire is bad, so to add fuel to the fire means toe.

Add something else to the fire.

It begins.

It gets bigger and bigger, in other words, so to add fuel to the fire, we always use the definite article here, not a.

To add fuel to the fire means to make to make, to make a bad situation, to make a bad situation worse, to make a bad situation worse.

So there's already a problem.

And then when you add fuel to the fire, something happens.

Or someone makes a decision that makes a bad situation an even bigger problem to add fuel to the fire.

So we might use this in an example where, like there's been a mistake in a project.

But then the leader of the project gets sick like Oh, no, this Abbs, fuel to the fire.

This makes the problem worse.

Toe.

Add fuel to the fire.

Okay.

Uh, Edgard on YouTube says, Is this like teasing someone who's already angry?

In that case, we have a different expression.

So, Edgar, I'll add one to today's list to tease someone who was already angry, like you're doing it on purpose.

Uh, I'll add that's down here.

We have the expression to poke the bear to poke the bear.

So when you want Thio for some reason, uh, tease somebody so to t someone means to make jokes or to kind of insult them?

Uh, you, Pope Polk is this motion.

Polk is this Motion and Bear is the animal so bare is like an aggressive animal.

So we used the expression to poke the bear when we want to tease somebody who was already upset her is already angry, So to add fuel to the fire usually describes a situation specifically a situation.

Okay, Um um, let's see other examples.

Good.

Okay.

I don't see other questions, so let's continue to the next one.

The next one is to wrap your head around something to wrap your head around something to wrap.

This verb is used for, like, presence.

Yeah, so we cover a presence we cover a box?

Uh, this action is called rapping to wrap something, but hear this expression to wrap your head around something like we cannot actually put our head around an object.

This expression just means to understand something to understand, something to understand, something usually something that is confusing.

And we often use this expression in the negative form.

Like I can't wrap my head around why he made this decision or I can't wrap my head around why he wrote that message.

So I can't understand that thing.

So to wrap your head around, something kind of makes it sound a little bit more like a You're closer to the situation.

It has a more casual feel about it.

I can't wrap my head around this, so we often use this idiom in the negative, for I can't wrap my head around that.

Okay, on to the next one to call it a day to call it a day.

We use this expression at the end of the day, like when we are leaving the office, or like we're leaving school and we usually say I'm gonna call it a day.

I'm gonna call it a day so, to call it a day means to finish or to decide to decide, to finish, to decide, to finish work, to decide to finish school.

So maybe you've been working all day.

You reach the stopping point in your work.

And you think, OK, I'm finished for today.

I'm going to call it a day.

So it here is today.

So I'm going to say today is done.

Today's is one day.

I'm finished with the day.

I'm gonna call it a day.

So we use this at the end of the day.

Usually when we leave work or we leave school or we leave some place where we have responsibility of some kind.

Okay, Good.

I don't see any questions yet.

Some of good examples air coming in about wrapping your head around something Lily says Why aren't you wrapping your head around this?

It's not your business.

Oh, why are you wrapping your head around this?

That one's a little that means to understand.

So, uh, we wouldn't use this to mean no.

Like, in that case, maybe it seems like Why do you know that?

Or how did you know that it's not your business.

We would use it in that way.

We use wrap your head around something to try to understand something confusing.

We do not use this expression for, like, um, asking why someone knows something or how someone knows something.

Uh, yeah.

Dude, guy have funny names on you.

Do has a good, uh, response to your answer to, but your head into something that's good for your situation.

Okay, on to the next one.

Times going quick.

Last one.

I have a beautiful visual for this is a rocket.

The expression is it's not rocket science.

It's not rocket science.

This expression means it's not difficult.

It's not difficult.

So why did we choose this expression?

So rocket science means science.

We need to use to launch a rocket, like to send a rocket to space, which is difficult.

Or at least it has.

The, uh, we associate that we think it's a difficult topic, so it's not.

Rocket science is used when we kind of wanted tease someone and say This really isn't difficult.

You couldn't do it.

So, for example, like sending an email, it's maybe someone is having trouble sending an e mail, and we want to tease them like Come on.

It's not rocket science, so it's not a difficult task.

You should be able to do this.

It should be No problem.

It's not rocket science, okay?

It's not a big deal.

Alright?

Eh, So we'll end there for the first part of that was a lot of explanation.

I got to go quickly in the next part, so we'll take one quick break.

I will introduce now a couple of the new PDS that I mentioned at the beginning of the lesser.