12 English Idioms YOU MUST KNOW! | Easy English 120

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Producers of this episode: Mitchell Hargreaves, Isabell Hargreaves-Schmid
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[@AngelineHargreaves]

Super excited for the podcast!!!!

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Woo! So are we 🤓

[@marylacken4016]

We use some of these idioms in german, too! Das Kriegsbeil begraben Den falschen Baum anbellen Der Ball ist in deinem Feld Sich auf die Zunge beißen Taten zählen mehr als Worte We don't kill 2 birds with one stone but: 2 Fliegen mit einer Klappe erschlagen, means the same Den Mund zu voll nehmen is similar to bite off more than you can chew

[@g_sm0ke]

More videos on idioms please.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

No problem… piece of cake 🍰

[@charly3899]

Ja, das Kriegsbeil begraben. Ich dachte immer, das kommt von den Indianern, wenn zwei Stämme Frieden schließen.

[@charly3899]

Once in a blue moon - Alle Schaltjahre

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

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[@CasonHuangvonTaiwan]

I like this video! It's really helpful and fun!!

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

That's great! Thanks for watching!

[@dmitriminaev]

Thaaanks! Both funny and interesting.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Thanks for watching and supporting us Dimitri 👊

[@willianrom]

Don't have "Elephant in the room", haha. it could have.🐘🏠

[@seham370]

In my language there is the same as " kill two birds with one stone " " إضرب عصفورين بحجر واحد " ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Nice! I wonder where it comes from originally? Such a strange idiom in my opinion

[@seham370]

In fact , I don't know the exact origin of this proverb , because the british use it as well as the french and perhaps the Italians . So , its meaning is : Getting two jobs with one effort ........ is a kind of challenge 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@islamadam8502]

People in the old days were so big on hunting, so if one kills two birds with one stone then he is very clever 🤠 In Arabic the idiom is used to refer to achieving two goals by doing one act (good or bad).

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Thanks both!

[@seham370]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rasul_alizade]

Pity, I have come across so late. Now trying to rewind ur videos🤪 All the best, it really helps and stimulates..

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Thanks! We hope you enjoy!

[@kaylane4365]

9:50 "I can tie my shoelaces" * Looks around very fearful *

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[@nebendarstellerinatnebenda5382]

Thank you for the great video! I love the style you've established on this channel. And I can't wait to listen to your podcast :) In German we also say "bite your tounge" if we don't want to say something inappropriate. And we don't kill birds, but slap/beat two flies with a fly flap. "You're barking up the wrong tree" is my favourite of this episode and I think, I will adopte this one into my everyday life :D

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Ahhh thanks for your nice comment! I hope you enjoy our podcast. Glad we can give you a useful idiom… I just hope you don’t have to use it too often 😆

[@Naoko1875]

I like these kinds of videos! Idioms are very useful and fun to learn at the same time. By the way, as far as I know, the idiom “Actions speak louder than words” is usually used, when you are in denial about something while your actions show something else. Let’s say you like someone more than a friend and although you don’t admit it everyone knows by watching your behavior.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Thanks for that addition... I also realised that the idiom can be used in a more accusative sense after I edited the film. You're totally correct to say it can be used to express someone's physical expressions are contrasting their words

[@ControlledCha0s]

I'm familiar with all of them since long ago, but it's _never_ a bad idea to refresh one's memory when it comes to idioms! You know, I was curious about the origin of that "dark horse" expression, too, so I turned to the ever reliable Etymonline and here's what I found about it: _Dark horse "competitor for honors or office about whom nothing certain is known, or whose identity is at first concealed," especially, in U.S., politics, "one who is unexpectedly brought forward as a candidate in a convention," 1842, is an image from horse racing, of horses whose performances or capabilities are not generally known, in which dark is used in its figurative sense of "unknown."_ There's one more idiom that has always puzzled me: _to scream blue murder_ , which according to my Macmillan Dictionary means: _"to shout or protest very loudly because you are very angry or feeling a lot of pain"_ . I'm not one to usually associate any colours with murder, to begin with, with the possibly obvious exception of red, but to mix it up with blue, of all things, just blows my mind. 🤯 There are at least a few equivalents for most of these idioms in Spanish, but perhaps one of the most intriguing is _fumar la pipa de la paz_ [literally: to smoke the peace pipe], which means the same as _to bury the hatchet_ , but about whose origins I remain woefully ignorant... Fantastic vid, Mitch, old mate! I believe it would be a great idea to feature idioms, common or otherwise, every now and then; like I said, it's always quite helpful, given their often cryptic nature. Big hug to you and Isi, and congrats for the podcast, will stay tuned! 😎

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Thanks for all these additions mate 🤩 is the blue something to do with royals? They're known as blue bloods. could it come from a king or queen being killed? I find idioms so interesting as they mostly all have some correlation with an old time tradition or saying. Glad you're interested in the podcast. Are there any sections you'd like us to talk about (sport/film/advice etc..)?

[@ControlledCha0s]

@@EasyEnglishVideos I looked up "blue" on Etymonline, and they _do_ mention "blue murder"! And last night I was sure there was no mention of it 🤯 Ah well, goes to show I'm not to be trusted with reading anything past 1 o'clock in the morning... Anyway, here's what I found: _"In some phrases, such as *blue murder*, it appears to be merely intensive. […]"_ Still, I think you might be onto something with the royal theory about it, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. Idioms _are_ quite something, aren't they? I guess you could say they're languages getting creative at expressing ideas and concepts in various ways, dressing them up, so to speak, in a wide array of clothes: formal, casual, funny, glitzy... Indeed, many of them have to do with old traditions and sayings! I still remember my encounter with one of those, when I started learning Icelandic: _koma einhverjum í opna skjöldu_ , which simply means "to surprise someone". But it's when you translate it literally, that it betrays its age: "to hit someone in open shield". Sure brings to mind all that medieval fantasy stuff, eh? ⚔️🛡️😎 As for the podcast: personally, I would be very interested in content related to books and films. And even though my gamer days are more or less behind me, I think video games could also be an interesting addition. I don't know about you, Mitch, mate, but I've always thought that, while not all video games can be considered art, of course, much art can be found in video games, to say nothing about the philosophical and psychological aspects of some of them, or the value some of them have when it comes to *learning languages* 😉. My English benefitted _a lot_ from several of the video games I played in my childhood and adolescence, though a couple of game books had their part in that, as well! You know the like: _You cast a long shadow in the torchlight as you cross the cavern - it seems to move with a life of its own, but you tell yourself that it's only your imagination. But you are wrong. Before you can reach the other side of the cavern, your shadow dances along the wall in front of you, and suddenly climbs down off the wall, becoming a solid, shadowy being as it moves to attack you. Will you fight your own shadow (turn to 11) or will you try some other course of action, such as:_ _Trying to run away before it can attack you?_ _Turn to 154_ _Trying to douse the torch?_ _Turn to 373_ _Trying to avoid casting a shadow?_ _Turn to 85_ _Trying to disrupt your shadow?_ _Turn to 113_ Ah, those were the days... 😁

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Just just reminded me of the Goosebumps books... I loved them with their alternate endings. We will cover many things and slowly develop regular segments I think

[@marcinsznn]

Bite your tongue - ugryźć się w język actions speak louder than words - czyny przemawiają głośniej niż słowa

[@manomaylr]

With Barking Up the Wrong Tree, it’s not always about guilt, at least I think it’s also sometimes used in general when someone has the wrong idea.

[@divine1953]

in german you say: you are on the wrong steamboat. du bist auf dem falschen dampfer.

[@klimtkahlo]

Kill to birds with one stone… in self defense because “The Birds attack”, like the Hitchcock movie! 😂🤣😂 Also I thought trousers and pants were synonyms???!!!

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Hahaha and I, Mitch, named after the main character am here to evens you with my single stone 😆 In this case, pants are referring to underpants. But yes, in some regions pants are trousers… 🤨

[@arieljose9435]

Say "Kill two birds with one stone", It would be like say "matar dois coelhos com uma cajadada só" in portuguese.

[@littlewishy6432]

I feel like at some point Easy English should expand its borders and have some representatives from the US or Australia.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Good shout!

[@rasul_alizade]

I think english is nice with its own rules and expressions like all other original languages. All the best

[@cha.felino]

I don't know if it is British but I've just learnt "No stone unturned"

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Perfect! To leave no stone unturned is what I cannot do when it comes to spelling mistakes in our videos 😳🤦

[@islamadam8502]

Thanks for the video 👍 I have a question: Why do English speakers use the word "someone" with "they"? It seems to me that it should be of a singular meaning because it refers to a person, I've noticed that in the video you said "someone is wearing / they're gonna..." which is quite confusing for me, could you please explain?

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

"They" can be used as a singular term. You'll find that "they" is also now a common use for gender identity in UK. Does that help answer the question? 😁

[@islamadam8502]

@@EasyEnglishVideos Yes👍 I understand that it's used to avoid saying "he" and making feminists angry 😃

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

I've never used it but I want to, "big girl's blouse".

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Hahaha 🤣 such memories of my mum calling me that when I was too scared to get eye drops or go to the dentist 😆😆

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

@@EasyEnglishVideos Really? The first (and only) person I heard use it was from New Zealand.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Absolutely, I'm sure my mum will testify, if she reads this 😁

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

" ... myself and Isi..."???

[@charly3899]

Kill two birds with one stone - Zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen

[@CasonHuangvonTaiwan]

I like this video! It's really helpful and fun!!