20 English Idioms to Make You Laugh | Idiomatic Expressions in English

English Idioms are a great way to express yourself and sound more natural and native! So, whether you need to keep your eyes peeled, have packed everything but the kitchen sink to go on holiday or if you're up to your eyeball in work, you'll love these idiomatic expressions!
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Do you need to pick my brains 🧠? Ask me a question about English idioms! ☺️

[@Kuku._.180]

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[@cettibarranca5155]

Yes, please I need to pick your brain and ask you the meaning of this idiom or may it's a proverb: "cut offf your nose to spite your face". Is it similar to "dig yourself a hole"? thank you so much 😀😀

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Ohhh that’s a great one! Check out this dictionary definition... dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/trouble As an example, she was so angry with him, she refuses to talk to him, even though she needed his help, cutting off her nose to spite her face 👍☺️

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You explain very good

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Wonderful way of teaching and nice pronunciation

[@desmondbiyagama2578]

I just love this lesson a lot. Thanks Leila ❤

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

So pleased you enjoyed it 👍

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

Fun idioms! We actually have our own versions of two of these in Norwegian: "Get up on the wrong foot in the morning" ("Get up on the wrong side of the bed", same meaning) and "To have a chicken to pick with someone" (same meaning as "To have a bone to pick with someone"). It's so interesting how many languages have slightly different versions of the same idioms and expressions :)

[@superduperenglishidioms]

It is very interesting! Thanks for sharing that... I explore idioms in a lot of detail on my channel. It's great to know about the Norwegian idioms. I wonder if "a chicken to pick with someone" is shortcut? Like, was the idiom originally chicken bone, but was just shortened?

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[@othernicksweretaken]

Interesting. In German we have the exact same variation of this idiom like the Norwegians, _to pick (or pluck) a chicken with someone_ . e.g. "Mit dem habe ich noch ein Hühnchen zu rupfen."

[@sarpak4475]

It was a wonderful lesson..Thanks

[@palatbalu897]

That's a good one Leila! Profound in all sense! Thanks!

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thanks for the kind comment ☺️💕

[@LearningEnglishwithRawatSir]

Your perky smile matches the expressions that you teach. Keep it up and keep smiling. God bless you and your friend. Love ya!

[@rezza2507]

Hi, Leila! Thank you so much for this lesson! 👍 These 20 English idioms have made me laugh.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

That’s great! So pleased you enjoyed the lesson 🥰

[@otteronline6495]

Very charming and very useful!))

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Lovely lesson. Love you. A

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Andrea! Lovely to get a comment from you! How are things in Italy?! ☺️💕

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Thank you guys for this wonderful video, it really help us for improve our English skills., wish to see more and more videos.,

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Awesome video ma'am!! Loved it and also jotted down in my diary:)

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Remarkable!

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thank you 😊

[@othernicksweretaken]

@12:06 in German we have a slight variant of this. "Das verkauft sich wie geschnitten Brot", literally translated, _something sells like sliced bread_ .

[@ManishSharma-sk2zh]

Hi Leila, Amazing and interesting lesson about English Idioms to make Laugh. I sincerely appreciate your efforts and learned new idioms. Please convey my regards to Sabrah. Thanks and regards,

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Hi Manish, thank you so much for your kind comment. Hopefully, Sabrah will have some lessons for you to comment on soon 👍☺️💕

[@ManishSharma-sk2zh]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah thank you Leila.

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Hey Leila Good to see you.You and Sabrah doing great effort to teach us.I feel like I'm in school.You are Wonderful.Thanks..

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

That’s so kind, thank you ☺️👍💕

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Amazing video) i'd like to watch a video about phrasal verb pop

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Hi Leila glad to see you I was waiting for your video They help me s lot Thanks a bunch for your support Have a great week my beautiful teachers Leila and Sabrah 😉🇧🇷 take care

[@antiaarribas4261]

lovely lesson! It 's so interesting listening to these expressions hahahahha! keep up!

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Glad you enjoyed it! ☺️

[@othernicksweretaken]

03:47 in German we we aren't up to our eyeballs but rather up to upper edge of lower lip, as if you are just a drop away from drowning. e.g. "Mir steht's bis Oberkante Unterlippe."

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[@riyadboualage3587]

شكرا لك

[@superduperenglishidioms]

These are all great idioms, Leila! Idioms in any language are sometimes so strange, which is why. my channel is dedicated to English idioms 😊

[@Kuku._.180]

Hello, Leila it's good to see you when saw my notification I was in good classroom in my school lesson. I was watching your video too at the some time 😂 Do you actually, believe that

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Good job

[@othernicksweretaken]

@10:15 in German it's not a bull but an elephant in a china shop. e.g. "Er benahm sich wie ein Elefant im Porzellanladen". _He behaved like an elephant in a china shop_ .

[@jayeshchak2769]

We're Going to Hawaii ! I would recommend all the boys to hold their horses 😂 ...

[@user-zu8rs2ry9k]

*★thanks ever so much dear ma'am★*

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

You’re very welcome! ☺️👍🥰

[@ebrihamakonteh5018]

Thanks for the amazing lesson. do I miss sabrah yes I did

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

She’ll be back soon with a lesson I hope! ☺️👍

[@krzysztofmazurkiewicz6678]

Useful and funny, a perfect lesson. I am Polish and I must admit that we also have this rather stupid habit to refer to things that are full of holes that they are "like a Swiss cheese". But just compare Emmentaler and Gruyère - it's plain to see, that this idiom has been coined by someone who knew only half of the Swiss cheeses (let alone the soft cheeses).

[@superduperenglishidioms]

It must be because people were only familiar with one type of Swiss cheese initially!

[@MrDadan9999]

Hi Leila it's good to see you. can you make a lesson on how to avoid mistake while writing if someone dictating you?

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

That’s really a listening skills lesson, we’ll do our best to do something on this in the next few months. 👍

[@mangeshpakhre3186]

I love your smile 😘

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

😁💕👍

[@AnithaSree123]

Phenomenal

[@javifontalva7752]

Yes indeed, the chichen thing is true. It is quite a scary scene.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

😱😱😱😱

[@togetherchristiansmedia3437]

Nice

[@akbaruddin3983]

Excellent idioms . Leila ' when will you start to teach grammar ?

[@othernicksweretaken]

@07:45 in German you would refer to such a person as being a _fun brake_ . e.g. "Der Typ ist `ne echte Spaßbremse." or that _someone would go down in their cellar to laugh_ . e.g. "Der geht zum Lachen in den Keller."

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[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thank you so much for such a lovely comment! ☺️💕

[@onlyme7248]

Hi Leila , you and your friend are doing a great job. I’m constantly recommending your channel to schools and colleges ,along with my friends and relatives in Amman Jordan . what is offered on your channel is terribly needed for learners of English, even for those whom their English is quite good , but as we know , there is more to having a good command of foreign language , then just having a good reservoir of vocabulary and knowledge of grammar . Listening to you ladies speaking the British accent so eloquently ,might start to get the new generation appreciating its beauty and its refinement as compared to the American accent which is the the dominating accent amongst the youth in my part of the Middle East, and when I say American accent, I mean abhorrently , the kardashians version of it , with all the likes and the rest !!!

[@othernicksweretaken]

@01:36 almost the same in German. "Immer langsam mit den jungen Pferden." While this is often used by more mature people younger folks would usually prefer, "Ruhig Brauner!", loosely translated to _Calm down Brownie_ , which either refers to a quote in the Winnetou movies sequel of the mid 60s, however by frequent repetition on German TV also known to younger people, where either Winnetou or Old Shatterhand or both were riding a brown and boisterous horse, or it refers to Richard Wagner's Opera Valkyrie.

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[@nikkem1174]

Halo Leila. How's things? Brilliant lesson. Thanks💙✨ Just to pick your brain, could you please explain for me the idiom "at sixes and at sevens"

[@superduperenglishidioms]

"At sixes and sevens" means to be in confusion and disarray. If things are all messed up, you can say it's "at sixes and sevens". As a Canadian, I haven't heard this idiom before, so I believe it's mostly said in the UK. Interestingly, in Taiwan, to say something is in disarray, messed up, they also say something similar, "messy seven, eight dirty."

[@othernicksweretaken]

@05:45 if you had a bad start in the day in German then _you got out of bed with the left foot_ . e.g. "Heute morgen bin ich mit dem linken Fuß aufgestanden."

[@othernicksweretaken]

@02:10 exactly the same idiom in German. "Niemand sieht den Elefanten im Raum."

[@theingabo212]

1:35

[@ilarimakiranta]

Could u make a video about the London accent? I’m quite interested about that accent

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

I’ll pass the suggestion on to Sabrah , she’s the accent queen!

[@ilarimakiranta]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah Can’t wait! Accents are so interesting!

[@aniagardulska8577]

Hi Leila. I love your videos and I'm going to be your faithful follower on youtube. However, how do you pronounce "mischievous"😉?

[@vanessadimarco158]

These expressions are all very bizarre but so fun

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

When I got too much attracted and obsessed by Laila, she told me to hold my horses!

[@othernicksweretaken]

@06:25 in German it is _by the breadth of a hair_ . e.g. "Wir haben den Zug um Haaresbreite verpasst (missed) oder erwischt (made it)."

[@mdrejaulislam801]

Like u mam!

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Hi, Leila... Keep your eyes peeled for my comment this time and I kindly expect a comment from you to lighten up my day.. ❤️ Last time only a heart but no comment... 😔 But this time, I will hold my horses until I receive it... 🐴🐴😘😘 Finally, I wanna say I always wait with bated breath for your amazing videos... 😍 Take care leila and do convey my regards to Sabrah as well... Gams sending lots of love and hugs from Srilanka. 💖💖

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Wow! Great use of those idioms! You’re English is coming on leaps and bounds! (Extra idiom for you😉) 🥰

[@ogaminiratnayake2830]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah tnx dearie for that extra idiom... Frankly,All because of you, I am learning all these idioms..😘😘 Kicking my heels and waiting anxiously for your next video...😍 By the way, you are my best by all means... Stay safe and blessed and have yourself a great day too... 🙏

[@othernicksweretaken]

@12:49 oddly this reminds me of a verse in the lyrics of the Beatles' song _A day in the life_ . I assume this refers to a newspaper article about the rotten state of some country roads scattered with pot-holes. e.g. I read the news today, oh boy Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire And though the holes were rather small They had to count them all Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall

[@inquisitive_girl5007]

Done....!

[@sayranmuhammad695]

İn Kurdish language have idiom( run around like a headless chicken) as well .

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Oh wow! I wonder which language it originated from?! 🤔

[@lukaszpokoju]

8:38 indeed chicken still move after their head has been cut off (I believe most animals do). Although "they" are more wriggling erratically and flapping their wing than running, and it does not last. Like 10 to 30 seconds . I remember my grandma complaining about the headless chicken moving because they put blood everywhere and she had to wait until they stop moving to put them into boiling water in order to pluck them.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

😱😱😱 I keep hearing these stories from people!

[@Javed.Japan4343]

Fat chance I'll subscribe. This channel has more holes than a swiss cheese. Kidding hahaha wonderful channel

[@NARAYAN1964]

'Up to my neck'. That's that we use in India as agaist, 'up to my eyeballs'

[@superduperenglishidioms]

Up to your eyeballs is even worse than up to your neck!!! Thanks for sharing that :)

[@superduperenglishidioms]

Actually, in English, you can sometimes say "up to my eyeballs".

[@MagicalgirlFanXX]

About the headless chicken. My mother told me it happend to her once in her childhood. She had to help her grandparents at their farm and hold the chicken while her grandfather would cut its head. Then she let go of it too so and it ran a few steps without its head. She refused to help with this kind of work ever again.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Oh wow, that’s crazy!! Your poor mum! I’m so tempted to go vegetarian now 🤪🤪

[@ahmadmuhialdin.1828]

Hold your horses , I will help you soon ...

[@onlyme7248]

علي سيرة الاحصنة ، بنقول متحديين اعلى خيلك اركبه

[@rainbwsugars7615]

Very good explanation.Then why don't you create a video of how to talk English very fast?

[@othernicksweretaken]

@13:14 in German you _have a chicken to pick (or pluck) with someone_ . e.g. "Mit Dir habe ich noch ein Hühnchen zu rupfen."

[@Jspore-ip5rk]

There has been a chicken that survived headless for many months. It was well documented and pretty creepy. You should check it out.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Oh no! That’s terrible! 😱😱

[@Jspore-ip5rk]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah It would definitely spook you out. Hehe

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

😱😂😂😂

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bonjour les francais

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[@vanessadimarco158]

Far chance I am gonna lose my extra kilos during Christmas holidays!

[@liverpooljft9623]

"hair of the dog" aka "you need the hair of the dog that bit you" meaning you need an alcoholic drink to get over your hangover.

[@nayrouzhussein8240]

I have a question however I know it's not related so pardon me .... Is it do or make the cooking ?

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Do the cooking ☺️ check out the vocab lessons playlist, I created a lesson on exactly that topic ☺️

[@nayrouzhussein8240]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah thank u so much ❤❤

[@ograro]

You look like Salma Hayek,teacher.

[@vanessadimarco158]

In Italy we use *per un pelo" to translate " by the skin of your teeth"

[@othernicksweretaken]

@08:28 here we aren't that blood splattering in German and would merely refer to _roused or flushed chicken_ . e.g. "Sie rannten rum wie aufgescheuchte Hühner."

[@othernicksweretaken]

@06:59 in German you aren't wet but green behind your ears, if you are a noob and inexperienced. e.g. "Der ist ja noch völlig grün hinter den Ohren."

[@hemantraghuwanshi1409]

Hii bebe

[@othernicksweretaken]

05:10 in German we are here a bit more vulgar, as we _tear open or apart our arse_ . e.g. "Mensch, ich hab' mir für Dich den Arsch aufgerissen!"

[@didarsk101]

First

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Amazing! I☺️

[@ellenvilla9459]

Do you always keep your eyes peeled in any sort of scenarios?

[@eddymccabe5351]

Surprised that, like so many Brits, you feel the need to insert an extra “i” into the word “mischievous” - its proper pronunciation is “miss-chiv-us” not “miss-Cheev-eeyus”

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Very true! I tend to use both pronunciations! 🤪🤪 but honestly language evolves and develops l (all languages) so both pronunciations are accepted ☺️👍

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Thanks, was a good one! Do you host clubhouse rooms?

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[@salilsahani2721]

:)

[@tian1468]

I guess: wet behind the ears 乳臭未干 bend over backwards 鞠躬尽瘁 a wet blanket 扫兴的人 run around like a headless chicken 无头苍蝇(...a headless fly) run around like a blue-assed fly 无头苍蝇

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Pick on you brain I don't know about that but how about to be Pick on you because you are full course I just coming up with idiom it might not make sense just try to be company

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7'16: what is gross about amiotic fluid? It's a natural thing & vital for the baby. Biology & real life instead of a Disney version of fairy tales, where a baby is born just like that "magically"??

[@francescodisca]

Why the fly has a blue arse?

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

🤦🏻‍♀️

[@madhudhanvik4818]

How old r u mam

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

I’m very young 😂😂

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

Ooh that was bad Leila moving your tongue on the teeth!

[@shylajavineed9648]

Thank you so much. But your pronunciation of 'mischievous' is a little weird.

[@superduperenglishidioms]

I think in British, they pronounce it like: miss-chee-vus But in Canada, we say: miss-chii-vuus

[@richardmiranda640]

Why do the English pronounce no, nio and so, sio?

[@ograro]

To vanished?????????????