20 VERY Common BRITISH PHRASES and Expressions

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1. I’m stuffed - to be very full after eating. 2. I’m gutted - to be very disappointed/ upset. 3. To be in a pickle - to be in a difficult/ confused situation. 4. That’s mental/ it’s mental - something is crazy/ surprising. 5. Give me a bell - get in touch with me/ call me. 6. To be in a mood - to be in a bad mood/ to be upset. 7. Crikey/ blimey - expressions to show shock or surprise. 8. To pull someone’s leg - to make a joke about someone/ to tease. To take the mickey out of someone. 9. To faff around - to waste time doing unimportant tasks. 10. To lose the plot - to become confused/ to do something crazy. 11. Rubbish/ crap - something that is not good/ low quality. 12. To nick - to steal something. 13. To have had your chips - to fail at something/ lose an opportunity. 14. The bee’s knees - something or someone that is excellent/ of a high standard. 15. To take the biscuit - to be rude/ offensive/ particularly bad. 16. Shattered/ knackered - to be very tired. 17. I’m not being funny but - I don’t mean to be rude but…. 18. A spanner in the works - something unexpected that can disrupt/ confuse a situation. 19. To head somewhere - to go somewhere. 20. Mint/ that’s mint - something that is excellent in perfect condition.

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So am I.So much. And the pronunciation. Amazing.

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GREAT TEACHING ! AND VIDEO.

[@josecordova8369]

Hello Pretty Sabrah, all your lessons are amazing. I will practice the phrases with my coworkers. Thank you a lot for sharing your knowledges...

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

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[@AndyDuphresne]

The American version of “spanner in the works” is “to throw a wrench into your plans”. I guess we like to be a little more figuratively literal

[@uwemuller2944]

Excellent phrases, thank you Sabrah! I would be glad if you could answer the following questions: Has "not to be funny" the same meaning as "not gonna lie" and "to be mint" the same as "to be peachy"?

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Peachy means great where as mint is more enthusiastic maybe. I think we use mint more in the U.K. than peachy. Not gonna life and not go be funny are similar but not gonna lie is maybe more direct. Thanks for your comment! Please share the video !

[@moonlamb7345]

fantastic lesson! Super practical! The last bit of this video really demonstrates to us how to use those expressions in our daily life! Thanks! You really are the bee's knees

[@romanherink2411]

Usefull expressions. Most of them I'll never heard in my life before . But I learnt only the school English. And that was it.

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Catching up with all your videos. Good that I found this channel, better late than never

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💙💖 thank you for helping me recap + learn new ones. Happy 2021 !! 💚💙

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Thanks for this video now I can improve on my English language!😊

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Actually, u are so expert in teaching, u deserve something more than thanks, but a love hugging.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thank you very much! Really pleased you liked the video! Please share with others 😊💕

[@mollietai8946]

Love English is mint! It turns my life around.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Awww I love this comment! Please share Mollie ! 😘💕💕

[@Darshana90RK]

Thank you so much Leila! I often make my British neighbour pleasantly surprise with these British expressions, words I learn from you! Thank you so much!

[@UTTNetwork]

Really useful Love for this video

[@hamedamanzadeh7250]

You always surprise us with your great lessons. Many thanks for these nice & useful expressions :-)

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

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[@kamalhossen7665]

Good and attractive lecture

[@mamymimma]

Loved the clips as examples 😉 In Italy to faff around can be translated "cincischiare"... could you try and pronounce it? 😊

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Oh really !! Haha that is funny! I am tying but pronouncing is hard ! 😂😂

[@kader7914]

thanks

[@pedrolang1]

My friend, Your Lesson are very interesting

[@meenki347]

I've been binge watching your channel and I love it. "I'm stuffed" "in a pickle" and "pulling your leg" are very American too.

[@liyaandinnamay2501]

Hi, endearing Sabrah. The lesson is mint as usual. We watch your videos one by one every day. They're all spectacular and so useful. You're the best teachers in the world. Love you so much.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thank you so much for your sweet comment! Lots of love to you both. So pleased you find our channel useful. If you think others will find our videos helpful then please share them xxx

[@liyaandinnamay2501]

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019!! THIS VIDEO IS USEFUL.

[@horizonsky8189]

Many thanks.

[@mayukamasuda388]

“To pull someone’s leg”, this idiom also exists in Japan. But the meaning is different, it means to cause somebody trouble. That’s interesting.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Oh how interesting! Thank you for sharing this comment 😊

[@jesusmota5158]

Love English!!!! The legend say that if you are the first one in you receive a heart!! From Dominican Republic.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

You received it !

[@joelmasamba6762]

Oh my gosh!!! I've been learning more from your videos coz they are hunky dory i would rather you kept teaching us my amazing teacher although I've got some fiver about me i don't care about

[@keuaychanthangone7333]

Wonderful phrases! I learnt somethings

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Great! Happy to hear that! Please share if you think others will enjoy ! 😊💕

[@emilsander4570]

Thanks for consecutive bee's knees lesson. Happy new year to you!

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Thank you for giving me a heart!!!!! Merry Christmas to you!!!! And happy New year!!!!

[@DV-ux8eg]

Merry Christmas and Happy new year

[@РозалияМударисова]

Another amazing video from a fabulous teacter , that was mint , no doubt . You were complaining the other day of feeling under the weather , hopefully , you're quite well . Best wishes from my heart of hearts .

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Awww lovely comment! Thanks very much! I am feeling much better thank you! Please share the video if you think others will enjoy it! Happy new year ! 💕😊

[@kevinfernandez7572]

Thank you for this mint clip 👍🏽

[@melwinseaman1737]

I´ve been faffing around for a while by watching some videos on KZbin, but now I´ll get to work. Enough is enough!

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Haha that’s funny! 😊

[@shahjhanhaider1169]

Hi beautiful lecture

[@Abu-Aley]

Hi Sabra, Thanks for such great lesson. BTW, the idea to present the word or expression in a part of a film is fabulous :) Regards, Ahmad,

[@NicolaSiliprandi70]

Great lesson :-) Thank you Sabrah

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

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This is absolutely amazing .........Thanks, Sabrah.

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[@JayThomson-j1c]

Many thanks teacher Sabrah for the lessons you give us . They are important to know about. I feel crap when i can't watch your videos. You are an outstanding and brilliant teacher.

[@ManishSharma-sk2zh]

Namaste Sabrah, Your lesson definitely enhance awareness and knowledge for using British words in our daily English speaking. Thanks and regards.

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thank you Manish ! Always love your comments! Please share if you think others will enjoy the video ! 😊💕

[@ManishSharma-sk2zh]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah Definitely

[@craig1538]

Well bugger me! That's spot on luv. Nice one.

[@elijahrapp3328]

Thank you

[@candidofinda7819]

hello sabrah very good your class of english great

[@abubakarlawanharuna573]

Wow phenomenal

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Thanks

[@jesusgarciavidal7344]

A spanner in the works its equivalent in spanish idiom is "poner palos en las ruedas (de carro").

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Oh thanks ! It is great to know as I speak some Spanish 😊

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[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Awww thank you! Best wishes for the new year to you! Please share the video for us 😊💕

[@maiali6911]

"Oh blimey me" it reminds me of Ali, he had been playing in mind your language❤

[@rolandflabber5497]

Hello Sabrah: I love these GB phrases, particularly the number 9 because our boss also often faff around, but we're saying it differently using similar 4 letters. :)

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

😂😂 I can imagine!

[@rolandflabber5497]

I @@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah: I'm glad you're smiling and have a good sense of humor and fantasy. I'm discombobulated! My boss often hangs around and watching if everybody working. In the right-top corner on the screen is a button. If I click on and in, I'm here or not. So, she's a bit discombobulated too. In German, to say; unzusammenhangend! She's a bit beastly bitxx what makes her a bit incoherently bitchy or catty. Have a nice day!

[@swatibatra2158]

Thanks.. Please do video on complete tenses

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

We already have it is in our grammar playlist! 😊

[@swatibatra2158]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah okay ..can you please share here link..I will be thankful to you mam...

[@dolorscirera100]

nice video as ever. cheers:

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Thank you teacher 🌹⚘🌹 Merry Christmas😊🌹⚘🌹😊

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

And to you! 😊💕

[@carmonty27]

Dear Sabrah I'm writing a novel that begins in london, i'd like to know if in world war one london was very affected and which was the principle disease that killed more people. Very sincerely yours, Thank you very much for your help.

[@andreagiraldomdphd.8376]

‘ Did my heart love until now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty until this night.’ From Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Grazie ! I love this ! Do you know that in England the nickname for Shakespeare is ‘the bard’

[@andreagiraldomdphd.8376]

Love English with Leila & Sabrah Golly !! I have never known it. Thank you for teaching me. I shall look it up in the dictionary. Love you.

[@RantyCat]

6:19 Which movie is that from? Please, let me know!

[@alessiopollero498]

I don't know if your dog is the bee's knees, but for sure is very lucky! ;) :) The translation of "faffing around" in Italian I think would be : cazzeggiare, which is very very informal ... :) Anyway since I was using the word in Italian, quite a lot, today I've learned the english equivalent word! I'll use it at the office very soon! :):):) Thank you and have a happy new year!

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Haha Auguri! A happy new year to you as well ! Please share the video if you think others will enjoy it too!

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@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah Just shared the video, in case you get a million views, remember me :D

[@watanfonder176]

Thanx Sabrah for your mint & informative videos! I just wished if you could slow down your speech speed :) to enable learners pick up what exactly you utter ..All the best

[@tantumsingularia1974]

Hi, Sabrah! Thanks for your amazing lessons! The Russian equivalent to "a spanner in the works" sounds like "a spoke or a grit in the wheel"

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Amazing idioms uh gave me.....I have been facing problem getting share things with people as I lack too much in environment...can you please suggest m ways...how to get more and more people into learning!

[@aquaman1077]

With spanner... we have a common and similar expression in the US something like "I don't mean to throw a wrench into it" or "that person really threw a wrench into this didn't they"

[@PawanKROfficial]

Thank you for all this...miss🙂💙💛💕💜❤💗💖💝

[@naifspof2450]

Hello Mrs Sabrah! Hello Mrs Leila! How have you been? Can I use 20 phrases in formal or informal situations? Could you please tell me ?

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

A lot of these are informal so we wouldn’t recommend using them in formal situations no!

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I like this video

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Great! Thank you for your comment !

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I love your english accent!!

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thank you so much

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You are welcome ! Please share if you know others who would enjoy the video ! 😊

[@blakerave]

Auto correct? on the shortcuts/chapters description for #9... you may want to check it and change it

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I do Love such lessons, thank you very much😊

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

That is so great to hear ! Thank you for this lovely comment! Please share the lesson if you think others will enjoy it too! 😊

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@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah I will share this video with my students and I'm sure they 'll enjoy it as much as I did. ♥️

[@kathulachandrashekar7888]

THANKS A MILLION.

[@breandanmaguire3335]

The 'bee's knees' is a play on 'the business'.

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I love this video 😍 Thank you so much

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End of year your lecture is very very amazing .Thks so much Sabrah.Keep it up n you're always the best

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Thank you! What a lovely comment ! Please share the video so that others can enjoy it as well!

[@Alavaro82]

Hey Sabra . Do you use the word " shattered " to mean extremely upset as well ? there is something I need to explain please . Do we have to check all of the different meanings of a word , written in a dictionary ? say the word" smart " for example , Cambridge dictionary gives so many meanings , I believe not all of them are used . help out please . PS : thanks for the amazing video .

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Yes shattered can also be used to mean very upset - usually devastated. 😊 It is a good idea to check the various meanings. Thanks for your comment! 💕

[@Alavaro82]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah Thank You

[@felaperez6480]

Good one, Sabra.

[@EminentSeafarerGIO]

Happy, splendidly amazing, resplendently copious, thriving & beneficial Festivities, entwining both the Christmas & the upcoming 2019 New Year to You, two dearly eyesome Pearls, Leilah & Sabrah!!! Divine fortunes & an impetuous stream of overwhelming progress to make you blessed in every sphere of your venture & undertaking in this imminent New Year :) :) Steady as you go, lovely paragons of beauty & sapience. Godspeed!!!

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Wow thank you so much ! What a lovely comment !! 😊😊

[@EminentSeafarerGIO]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah The Source of wellwishes & blessings neither does nor will ever drain for charisma-stocked, resourcefully dexterous & sumptuously-shaped eye-consoling Angels like the two of You are. Let Your outcomes & pervasive onward success outstrip Your previous last Year ones. Cheers

[@hakanalbayrak2342]

thanks for the video! and I am the one who faffs around :))

[@CarlosHenrique-sn3le]

Beauty teacher ! Special Coach in English ! All thanked ! Without words !

[@CoronaVirus-uy1cw]

Good job

[@raghavchandel2599]

Plot can be plan, stratagem,manoeuuvre and concoct...

[@andrzejkapera1130]

Extremely surprising expressions .

[@wm7089]

I remember going to the Uk for the first time and getting annoyed af when people would ask me "you alright" like why don't I look alright?? I would be absolutely fine and happy...then realized its just how they say hello🤣

[@mohinirana2697]

Awesome

[@mohinirana2697]

Brilliant expressions

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thank you! Please share if you think others will enjoy !

[@mohinirana2697]

@@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah Yeah.... I would really like to share it...

[@TondiPap]

nici nice..thks

[@beaulandry8549]

Very good and funny videos bring a great sense of entertainment!

[@岡洋介-g3g]

英語学習もある程度日常会話を身に付けたあとで、こうした熟語を本格的に覚えていくわけですが、ここではイギリス英語の表現を教えていますが、アメリカ英語を学んできた私としてはあまりそんなに違いはないように感じられます。熟語を知っていると高度な会話を身に付けることができるので私のように英語好きな人間にはもってこいです。一つ私の方から熟語を教えたいと思っております。これはイギリスとアメリカ英語でも使う表現です。Ｉt　iｓ　a　piece　of　cake.これはＩt　iｓ　eaｓy.という意味です。あまりこの表現は私は使いません。単純にeasyと言います。熟語は覚えていて損することありませんが、まずは普通の表現からですね！

[@technogramao2262]

Nice video

[@nanusalvatore301]

Excellent expressions, thanks a lot. Greetings from Mendoza, Argentina ;)

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

Thank you ! Please share if you think others will enjoy the video ! 😊

[@leighanneboles6609]

We say crap or crappy here too, especially in the south. And we hear the bee's knees often in the south.

[@DJ_FLAKO]

I love the British accent

[@NK-xk4jm]

Yeah sure mam. It's my pleasure

[@sarfarazsamikhan6367]

Love from Hyderabad India.

[@Motherfockergentlewoman]

1. I'm stuffed. 2. I'm gutted. 3. To be in a pickle. 4. That's mental. 5. Give me a bell. 6. To be in a mood. 7. Crikey, blimey. 8. To pull someone's leg, to take the mickey out of smb. 9. To faff around. 10. To lose the plot. 11. Rubbish, crap. 12. To nick smth. 13. To have had your chips. 14. The bee's knees. 15. To take the biscuit. 16. Shattered, knackered. 17. I'm not being funny but... 18. A spanner in the works. 19. To head somewhere. 20. That's mint.

[@naveedafridi5796]

Good job natila

[@aparecidoferreiravais321]

Hi Sabrah You are every day more beautiful Happy Holidays you and Leila my beautiful teachers 😉👍

[@LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah]

And to you! Happy new Year!! Xx