Advanced (everyday) Idioms that You Should Know for 2024

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Let's learn some useful idioms to help you improve your speaking fluency in 2024. These phrases are helpful because they may be used in casual conversation. So put your knowledge of idioms to the test. Take the quiz and see how much you know.
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Estimado Profesor. Supongo que en Español la idea de " in hindsight it was 20/20" if you would put some regret in it sería "Todo tiempo pasado fue mejor".

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(to be) on thin ice. Make it "skating on thin ice" for a deliberate act. That is a nice idiom.

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Go with the flow

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Actually there's only one idiom that is totally new to me and it's "hindsight is 20/20". Honestly, previously i only knew "in hindsight". so i'm really delighted to know this related expression. Also now i know it comes from a scenario where the optometrist says "you have 20/20 vision". it's always fun to get to know a bit of American culture while learning English. And for other idioms, i kind of review them a bit, which is great! I'm quite engaged in this lesson and you're legit~🤟

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benefit of the doubt

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-To blow off the steam -Been through Thick and thin -To be in thesame boat -Mum's word -Grain of salt -Pay through the nose -hindsight is 20/20 -ring a bell -Bite the bullet -On thin ice -Jump on the bandwagon -Face the music

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Hi sir

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It’s usually skating on thin ice.

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Cost of arm and leg

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to let off steam would be the exact translation from german

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ups &downs

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Hind sight is 20/20

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ups and downs

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Also the 2 cats had been thinner before and then they became thicker 😅 so the idiom really stands

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Which one is more common? 'Hindsight is 20/20' or 'with the wisdom/benefit of hindsight'?

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to blow off some steam =relajarse,liberar tensiones.

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To let off some steam.

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Under the snow

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Hello

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ups downs

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ring a bell

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Ring a bell.

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Let off some steam

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thick and thin

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on thin ice

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Blow the mind

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Page or boat

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Pinch of salt

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to face the music

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Xeep

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❤🌺🥀🌹

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tO BLOW OFF SOME STEAM

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boat

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Take off some stress

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Bite the Bullet

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Bite the bullet

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grain of salt

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Shhh’s

[@Necrozene]

blow off or *let off* steam...

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blow steam

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[@msinbalony]

5.5.2024 so..... mum is the word?..... what a strange expression.

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Thanks for your comment. Keep in mind you would use the contraction, mum's, when using this expression. 😉

[@msinbalony]

@@InteractiveEng Yes, of course, I understood that :) I just don't really understand the logic behind this expression. What does it mean to say that someone is the word? and why would it be mum? sounds meaningless.

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Hell and high water

[@Necrozene]

"hindsight is 20/20" or better "everything is clearer in hindsight" or "in hindsight, everything is clearer". Referring to 20/20 is silly. You need to emphasise BETTER, not a STANDARD.

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Mum"s

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Mum's

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to bite a bullet

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B1 please

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BITE THE BULLET

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Grain of salt