Let’s TOUCH BASE! 15 English idioms to use at work

Learning English Idioms can feel like a steep learning curve! Don’t bite your tongue! Let’s practise 15 useful idioms to use at work!
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00:00 English Idioms at work
01:00 Get your foot in the door
01:56 Show someone the ropes
02:32 Throw (someone) in the deep end
03:16 A steep learning curve
04:14 Hey Lady! Online Speaking Community
05:03 (do something) by the book
05:27 Cut corners
06:00 Have (one’s) work cut out
06:28 Make short work of (something)
07:11 Touch base
08:04 Cut to the chase
09:15 Bite your tongue
09:57 Rock the boat
10:49 Put out fires
11:50 (to be) in hot water
12:17 Call it a day
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[@climater2195]

Hi Emma, I’m happy to watch your video, I’ve been just get my foot in the door of travel industry, it’s totally new for me so I hope someone can show me the ropes in first month’s work, otherwise I’ll be thrown in the deep end, I hope colleagues can touch base with me on the work if possible,let’s call it a day, thank you so much for your support.

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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Glad you like them, Mila! Which idioms were new for you from this lesson? 😊

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Hi Emma, Thanks for this wonderful class. All these idioms are really useful & I can use it more frequently in my daily communications at office.

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

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[@honza8832]

Dear Madam Teacher Emma,thank YOU so much for this so important lesson!Btw,my first job was a kettelsmith(locksmith) and I was working with very heavy sections from castiron in building industry.After shift I was fully,completaly exhausted(for example - spasms,cramps in muscles). I was in hot water!! Thank YOU again and have a nice day and time,please!

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It sounds like you were *stuck between a rock and a hard place*! You had two tough choices; to quit your job or keep suffering! I hope you have fully recovered now, that sounds awful!

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[@Pamchan23]

Thank you again Emma for another helpful lesson. To me, there are something new and something old. But, to keep them my own is to PRACTISE.

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Emma, you wouldn’t believe how much you showed me the ropes in managing my English skills! Hope you stay active and inspired. I will work hard as a teacher and not cut corners with every lesson I have to teach them coz I want my pupils to learn a lot from me. Now I feel sleepy writing this comment, let me call it a day!

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Thanks for this idioms.

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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

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I have heard most of these idioms and yes they mean exactly what I understood them to be. Thank you. Well done.

[@andreafixes]

That's wonderful!

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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Hey Dave! 👍 What's your favourite English idiom? One that you use most frequently....?

[@davesmith6436]

@@mmmEnglish_Emma Grateful for your feedback, dear Emma! You mightn't believe me but most of these expression are actually new for me! I'm shocked, frankly speaking!.. On the other hand, I could possibly forget about them because of I didn't use them for ages, maybe it's so... What I really know firmly and use it are "call it a day" and "cut corners". The rest of idioms are new for me in fact, imagine??!😳😳😳 Anyhow, I'm delighted to get such an awesome chance to remember or even learn new vocabulary for me, it's exactly what I really need and try to perform every single day! My life has become completely in English!

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Decades ago, I started working for an airline in Hong Kong and was pleased to have some experienced coworkers showed me the ropes. In fact, I had on job training for a month before I worked by myself.

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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

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Thank you for your time.. it's a very difficult idiom.. it's the first time that i learn about it

[@romanryabov2594]

Thanks, thanks! It is time to cut some corners in learning English 🤗

[@sangramdatir3184]

Hey Emma... Thanks for showing us the ropes in this English learning journey. if not for your help we might have been thrown into the deep end. Learning English is a steep learning curve but you are taking us by the book without cutting corners. let me cut to the chase & call it a day. BYE BYE. Lots of love.

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Hi, Emma An interesting and informative lesson about Idioms related to work. I sincerely appreciate your efforts 👏👏. This lesson is truly useful to all learners for improvement their English communication skills. Thanks and regards,

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Thanks, Manish! It means a lot to me 🙂

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The idioms are very useful in communication Thanks for the explanation

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Indebted

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Great work!!!!! Kisses from a teacher in Argentina!

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

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[@dennisenglishjournal498]

My greetings and big respect to Argentina! I really dream about visiting your beatiful country someday. 😊 Have a great day! 🙌

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@@dennisenglishjournal498 Thanks for your comment! You will be really welcome when you come! Have a great day, too!

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[@shreyasharma9549]

Thank you Emma for this wonderful lesson! I will surely use these idioms🤩

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Great!

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[@kentafujii8941]

What useful phrases they are! Thank you, Emma!

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

You're so welcome, Kenta! Which idioms were new for you from this lesson?

[@kentafujii8941]

Make short work, bite your tongue, in hot work, and thrown in the deep end are completely new for me!

[@yoyonop]

Thank you, Emma, I'm new here and already subscribed. Thanks for showing me the ropes for using idioms at work and how to relate. it is very useful!! Wish you have an amazing day! :)

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Thanks my teacher, you're the best one👏🏻👏🏻😊😊

[@saidrahman2110]

fertile words . Excellent lesson. Handsome teacher. Words with cut corner but mean a lot. love and respect.

[@Englishbits]

Love lessons on idioms! Thanks, Emma! :)

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

You're so welcome! 🤩

[@safeerali8227]

Thanks,This is very useful

[@igoryurchenko559]

Great! Exactly what I looked for... Waiting for a continuation...

[@kingmasihkhan7572]

Miss when I get new job so I threw in the deep in because it was my first time and I was very sad about every things in my office but now every things is very very easy and I can do everything very fast and accurate.

[@khadijadauda4058]

Hi Emma,thank you so much for this lesson,it's very important to me because it going to help me get my foot in the door,I have never know how to use idioms, but you showed me the rope, from the beginning of the lesson I was thrown in the deep end,but gradually it can be steep learning curve,let call it a day,thank you so much, Ma'am,I pray I will be fluent English speaker with your help.

[@arymalala2379]

Hi Emma! many thanks for these 15 idioms. As far as I'm concerned, I was thrown in the deep end with my first teaching job too, I have never taught before, but my friend showed me the ropes when she saw that I had difficulty.

[@hannahenglishteacher]

I had* never taught before ... (Use the past perfect to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past.)

[@arymalala2379]

@@hannahenglishteacher thank you

[@1sergiogamez]

Dear Emma, I have been following your channel for quite some years now. Thank you very much. I am an English teacher who uses a conversational method to give my classes. As part of easing the learning curve for my students, I recommend them to watch your prepositions of time and place videos. Maybe I should begin by telling you how I got my foot in the world of teaching English. It was almost unintentionally; I hadn't been doing very well at college and I flunked a semester so my parents encouraged me to teach one-on-one English, Physics and Math. I bought a small ad at a magazine in my city and that is when I discovered my devotion to English language. By that time I was starting to study Engineering, but, as a youngster, I didn't want to rock the boat in my family by switching careers. I feel like I was thrown in the deep end. Well maybe that's a bit of an exaggerated statement. Being the oldest one in a family of 5 siblings gave 😌 me plenty of opportunities to develop intuition, patience and character. Helping with the homework of my siblings and friends made light work of this job. On the other hand, with my current clients it is essential to bite my tongue so they can learn to self-correct, especially regarding pronunciation. Again, thank you very much for your extremely valuable lessons, you keep me on my toes professionally.

[@nevergiveer2659]

It's my second day of my internship this video is gonna be so handy to me thank u so much

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Amazing! All the best with the internship ✨

[@rina.1799]

I love Idioms videos sooo much 💕Thank you It’s so great when you can remember them because of other languages you can speak hahah

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Yes, I love finding similarities! Tell me, which idioms are similar in your native language?

[@rina.1799]

@@mmmEnglish_Emma Hey Emma There are a lot similarities but the almost same ones are the first one and bite your tongue 💕 . I’m Albanian

[@leonardofranciscogaitanher7480]

Gracias profesora Emma

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Thank you so much Emma 💕 U r doing such a great job ♥️ I had a request .. can u please make a video on practicing University admission interview 😊

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Thanks emma

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Thank you for more one good class.

[@dr.zoyasharma]

ThanQ Emma!

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

You're so welcome, Zoya ❤️

[@Dharmi2013]

Today all my doubts are clarified.Thank-you for Emma teacher

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

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[@osonhodeleon]

Another great lesson. Thank you very much.

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Thank you and see you in the next one!

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Unique class

[@m.ali2008]

Thanks for very best teaching mathed we are lucky to have this great opportunity i really appreciate it very great job best of luck take care

[@Aerosmith77]

Thanks for the phrases, of course I took notes!❤️

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

👌

[@ibrahimnagy9722]

I think these idioms will be very useful in the near future. Thanks for the lesson 😌👍

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

You're so welcome, Ibrahim! Do you use English in a professional setting?

[@ibrahimnagy9722]

@@mmmEnglish_Emma well, it's not in actual work environment ,but for now only academic purposes . Hope to be able to get a job at my major or an internship in the future🙏

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Hi, Ms. Emma! I know, you fed up with the gratefuls, but you are the best all over the world from teachers !!!

[@canaannegashseifu2524]

I’m trying to get my foot in the door of a very nice place. I hope I will not get thrown in the deep end, although I don’t mind a steep learning curve in the job. In this new work place, I want to play by the book in all tasks I am assigned to and not cut corners as I want to get along with my manager. This is fun Emma😂, it’s now better to cut to the chase and say thank you. 😊

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Please, add more business english videos! They're great!

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

More to come! 🥰

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Hi Emma, you're AWESOME! The best one! I've just started a new job in a world wild company and your videos are helping me a lot! Thank you very much for sharing all of this precious knowledge!

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Congratulations on the new job! I hope it's not a steep learning curve 😁

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@@mmmEnglish_Emma Emma! :) Ohh, unfortunately it's a very steep learning curve, because I need to communicate in a foreign language and I have my work cut out to learn everything, but watching your videos and following your tips I'm more confident to do it! Thank you very much!

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Great video Thank you Emma Have a Good Day 👌

[@josuejoseph29]

Thank you for these useful idioms.

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

You're welcome! What were some new ones that you learned from this lesson? 🥰

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É Emma ótimas sua aula .

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Thank you! I don't teach in a school but I have some online courses here that you may be interested in ❤️ mmmenglish.com/studywithme

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[@dianaep.s.1929]

Hello dear teacher from Buenos Aires Argentina. Thanks for this lesson 😊 Writing about teaching English, I think you show your subscribers the ropes and no teacher is thrown in the deep end. We try to do everything by the book and don't want to cut corners. We also feel we sometimes make light work of teaching English.🌹😘💝

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Hey! Fellow South American!

[@dennisenglishjournal498]

*Hi Emma, thanks for sharing these 15 cool idioms with your audience!* 🙋‍♂👍 Your explanations are very interesting and detailed, as always! 😊 Thank you very much for inspiring me creating my own vlogs and podcasts in English! 🙌💖 *Let's boost our English speaking skills together, guys!* 🙏🙌

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Your support and kind words mean so much to me, Dennis ❤❤❤

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I love this lesson as usual Emma 😄😄

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Thank you Alvaro 🥰

[@timsah8428]

usefull lesson from great teacher. thanku m.s Emmmma🌹

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Thank you, Timsah! What were some new idioms that you learned from this lesson?

[@timsah8428]

ilearned some idioms similar make light. touch base. cut to the chase. bite yur tongue. rock the boat. put out fires. in hot water.i well learning reminder idioms. thanku again and again♥🌺🌹

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Another great video of yours, dear Emma! 🫶

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Thank you so much, Karina! 😀

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Hi teacher Emma , thank you for didactic videos . I am from Turkey and l am trying learning english so these videos are very beneficial for me

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Thanks !!!

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You're welcome! ❤️

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I love her lessons especially this one. 🥰❤️🎶

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Thank you, Ashim!

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Sure 👋

[@newloggers]

Hi Emma :) Thanks for the video. I learned a lot. If someone doesn't wanna be thrown in the deep end in the work environment, then this lesson can be a nice start to get his foot in the door :) Have a nice week :) Greetings from Turkey :) ( Çağlar Didman)

[@DanielSilva-tw2rk]

I didn’t know the most of these idioms.This video was great.

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Thanks, Teacher Emma. This wonderful lesson taught me a lot. You showed me the ropes on how to improve my English skills.

[@MrMuneebmt]

Super lesson. Ioved it💐

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Thank you Muneeb! Which idioms were new for you from this lesson?

[@MrMuneebmt]

@@mmmEnglish_Emmaall except cut corners