Learning English Conversations Episodes Episode guide
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To make a song and dance (about something)
If things don't go your way, how can singing and dancing help?
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To make a mountain out of a molehill
Don't overreact - use this phrase!
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To make a monkey out of me
Looking stupid? This is a phrase for you!
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To lie through your teeth
Telling lies? Here's an honest phrase to use
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To let the cat out of the bag
In this edition of The English We Speak find out the meaning of the expression 'To let...
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To know your onions
Rob gets Li to help him with some quiz answers. Does she know her onions? Find out...
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To know something like the back of your hand
A popular expression for letting people know you are an expert
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To keep the wolf from the door
Who's at the door?
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To keep a lid on it
Li and Neil go for a coffee, but why do they have to keep a lid on it?
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To have words
Why is Finn cross with Li? Here's a good expression for when you're out of patience.
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To have an axe to grind
An expression for when someone's got a strong opinion
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To have all your Christmases come at once
An expression for when you have good fortune
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To have all your Christmases come at once
One Christmas is great but get that festive feeling every day with this phrase.
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To have a soft spot
How do you feel if you really like something or someone? This phrase might help you.
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To have a good nose (for something)
Rob and Feifei sniff out a new phrase to learn
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To go with a bang
You don't need fireworks to say a party is going really well.
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To go bananas
Li thinks Neil is a bit out of control and says he's gone bananas. Has this got to do...
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To go around the houses
Feifei wants to borrow Rob's car but she takes a long time getting to the point.
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To fly by the seat of your pants
Can Chris fly by the seat of his pants? Li and Chris discuss the use of this phrase.
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To fight tooth and nail
Learn a phrase about working hard to get just what you want.
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To fall at the first hurdle
Got an idea that's never going to work? Here is a phrase to describe the situation
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To drink someone under the table
An expression for people who like a drink
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To downsize
Neil and Feifei talk about a word made popular by the economic downturn
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To cut your teeth
Gaining new experience
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To cut a long story short
Just give me the details
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To cough up
When is a cough not a cough? We teach you a money-related phrase.
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To cook the books
Neil is cooking an unusual meal in the 大象传媒 Learning English kitchen. Would you like to...
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To cherry-pick
We鈥檝e picked the best phrase for you to learn!
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To brush over
When you are decorating, there are some things you can't brush over
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To blow the cobwebs away
An energetic phrase
