
Learning English Conversations
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An old hand
Someone who's skilled and experienced

Out of the loop
Learn a phrase about missing out.

Rub it in
Learn an expression about enjoying someone's misfortunes.

Smombie
Are you a smartphone zombie?

Freegan
Are you someone who only eats food that has been wasted or thrown away? Learn a word that describes what you are

Barking up the wrong tree
Have you ever made the wrong assumption? Here's a dog-related phrase to describe your actions

Cloud cuckoo land
Can you make the impossible possible? This phrase implies you can't but what's it got to do with a cuckoo?

A taste of your own medicine
Payback time

Happy-go-lucky
Relaxed about the future? Here's a phrase that might describe your character

Whizz-kid
Young, clever and successful: find out a phrase that describes someone like this

The best of both worlds
Can you enjoy the advantages of two different situations at the same time? You can if you use this phrase

Bone idle
Are you taking it easy or just being lazy? Here's a phrase to describe your condition

To cut a long story short
Have you got a story to tell? Here's a phrase about just telling the important bits

A thing
Beards have been 'a thing' for a while. Is it now time to shave them off?

Just the ticket
Rob and Feifei help teach a phrase to describe something you really want or need

Do a runner
Is it time to go? Here's a phrase about avoiding a tricky situation

All that jazz
We love slang, idioms, phrases and all that jazz! Learn a new phrase with us

Not gonna lie
A phrase to use when you're being brutally honest

Up your game
Don't know which one to use? You need to up your emoji game

To shout it from the rooftops
Have you heard the good news? This programme has something to shout about!

To blow the cobwebs away
No spiders involved. It's time to get lively and learn a new English phrase

A knees-up
Want to go to a party? This phrase might help you get an invitation

To put someone on the map
Need directions to learn a new English phrase? Here's one about a map and being famous

Down in the dumps
Feeling unhappy? Here's a phrase to describe your mood but don't take it too literally!

Excuse me!
Rob keeps saying 'excuse me' but what does he really mean? You and Feifei are about to find out the many uses of this phrase

A sting in the tail
Rob's become a bee keeper but there's something more unpleasant to this hobby than being stung. Find out how a sting in the tail doesn't just come from bees!

So done with
Are you doing something very boring? We have just the phrase for you!

lolz
You might know the slang expression ‘LOL’, but do you know about ‘lolz’?

Have a go
Poor Neil gets a lot of criticism in the programme. Of course, it’s all to help you learn English!

About
You know what ‘about’ means, right? But maybe not this extra meaning! Take another look with us

Wing it
Learn an informal expression for when you have to improvise

Pot luck
Not sure what to expect? Learn a phrase about hoping your choice will turn out ok

It beats me
Why does Feifei keep hitting Rob? There could be some confusion about the meaning of today's authentic English phrase. Find out what Rob really means when he says 'it beats me'

Jiggery-pokery
Tricks and dishonesty: Learn this phrase before it fools you!

Left, right, and centre
If you do something left, right, and centre does that mean you do it everywhere? Rob's being doing just that but what's he been doing it with?

Donkey's years
Why has Rob got a donkey in the studio?! It's probably got something with today's authentic English phrase which is about not doing something for a long time

Give us a bell
What's that ringing sound? Is it someone giving you a bell? Find out what it all means

Echo chamber
Echo echo echo echo…

Snowflake
Do you melt too easily?

The heat is on
Learn an expression which you can use to say you're under pressure

Wet weekend
When can a wet weekend be dry? Find out with another authentic English expression

No picnic
Some things in life are hard work. Discover a phrase that describes these situations

A busman's holiday
Going on holiday to do your job? What's it got to do with driving a bus?

Fuddy-duddy
Old-fashioned and set in your ways? Could you be one of these people?

Bottle
Use this phrase involving bottles when you’re too afraid to do something

No great shakes
Not impressed by something? Here's an expression that describes what you think

Not a sausage
Nothing, absolutely nothing, nothing at all… Not even one little sausage!

Long
Not everything in this life is fun. Learn a phrase to describe boring jobs!

Not half
Love pizza? Feifei and Neil bring you a phrase to show how much you enjoy something

All over the shop
Looked everywhere? Learn a phrase about shops that isn’t about shops!