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Thanks a bunch

When does ‘thanks’ not mean ‘thanks’? Find out about an ironic English phrase.

Feb 28, 20232 min

Slow walk

How do you describe something making slow progress?

Feb 21, 20231 min

Take something to heart

Learn a phrase about taking advice or criticism personally and very seriously.

Feb 14, 20232 min

Take something to heart

If someone takes something to heart, what does it mean?

Feb 13, 20232 min

Know the score

Learn a phrase about understanding the situation.

Feb 7, 20232 min

Jog your memory

Learn a phrase about remembering.

Jan 31, 20232 min

A flying start

Learn an expression we use to say a new task is going very well.

Jan 24, 20232 min

Steal someone's thunder

If you get more attention than someone else, what are you doing? Here's a useful phrase!

Jan 17, 20232 min

Call it a day

A phrase about doing enough

Jan 9, 20232 min

Off the top of my head

When you don’t have the facts and figures at hand, you have to make a quick guess.

Jan 3, 20232 min

Change for the better

Do you want to make a positive change for 2023? We have an expression for you to learn.

Dec 23, 20222 min

The gift that keeps on giving

Learn a phrase about receiving presents.

Dec 20, 20222 min

Quiet quitting

Learn a phrase about just doing enough.

Dec 13, 20222 min

Hang in there

Times can be challenging but don’t give up. We have a phrase to spur you on.

Dec 6, 20222 min

Bite your tongue

What does ‘bite your tongue’ mean?

Nov 29, 20222 min

Win hands down

An easy phrase for an easy win!

Nov 22, 20222 min

Fever pitch

The men’s football World Cup is coming, and excitement has reached fever pitch!

Nov 15, 20221 min

Twiddle your thumbs

A phrase for boring times.

Nov 8, 20221 min

Get your act together

A phrase about good organisation.

Nov 8, 20222 min

Dog's dinner

Learn this phrase to describe a complete mess.

Oct 25, 20222 min

Sitting pretty

Learn a phrase to describe a good situation.

Oct 18, 20222 min

Feast your eyes

Sometimes you can be amazed at what you see. Learn an expression for these moments.

Oct 11, 20222 min

Put the brakes on

Learn a phrase about stopping or slowing down an activity.

Oct 4, 20222 min

Second-guess

If you don't know what's going to happen next, you have to guess.

Sep 26, 20221 min

Ins and outs

Learn about a new expression and why Feifei gets a shock!

Sep 20, 20222 min

Yes and no

Not all answers in life are 'yes' or 'no'. Learn why with this phrase.

Sep 13, 20222 min

Eat your words

Learn a phrase about being wrong.

Sep 13, 20222 min

Bug someone

Sometimes people or things just annoy you. Learn a phrase about this.

Sep 13, 20222 min

Willy-nilly

Learn an informal expression about doing things without planning.

Aug 23, 20222 min

Willy-nilly

A random phrase

Aug 22, 20222 min

Gnarly

Do you find something disgusting? Use this word to describe it.

Aug 16, 20222 min

Smash it

Learn a phrase to give encouragement

Aug 9, 20222 min

A doddle

Is this phrase easy to learn?

Aug 2, 20221 min

It’s now or never

Learn how to use ‘it’s now or never’

Jul 26, 20222 min

Happy days

Learn a phrase to use when you hear good news.

Jul 19, 20222 min

Double down

Learn a phrase about extra effort.

Jul 12, 20222 min

Game face

Learn an expression about determination.

Jul 5, 20222 min

Bitten by the bug

Learn a phrase about becoming interested and excited in doing something.

Jun 28, 20222 min

It escapes me

A phrase about forgetting something

Jun 21, 20222 min

Onboarding

Starting a new job means becoming familiar with new duties!

Jun 13, 20221 min

Thereby hangs a tale

When there is more to say....

Jun 6, 20222 min

The royal treatment

Are you ready to feel like a king or a queen?

May 31, 20222 min

Tell me about it

Sometimes people say something that you can’t help but agree with. Learn a new phrase.

May 24, 20222 min

Creatively bankrupt

Do you ever feel like your creativity just vanishes? Here's a phrase for that situation.

May 17, 20222 min

As if

A phrase to use when someone says something that is ridiculous or blatantly untrue.

May 10, 20223 min

Bad hair day

How are you looking today? Could you be having a bad hair day?

May 4, 20221 min

'Ish' - The English We Speak

Make the English you speak sound more natural

May 3, 20222 min

Promises, promises

Learn a new expression about not believing someone’s promises.

Apr 19, 20222 min

Not see hide nor hair

Sometimes it’s impossible to find someone. Here's a phrase to use in this situation.

Apr 12, 20222 min

A curate's egg

Learn an odd expression which means something is a little good but mainly bad

Apr 5, 20222 min