
Learning English Conversations
807 episodes — Page 8 of 17

Punch above your weight
It sounds violent, but this phrase might surprise you!

Social media influencer
You know all about social media, but ... what is a social media influencer? Learn here.

Goldilocks
A fairy tale with a new meaning

Ghosting
Is someone ignoring all of your calls and messages? Maybe you are being ghosted!

Slow TV
Learn about the TV trend that urges you to relax, slow down and chill out.

Tiger mother
Trying to help your kids succeed in life? These mothers have a strong idea of what to do!

Buzzkill
A phrase for when something spoils your fun.

Buyer's remorse
Have you ever regretted an expensive purchase? This is the phrase for you!

Freecycle
When you don't want to sell, freecycle! Learn what it means.

Carbon footprint
Love to travel but worried about the environment? Here's a phrase for you to use.

To cough up
When is a cough not a cough? We teach you a money-related phrase.

Brain fade
We teach you a phrase that's worth remembering!

Fib
We won’t teach you to lie, but you will learn how to use the word ‘fib’.

Hot under the collar
Cool off and learn this phrase with us.

Eat your heart out
Learn a humorous phrase about being the best!

Across
When is 'across' not a preposition?

Fat chance
Learn an expression about likelihood.

Milk it
A phrase about taking advantage of a situation to gain sympathy or respect

To cherry-pick
We’ve picked the best phrase for you to learn!

To fight tooth and nail
Learn a phrase about working hard to get just what you want.

It's a small world
Learn an expression about coincidences.

Vanish into thin air
Learn an expression about disappearing

Get the short straw
A phrase that sucks!

Soft skills
These are job skills needed to deal with the public, and very much in demand.

Clever clogs
Will wearing new shoes make Feifei more intelligent? Join her and Rob in this programme.

Couch surfing
Looking for a sofa to sleep on? Learn a phrase to describe your actions.

Like riding a bike
Learn an English expression about skills we never forget.

On fire
Can you be on fire without any flames?

Dead
If something is 'dead good' is that a positive or negative thing?

Give someone the runaround
A phrase about being unhelpful.

Laughing all the way to the bank
When can going to the bank be funny? We've got a phrase that will leave you laughing.

The joke is on you
Find out more about a seriously funny English phrase.

Keep a lid on it
Learn the right English phrase about having to put a stop to something.

To pull the wool over someone's eyes
Here's a phrase about preventing someone from discovering something.

Take the rough with the smooth
Learn an expression about experiencing bad things to enable you to enjoy good things.

Hard-nosed
What is a hard-nosed person like? Find out in this episode of The English We Speak.

To have a soft spot
How do you feel if you really like something or someone? This phrase might help you.

To make a song and dance (about something)
If things don't go your way, how can singing and dancing help?

Giant killer
Here's a phrase to describe the success of a small team.

A shock to the system
A sudden and unpleasant change can come as a shock. Learn a phrase to describe this.

From pillar to post
Moving from place to place can be chaotic. Learn a phrase to describe the situation

Small talk
Here's a phrase that describes making informal conversation about not much.

A bright spark
Here's a clever expression that can describe someone doing something stupid.

To be all downhill
Rob's done all his work! Find out here if it's all downhill until the weekend for him.

Fireworks
Learn a New Year-related expression

To have all your Christmases come at once
An expression for when you have good fortune

It's the thought that counts
Learn a polite thing to say when you receive a bad present.

Digital detox
Learn this very modern expression.

It leaves a bad taste in your mouth
How can a tasty meal leave a bad taste?

Pea-souper
Is it a meal or a type of weather?