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I take "by ear" to mean, learning to play the piece from listening to it (e.g. a recording) but not learning the piece from reading the music. In a similar way "off by heart" would mean "from memory (and not having the music to read).
I love Lucy, and I fell head over heels in love with her English classes. When she is talking, I am all ears. I learned a lot from these lessons, and I should give myself a pat on the back.
You're so creative! But I think you have missed two more idioms for homework really😅😅😅😂😂😂!!!!??? But thanks for giving us such a very good example in just 3 sentences.( btw, here is my feedback for you:" I am head over heels with your sentences.)
In Brazil we have some of the same expressions with the same meaning: I'm all ears (Eu sou todo ouvidos); Cost an arm (custa um braço); give a hand (dar uma mão); have head in the clouds (ter a cabeça nas nuvens); makes my blood boil (faz meu sangue ferver); only over my dead body (só sobre meu cadáver); I'm washing my hands (Estou lavando minhas mãos). In another hand, Cold Feet (pé frio) in Brazil means that someone is unlucky.
I used to feel stressed. But After being all ears to Lucy's videos, I let my hair down and get my chins up! I am heads over heals in love with British language more! I hope I will wash my hands of my problems and thus get no cold feet during my future speeches! BTW: in Cantonese area or even in China, there is no such an idiom as "sweet tooth", but instead we have "sweet tongue" in order to describe a patronizing snob.
1. I always try to keep my chin up whenever I experience something bad. 2. I have never bought something that costs an arm and a leg. 3. I'm a sweet tooth, I'm really keen on eating food containing much sugar. 4. I hope my family can see eye to eye on my decision. 5. I got my scholarship by the skin of my teeth. Thanks for reading my comment. Have a wonderful day !!! From Vietnam.
Please allow me to correct your only mistake, without offense: 3. You aren't a sweet tooth, if you like sweet foods. You HAVE a sweet tooth, if you like sweet foods. "I like chocolate, because I have a sweet tooth." Otherwise, your English was flawless. Well done, Bong! Good job. :)
I just wanted to say I recently stumbled across your videos and am enjoying them. I'm a native speaker (American), but find your voice and speech patters very soothing and thus like having your videos on in the background sometimes. I also like hearing what parts of English can cause non-native English learners to stumble, as it helps me communicate more clearly with my non-native English speaking friends. Keep up the good work!
Head over heels - not in order, to be turned over totally? I like these ones: At arm's length - to keep distance (also in the law sphere) To be up to eyes in smth - to be extremely busy (my fave) In Russian we have sladkoyezhka (sweets eater) for sweet tooth.
Lucy, I so want you to make a lesson on poetic words and phrases, I always have trouble with understanding them and hence, with appreciating English poetry. I will be so thankful to you if you make a video on English poetry.
About the "sweet tooth": In Germany we say: he/she is a sweet one (ein Süßer/eine Süße) - which also has the meaning of " he/she is good looking" and thus can easily be misunderstood. I love those idioms! Regarding body parts, I've got a few more: - to cut one's teeth (to get first experiences in something) - to have a monkey on one's back (to have a serious problem) - to talk tongue-in-cheek (to say something ironical) - to keep a stiff upper lip (to not surrender, to hold on to a thing) - to talk through one's head (to talk silly things) - off the top of my head (roughly estimated) - to pull the wool over someone's eyes (to betray someone) - to twist someone's arm (to persuade someone) - to pay through the nose (to have to pay very much for something) - hand over fist (very fast) - to be out on a limb (to be all alone in doing something) - to go out on a limb (to risk something) - to have a bad hair day (to have a day when everything fails that you touch)
Examples : 1. All ears : I am all ears to you Lucy because you teach us important 25 Body Idioms. 2. Cold feet : I get cold feet before I sing infront of my friends. 3. Cry eyes / heart out : I cried my eyes out when I loose my money. 4. Lend a hand : They lent me a hand when I was sick three years ago. 5. To learn or know ( off ) by heart : When I was a High School Student I learnt English by heart. I know English off by heart at home .
"Break a leg" Is one of the synonymous of Good luck you suggested in an old video... I watched it with all ears and now I use it often... Thanku Lucy.. 😍
Thank you for teaching us the most beautiful language in the world ,by learning English people from all over the world will become one , towards a civilised world.thank you very much!!
I love "English with Lucy" not only the tutor is attractive, her voice is soothing, her presentation is interesting...she makes English a beautiful language and easy for everyone to understand and follow...I love listening to my charming Lucy...🥰🥰
Hello Lucy! Love all your home and teaching videos! Would you be able to include the origin of each idiom? That might make them easier to learn/ remember. 😊♥️
Hello, Lucy. As you see, I just refreshed my memory, as forgetting process is much easier than remembering tortures. Excellent video with stunning comments, like always; thank you. I like very much your comparisons of American and British versions of English. Stay healthy and have a nice weekend.
I've always enjoyed watching & listening to her teaching... I really appreciate her effort... Thankyou very much Lucy... Keep up the good work... 👍👍👍 much love to you & your beautiful smile ❤❤❤
I'm not pulling your leg! As a rule of thumb, Lucy is the best English teacher ever. In addition, I'd like to have a pat on my back thanks to Lucy now we call can use those idioms off by heart. Break a leg everyone :) Eason x
1)My english teacher Lucy mam has sweet tooth in English. 2)My friends always pull my leg to cause violence. 3)I listened to Lucy mam's lecture with all ears. 4) I always get cold feet when our class teacher call my dad. 5) My principal free me from the punishment after I see eye to eye with him. Reply my mark mam (Others can also give me score) Thank you ❤️
Hi lucy. I'm gonna be ever so grateful if you happen to work out on a video of most lengthy words it's gonna be fun. E.g. : "mauerbauertraurigkeit", a word described in the dictionary of obscure sorrows as an inexplicable desire to push people away. You're doing great lucy. Best wishes : )
Just came after rewatching your latest vdo on Lucy Bella channel and saw this😉....my day gotta be really good today woah!!!😀💜💜. Lots of love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳
I rally love every lesson you made. It really help me to improve my vocab. And My niece also love your accent and she learn a lot from you. ❣️ Love from Philippines!❤️🤗
Hey Lucy! It is really very sweet of you to post videos so often during the pandemic cause it’s very helpful to learn something new while at home and I JUST ADORE YOUR WAY OF TEACHING ❤️❤️❤️ -From BANGLADESH 🇧🇩
your english is so clealy to me teacher . thats nice . im always waching your english vidios . i want to improve my english more and more . keep going.
In USA I've heard many people use this expression "to cry your eyes out". I haven't heard before "to cry your heart out'', but that's why i'm here, to enrich my knowledge.
Mrs Lucy you're the best I really appreciate your help, I've been improving my english skills thanks to you, I always will be grateful to you. Blessings sincerely, Melvin from 🇸🇻
1. Break a leg: He breaks my leg for the singing competition. 2. Cost an arm and a leg: This suit costs me an arm and a leg. 3. Skin of a tooth: His share of the property was only a skin of a tooth. 4. Lend me a hand: Please lend me a hand in completing this task. 5. Sweet tooth: Rima has a sweet tooth, she loves chocolate. 6. All ears: I am all ears now please tell me your story. 7. Cold feet: Jenny felt cold feet before her performance. 8. Washing one's hands of something: I'm washing of my hands from the project, it's so risky.
@@Zzz_vibe Please watch the series of Blackadder and attention to the cynicism displayed. It is very old fashioned but is a basis for understanding English
1.The party cost them an arm and a leg. 2.My aunt cried her eyes out at my cousin's birthday. 3. I finally decided to get it off my chest to my teacher that I had cheated on the exam. (I haven't really) 4. My mother lent me a hand in my project. 5. I have to always keep an eye on my brother. One never knows what he gets up to.
@@Little_Explorers_Hub but the sentence is in past tense. So shouldn't it be, "I finally *got* it off my chest that I had cheated on the exam." ? In my original sentence, I just added a 'decide' and changed it into its past form. Pls correct me if I am wrong.
You forgot to explain that it's customary in the entertainment world to say "break a leg" rather than saying "good luck" because saying "good luck" is superstitiously considered bad luck.
@@dragonweyr44 the idiom originates in the theatre community and although no one is really sure why, one thing people agree with is that in theatre culture, there's this superstition that if someone wishes "good luck" to a person who is going to perform, the opposite might happen instead. they might forget their lines, have some technical difficulties on stage, or worse, breaking their actual legs. so to counter that, when someone wants to cheer and wishes good luck to the person that's going to perform, they say a bad thing, hence: "break a leg!" as if they're wishing for the bad thing to happen so the opposite thing--the good thing--will happen instead. some also said it relates to another idiom where breaking a leg means an actor is getting paid after performing, so it's actually still a good luck wish in a sense. either way, it's not that they actually hope the actor or performer will break their actual leg, it's just a way of wishing each other luck that is first originated in the theatres, but is known and used by all types of performers nowadays.
Okay, I need to get it off my chest...I've lost my laptop recently and am feeling very upset. Honestly, I might cry my eyes out because I was head over heels with my laptop. Yet I'm keeping my chin up or my brother will pull my leg. Thanks for your amazing lesson.
1. I and my bosom friend see eye to eye on many things. 2. My brother has a great sense of humor. He always pulls my leg. 3. I am learning a long list of English body idioms by heart now. 4. His behavior with the teacher makes my blood boil. 5. The latest item of Nike costs an arm and a leg. 6. I am always willing to give you a hand. 7. I got cold feet before performing on the stage 8. He always desires to be a billionaire in the future, but he is too lazy. He has his head in the clouds. 9. My younger sister loves candy, milktea, cake, and many things like that. She is a sweet tooth. 10. I washed my hand of reading this book. It’s so boring. Be safe everyone!!! From Vietnam 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳
Hello Mrs Lucy I really love your accent and your teaching method, Well would you mind that make some more videos about idioms ,I would be delighte if you do it.
1.- I am head over heels with my girlfriend Carmen. 2.- When Carmen talk to me, I am always all ears, because I don't want to miss anything. 3.- When I go to the English meetings, I always ride my electric scooter so when I need to get a drink I always say to some member: "Could you please keep an eye on my electric scooter?" 4.- Next Thursday I am going to embark in the MSC Seashore cruise, so my brother told me "good, break a leg!" when he knew about it. 5.- I have to say that the cruise cost me an arm and a leg. Thanks Lucy ;)
1. He's gonna have his first concert tomorrow, I hope he breaks a leg. 2. Harry was head over heels with his owl_ Hedwig. 3.I'm totally in over my head whenever I start writing an essay. 4.Meg had to keep an eye on Joe in order to avoid her from behaving so boyish. 5. Sarah losing her boyfriend made her completely depressed. we need to keep her chin up. 6. Hermione used to learn her textbooks off by heart.
I knew about the idiom"learn by heart" since i was in class 1 because of our teachers who worte in each of our copy after checking "learn by heart" to make sure we learn it properly😂😅😂
11:15 Brazilian Teacher here and we do have a different expression for "sweet tooth"; it's "formiguinha" (little ant) for someone who really likes sweets. Homework below: 1 - I'm head over heels for her, she's the smartest, sweetest and most beautiful girl ever! 2 - My neighbourhood is very noisy and it makes my blood boil! It's 10 pm and they're still singing in the bar. 3 - Whenever people don't see eye to eye the situation can escalate to a hot potato topic. 4 - Upgrading your computer nowadays costs an arm and a leg! 5 - It's a rule of thumb to thank those who've helped you.
@@ayselismailova4057 yes, in more formal indirect questions: I'm not sure if/whether he's coming tonight. Also in expressions like You have to pay taxes, whether you like it or not.
Learn the 25 most commonly used body idioms in English! Includes definitions, examples and a quiz! 📝 *GET THE FREE LESSON PDF* _here_ 👉🏼 bit.ly/25idiomsPDF 📊 *FIND OUT YOUR ENGLISH LEVEL!* _Take my level test here_ 👉🏼 bit.ly/EnglishLevelTest12 👩🏼🏫 *JOIN MY ONLINE ENGLISH COURSES:* englishwithlucy.teachable.com/courses - _We have launched our B1 and B2 Complete English Programmes!_
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I challenge you Ms Lucy to reply to me is there real plan to learning English Language thank you
You pronocation very sweet
Thank you to much💐💐💞
Lucy is definitely one of the best English teachers nowadays!
Thanks, darling! Lots of love!
Can you use one of the idioms to express your love?
@@carsonlugia yep I can 🙋 , I'm in all ears whenever she speaks something , she teaches very well 😁
you mean head over heels
Teacher is not the correct way to refer to any teacher it goes by MR or MS .... that’s what she mentioned 👀
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As a former musician, I should notice - the idiom "to play something by ear" literally means "to improvise", thanks for another great lesson!
former ? once a musician, always a musician... maybe not professional, but by heart
@@bassanup yeah, definitely :-)
Agree 😊
I take "by ear" to mean, learning to play the piece from listening to it (e.g. a recording) but not learning the piece from reading the music. In a similar way "off by heart" would mean "from memory (and not having the music to read).
I will never be late for this online class
Very good
I also don't want to come very late but ...I always late 😭😭😭
Same!
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Me neither 🤣
I love Lucy, and I fell head over heels in love with her English classes. When she is talking, I am all ears. I learned a lot from these lessons, and I should give myself a pat on the back.
You're so creative! But I think you have missed two more idioms for homework really😅😅😅😂😂😂!!!!??? But thanks for giving us such a very good example in just 3 sentences.( btw, here is my feedback for you:" I am head over heels with your sentences.)
Me too
Well done.
As an ESL instructor, this is very, very helpful!! Thank you, Lucy!
In Brazil we have some of the same expressions with the same meaning: I'm all ears (Eu sou todo ouvidos); Cost an arm (custa um braço); give a hand (dar uma mão); have head in the clouds (ter a cabeça nas nuvens); makes my blood boil (faz meu sangue ferver); only over my dead body (só sobre meu cadáver); I'm washing my hands (Estou lavando minhas mãos). In another hand, Cold Feet (pé frio) in Brazil means that someone is unlucky.
Cold feet = Mick Jagger. 😄😄😄 Agora tenta explicar isso para o inglês!
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It was excellent material, enjoyable manner of explanation and very friendly reminder what motivation is. Comme d'habitude, Lucy. Merci beaucoup!
I used to feel stressed. But After being all ears to Lucy's videos, I let my hair down and get my chins up! I am heads over heals in love with British language more! I hope I will wash my hands of my problems and thus get no cold feet during my future speeches!
BTW: in Cantonese area or even in China, there is no such an idiom as "sweet tooth", but instead we have "sweet tongue" in order to describe a patronizing snob.
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1. I always try to keep my chin up whenever I experience something bad. 2. I have never bought something that costs an arm and a leg. 3. I'm a sweet tooth, I'm really keen on eating food containing much sugar. 4. I hope my family can see eye to eye on my decision. 5. I got my scholarship by the skin of my teeth. Thanks for reading my comment. Have a wonderful day !!!
From Vietnam.
Please allow me to correct your only mistake, without offense:
3. You aren't a sweet tooth, if you like sweet foods. You HAVE a sweet tooth, if you like sweet foods.
"I like chocolate, because I have a sweet tooth."
Otherwise, your English was flawless. Well done, Bong! Good job. :)
@@stevenhoskins7850 Thank you so much ❤️
I just wanted to say I recently stumbled across your videos and am enjoying them. I'm a native speaker (American), but find your voice and speech patters very soothing and thus like having your videos on in the background sometimes. I also like hearing what parts of English can cause non-native English learners to stumble, as it helps me communicate more clearly with my non-native English speaking friends. Keep up the good work!
Head over heels - not in order, to be turned over totally?
I like these ones:
At arm's length - to keep distance (also in the law sphere)
To be up to eyes in smth - to be extremely busy (my fave)
In Russian we have sladkoyezhka (sweets eater) for sweet tooth.
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Lucy, I so want you to make a lesson on poetic words and phrases, I always have trouble with understanding them and hence, with appreciating English poetry. I will be so thankful to you if you make a video on English poetry.
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About the "sweet tooth": In Germany we say: he/she is a sweet one (ein Süßer/eine Süße) - which also has the meaning of " he/she is good looking" and thus can easily be misunderstood.
I love those idioms! Regarding body parts, I've got a few more:
- to cut one's teeth (to get first experiences in something)
- to have a monkey on one's back (to have a serious problem)
- to talk tongue-in-cheek (to say something ironical)
- to keep a stiff upper lip (to not surrender, to hold on to a thing)
- to talk through one's head (to talk silly things)
- off the top of my head (roughly estimated)
- to pull the wool over someone's eyes (to betray someone)
- to twist someone's arm (to persuade someone)
- to pay through the nose (to have to pay very much for something)
- hand over fist (very fast)
- to be out on a limb (to be all alone in doing something)
- to go out on a limb (to risk something)
- to have a bad hair day (to have a day when everything fails that you touch)
Thank you so much teacher .I'm from Sri Lanka .
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I am Turkish and I am learning new things in English thanks to you. Thank you so much ♡♡♡
Examples :
1. All ears : I am all ears to you Lucy because you teach us important 25 Body Idioms.
2. Cold feet : I get cold feet before I sing infront of my friends.
3. Cry eyes / heart out : I cried my eyes out when I loose my money.
4. Lend a hand : They lent me a hand when I was sick three years ago.
5. To learn or know ( off ) by heart : When I was a High School Student I learnt English by heart. I know English off by heart at home .
Great lesson.,mam....🙏 Love from India🇮🇳
"Break a leg" Is one of the synonymous of Good luck you suggested in an old video... I watched it with all ears and now I use it often...
Thanku Lucy.. 😍
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I really find your channel helpful thanks Lucy i have learnt english thanks to you
Thank you for teaching us the most beautiful language in the world ,by learning English people from all over the world will become one , towards a civilised world.thank you very much!!
I'm using this for my English class tomorrow. They're great videos.
I love "English with Lucy" not only the tutor is attractive, her voice is soothing, her presentation is interesting...she makes English a beautiful language and easy for everyone to understand and follow...I love listening to my charming Lucy...🥰🥰
Hello Lucy! Love all your home and teaching videos! Would you be able to include the origin of each idiom? That might make them easier to learn/ remember. 😊♥️
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Hello, Lucy. As you see, I just refreshed my memory, as forgetting process is much easier than remembering tortures. Excellent video with stunning comments, like always; thank you.
I like very much your comparisons of American and British versions of English. Stay healthy and have a nice weekend.
Thanks a lot, Lucy. This is really useful and interesting to listen to 🌟
Wow, I loved every utterance & strategy in this class and all your classes.
Cheers!
Today is very interesting 😄 class thanks Lucy mam
I've always enjoyed watching & listening to her teaching... I really appreciate her effort... Thankyou very much Lucy... Keep up the good work... 👍👍👍 much love to you & your beautiful smile ❤❤❤
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I love learning about new Idioms. Thank you for this video. Lots of love from India ❤😊🙏
Hey Lucy!I really love your accent its so good .You reallymake me love English .
A sweet tooth in Dutch is: zoetekauw. And it means something like: sweet chew. Basicly the same.
In German we say "süßer Zahn", so it's a literal translation in this case.
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I'm not pulling your leg! As a rule of thumb, Lucy is the best English teacher ever. In addition, I'd like to have a pat on my back thanks to Lucy now we call can use those idioms off by heart. Break a leg everyone :)
Eason x
OMG! More than 50 comments in 1 minute! 😲 This is amazing! She is amazing! ❤
1)My english teacher Lucy mam has sweet tooth in English.
2)My friends always pull my leg to cause violence.
3)I listened to Lucy mam's lecture with all ears.
4) I always get cold feet when our class teacher call my dad.
5) My principal free me from the punishment after I see eye to eye with him.
Reply my mark mam
(Others can also give me score)
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Hi lucy. I'm gonna be ever so grateful if you happen to work out on a video of most lengthy words it's gonna be fun.
E.g. : "mauerbauertraurigkeit", a word described in the dictionary of obscure sorrows as an inexplicable desire to push people away.
You're doing great lucy. Best wishes : )
Your channel is excellent and the pronunciation is superb.
Just came after rewatching your latest vdo on Lucy Bella channel and saw this😉....my day gotta be really good today woah!!!😀💜💜.
Lots of love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳
Teacher Lucy,you deserve a pat on the back for all your efforts in regards to teaching us English thank you
she says to call her MrsLucy not teacher lucy
That's really useful.
Hello Miss Lucy, glad to see you again with another video. And Oh! I love using idioms when I speak or write. They enhance my vocabulary really well.
I love this content, thanks lucy....
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I rally love every lesson you made. It really help me to improve my vocab. And My niece also love your accent and she learn a lot from you. ❣️ Love from Philippines!❤️🤗
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Wowwww. I knew almost most of them . It's wonderful to be an English teacher.
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In iraQ 🇮🇶 We also say "Wash your hands of something or someone"...
& We say head up instead of chin up
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Hey Lucy! It is really very sweet of you to post videos so often during the pandemic cause it’s very helpful to learn something new while at home and I JUST ADORE YOUR WAY OF TEACHING ❤️❤️❤️
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In Hungary we say something very similar to "sweet tooth": "édesszájú", which translates to "sweet mouth".
your english is so clealy to me teacher . thats nice . im always waching your english vidios . i want to improve my english more and more . keep going.
I can't express enough how much I love learning idioms
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In USA I've heard many people use this expression "to cry your eyes out". I haven't heard before "to cry your heart out'', but that's why i'm here, to enrich my knowledge.
I never tire of your outro footage. Always makes me laugh. You appear to enjoy spontaneity!
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Mrs Lucy you're the best I really appreciate your help, I've been improving my english skills thanks to you, I always will be grateful to you. Blessings sincerely, Melvin from 🇸🇻
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I'm happy when I get 1 single view in 1 day for one of my videos. 😔 It means that Lucy is doing a great job with her clases, she deserves it! ❤
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1. Break a leg: He breaks my leg for the singing competition.
2. Cost an arm and a leg: This suit costs me an arm and a leg.
3. Skin of a tooth: His share of the property was only a skin of a tooth.
4. Lend me a hand: Please lend me a hand in completing this task.
5. Sweet tooth: Rima has a sweet tooth, she loves chocolate.
6. All ears: I am all ears now please tell me your story.
7. Cold feet: Jenny felt cold feet before her performance.
8. Washing one's hands of something: I'm washing of my hands from the project, it's so risky.
Don’t you dare go on and go there.
Thank you so much
I feel first one is not right.
Today is your singing performance. Break a leg!
@@Zzz_vibe Please watch the series of Blackadder and attention to the cynicism displayed. It is very old fashioned but is a basis for understanding English
I dont think number 3 is correct: He only got his share of the property by the skin of a tooth, is probably more like it.
Thanks! Before i join to your channel i don't know nothing about English but just i know more about
Again! A precious lesson❤ love you so much sugarplump teacher😋😍 you're one of the best teachers i've ever had💗 keep it up 🤩
Thank you Lucy! Love you so much
1.The party cost them an arm and a leg.
2.My aunt cried her eyes out at my cousin's birthday.
3. I finally decided to get it off my chest to my teacher that I had cheated on the exam. (I haven't really)
4. My mother lent me a hand in my project.
5. I have to always keep an eye on my brother. One never knows what he gets up to.
@@Little_Explorers_Hub but the sentence is in past tense. So shouldn't it be, "I finally *got* it off my chest that I had cheated on the exam." ? In my original sentence, I just added a 'decide' and changed it into its past form. Pls correct me if I am wrong.
Yes it should be got. U r right .
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Say Hi from Thailand! I’ve been following your channel since 5years ago. Thanks for lots valued videos.
You forgot to explain that it's customary in the entertainment world to say "break a leg" rather than saying "good luck" because saying "good luck" is superstitiously considered bad luck.
I beg to differ. Lucy explained it
Breaking one's leg sounds like the cruelest thing you should ever tell an actor
@@DidierMelki I think it's like if you tell to somebody "good luck", then he thinks "oh, so I need luck, am I in bad situation?"
@@witek607 That sounds like what a overthinker might say😳
@@dragonweyr44 the idiom originates in the theatre community and although no one is really sure why, one thing people agree with is that in theatre culture, there's this superstition that if someone wishes "good luck" to a person who is going to perform, the opposite might happen instead. they might forget their lines, have some technical difficulties on stage, or worse, breaking their actual legs.
so to counter that, when someone wants to cheer and wishes good luck to the person that's going to perform, they say a bad thing, hence: "break a leg!" as if they're wishing for the bad thing to happen so the opposite thing--the good thing--will happen instead.
some also said it relates to another idiom where breaking a leg means an actor is getting paid after performing, so it's actually still a good luck wish in a sense. either way, it's not that they actually hope the actor or performer will break their actual leg, it's just a way of wishing each other luck that is first originated in the theatres, but is known and used by all types of performers nowadays.
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Love, love, love idiom videos! Thank you, Lucy!
Okay, I need to get it off my chest...I've lost my laptop recently and am feeling very upset. Honestly, I might cry my eyes out because I was head over heels with my laptop. Yet I'm keeping my chin up or my brother will pull my leg. Thanks for your amazing lesson.
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1. I and my bosom friend see eye to eye on many things.
2. My brother has a great sense of humor. He always pulls my leg.
3. I am learning a long list of English body idioms by heart now.
4. His behavior with the teacher makes my blood boil.
5. The latest item of Nike costs an arm and a leg.
6. I am always willing to give you a hand.
7. I got cold feet before performing on the stage
8. He always desires to be a billionaire in the future, but he is too lazy. He has his head in the clouds.
9. My younger sister loves candy, milktea, cake, and many things like that. She is a sweet tooth.
10. I washed my hand of reading this book. It’s so boring.
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Hi, Lucy! Concerning #24 - in Russian we say СЛАДКОÉЖКА /slatkaéshka/, literally meaning SWEETEATER
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Hello Mrs Lucy I really love your accent and your teaching method,
Well would you mind that make some more videos about idioms ,I would be delighte if you do it.
1.- I am head over heels with my girlfriend Carmen.
2.- When Carmen talk to me, I am always all ears, because I don't want to miss anything.
3.- When I go to the English meetings, I always ride my electric scooter so when I need to get a drink I always say to some member: "Could you please keep an eye on my electric scooter?"
4.- Next Thursday I am going to embark in the MSC Seashore cruise, so my brother told me "good, break a leg!" when he knew about it.
5.- I have to say that the cruise cost me an arm and a leg.
Thanks Lucy ;)
A very warm welcome to check your Level and improve your English listening and understanding skills.
Keep it going. Very enjoy your videos, learn a lot which I can teach in my own classroom!
1. He's gonna have his first concert tomorrow, I hope he breaks a leg.
2. Harry was head over heels with his owl_ Hedwig.
3.I'm totally in over my head whenever I start writing an essay.
4.Meg had to keep an eye on Joe in order to avoid her from behaving so boyish.
5. Sarah losing her boyfriend made her completely depressed. we need to keep her chin up.
6. Hermione used to learn her textbooks off by heart.
Nice!!
So good! For 5 I would say we need to keep her spirits up - only she can keep her own chin up
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it seems to me that number 5 had better be:
1. Losing boyfriend made Sarah depressed...
2. Sarah lost her boyfriend, making her depressed....
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Interesting class, beautifully explained ! Thanks so much.
Iam sure my videos will be helpful to improve your English vocabulary. ❤❤
I knew about the idiom"learn by heart" since i was in class 1 because of our teachers who worte in each of our copy after checking "learn by heart" to make sure we learn it properly😂😅😂
11:15 Brazilian Teacher here and we do have a different expression for "sweet tooth"; it's "formiguinha" (little ant) for someone who really likes sweets. Homework below:
1 - I'm head over heels for her, she's the smartest, sweetest and most beautiful girl ever!
2 - My neighbourhood is very noisy and it makes my blood boil! It's 10 pm and they're still singing in the bar.
3 - Whenever people don't see eye to eye the situation can escalate to a hot potato topic.
4 - Upgrading your computer nowadays costs an arm and a leg!
5 - It's a rule of thumb to thank those who've helped you.
Cold feet in Brasil means a person who brings bad luck
Lucy ur way of teaching is superlative I have learnt many idioms from your channel....😊
Will u practice with me?
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Thank you for this video! All ears, I thought, my friends were saying 'all yours' 🤣😎
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Lovely lesson! Thanks a lot Lucy!!
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Hello lucy! i would like to ask a question:
How to use "whether" in english?
When You connect two sentences the same like if.
Does "whether" mean same meaning like if?
@@ayselismailova4057 yes, in more formal indirect questions:
I'm not sure if/whether he's coming tonight.
Also in expressions like
You have to pay taxes, whether you like it or not.
Thank you very much!
Fantastic class Lucy