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Idiomatic expressions & phrasal verbs

Questions answered

  • Eva from Italy asks about 'fly-on-the-wall'
  • Roger Woodham gets steamed up about anger idioms
  • Find out about 'whiter than white' and 'paint the town red'
  • Gareth Rees discusses the meanings of these phrasal verbs
  • Learn about 'the neck of the woods' and 'pay through the nose'
  • Abdullahi u Bichi from Nigeria finds out about kinship terms
  • What do English speakers mean when they say 'put the icing on the cake?'
  • No grass grew under his feet

    What does the the idiom ‘no grass grew under his feet’ mean?
  • What do English speakers mean when they say they are feeling 'under the weather?'
  • Find out about phrases like 'here and there', 'on and on' and 'peace and quiet'
  • Was Martin Parrot born with a silver spoon in his mouth?
  • Every cloud has a silver lining...
  • What kind of person has 'his head in the stars' and 'his feet on the ground'?
  • Read Roger's answer to Eakchai Olarikded's question
  • Nguyen Quang Hieu from Vietnam jumps out of her skin
  • In hand / at hand

    Expressions with 'hand'
  • Inside job

    Gareth Rees answers a question from Miguel in Venezuela and explains the expression 'an inside job'
  • In terms of

    Trudi Faulkner-Petrova explains the meaning and use of the expression 'in terms of'
  • Roger Woodham describes the five different types of phrasal verbs
  • Amin in New Zealand is confused by all the different phrasal verbs that he hears
  • You get on and off a bus, but you get in a car. What is the difference?
  • Phrasal verbs: Keep up

    Gareth Rees explains the the phrasal verb ‘Keep up’
  • Phrasal verbs: Pop in / pop out / pop round

    Gareth Rees answers a question about the use of some phrasal verbs with 'pop'
  • A question from Fabio Domingues about the phrasal verb 'work out'
  • Roger Woodham explains these important grammatical terms which are very similar
  • Pop in / pop out / pop round

    Gareth Rees answers a question from Marita in Spain about the use of some phrasal verbs with 'pop'
  • Sandy from Russia has heard people use 'so' with verbs, as in 'I so want to go there' and wants to know if that is correct or just 'teen speak'?
  • 'Throwaway society'

    Ali Banabdi from Saudi Arabia asks about the meaning of the expression 'throwaway society'
  • Alper Kara from Turkey learns about phrasal verbs such as 'come up', 'buy up' and 'write down'
  • Our language expert answers a question from Alexander in Russia about weather vocabulary
  • Explanation by Catherine Chapman

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