2024-05-29
14 分钟Hi there.
This is Harry.
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So what is the advanced english lesson about today?
Well, today's advanced english lesson is looking at certain ways or idioms for criticizing or talking about bad experiences.
We're looking at various ways to criticize or talk about bad experiences by using idioms so they're quite advanced.
So we'll go through them.
As always, I have ten, I'll give you the meaning, I'll give you an example, and hopefully you'll get a better understanding.
So, as I said, we've got ten of these idioms in total.
I'm going to give them to you, then go through them one by one.
So the first one to leave a bad taste in my mouth, this means that some experience you've had wasn't enjoyable, didn't turn out right, and you really felt bad afterwards.
Not physically bad, but bad about the whole experience.
It really left a bad taste in my mouth.
So let me give you an example.
I asked somebody to give me a quote to paint the inside of my house because I didn't have time.
So they came along and they gave me a coat, and I thought the guys were okay.
And I listened to them and they quoted me a price, which was a little bit on the high side, but I wanted to get it done quickly.