2021-07-04
23 分钟Hi there, this is Harry, and welcome to my podcast where I try to help you to get a better understanding of the english language so that you can communicate better with your friends, your family, your colleagues, either in direct conversational English or business English, whatever it may be.
What are we going to look at today?
Well, we're going to look at some idioms, and in particular idioms connected with movement.
As always, I'll give you my contact details at the end of the podcast, and if there's anybody you think might enjoy it, well, why don't you invite them along?
I'll give you the details, as I said, and you'll be able to contact me that way.
So without delaying you any further, let's get into this.
So we're going to talk about idioms, and today, as I said, it's idioms connected with movement, okay?
So I'll go through them and I'll list them out for you, and then we'll go through them individually and give you some examples.
So here they are.
Idioms to do with movement, a stone's throw either away or a stone's throw from.
You can use either preposition as the crow flies, follow your nose in the middle of nowhere, lose your bearings, make a beeline for something or somebody off the beaten track, stop dead in your tracks, take a shortcut, two, and take the scenic route.
Okay, so let's go through them one by one.
So start with the first one, a stone's throw.
And as I said, you can have it as a stone's throw away or a stone's throw from.
Generally what it means is you are very close to something, okay?
So in terms of position or location, so you know, if somebody's asking you, where's your new apartment?
Ah, it's only a stone's throw from the motorway.
You take the first or the second or the third exit, and then you just go down and you'll see the direction to my estate, idiots Avenue.
Okay?
Okay, so it's a stone's throw away from the motorway, or it's a stone's throw from the shopping center, which suits my wife because she can walk and she can go there and shop every day if she wishes.