Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 280

和哈利一起说更好的英语|第280集

Speak Better English with Harry

2021-04-21

14 分钟
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Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar.Today, you're going to learn 10 popular English idioms. The idioms I have for you today are related to body parts. There are many body parts idioms in English. So let's look at their meanings. As always, I'll give you plenty of examples so that you'll be able to use them in your English speaking and writing. http...
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  • Hi there, this is Harry, and welcome back to my podcast, where I try to help you to get a better understanding of the english language so you can improve your conversational skills, business English skills.

  • And we look at grammar, phrasal verbs, expressions, idiomatic expressions, everything connected with the language, including pronunciation.

  • What we're going to look at in this particular podcast are body parts.

  • Well, we're not actually going to look at the body parts, we're going to talk about them and look at idiomatic expressions connected to body parts.

  • So those of you who might be feeling a little bit squeamish, you can look away now.

  • Well, that's what they say on all the thrillers and all the good movies on tv.

  • I don't like watching them myself, but we'll talk about the body parts anyway.

  • And as always, if you find this interesting, or it's interesting for a friend or a family member, then just pass on the details.

  • And as always, I'll give you my contact details at the end of the podcast.

  • Okay?

  • So without further ado, as I say, let me get started.

  • So, as I said, we're going to look at body parts and look at particular expressions connected with body parts.

  • So I've got ten for you, a nice round number, and I give the list, and then I give the individual meanings, and hopefully this will explain them to you.

  • One, pain in the neck, or a pain in the neck, as we sometimes refer to it.

  • Two, to go belly up, three, to sit on your hands, four, to make your blood boil.

  • Five, a no brainer.

  • Six, to pull someone's leg, seven, gut feeling.

  • Eight, joined at the hip.

  • Nine, head start, and ten, to find your feet.

  • Okay, so what do they mean?