2020-06-28
11 分钟Hi there, this is Harry, and welcome to my podcast where I try to help you to understand a little better the english language so that you can communicate in a much better and efficient way.
So I do that by helping you with the grammar, expressions, idioms, whatever it might be.
And as always, if you need to make a suggestion or you want me to include something, well, I'll give you details later on.
So, what do I have for you in this particular podcast?
Well, we're going to take a look at idioms, and the idioms we're going to talk about.
Are those connected or relating to feelings?
Feelings, nothing more than feelings, as the song goes.
Okay, so idioms about feelings.
So, idioms are a great way to express yourself in English, and they often have some unusual history and go back in many different ways.
So let me try and give you these idioms and try and explain what they mean.
So, to get or to have butterflies in your stomach, to be thrilled to bits, to lose your temper, to be bored stiff, to be on edge, to get cold feet, to break your heart and to be down in the dumps.
Okay, so let me give you an example of these.
So, first, to get or to have butterflies in your stomach.
Well, this is that terrible feeling that you have just as you're about to go on stage, your acting debut, or just about, you're about to go in for the beginning of your exam, your oral exams, or when you're about to propose marriage to your girlfriend.
That feeling of butterflies, something your stomach turning over and you're not going to sure whether you're going to scream, you're going to be sick or what's going to happen.
So you have this terrible feeling to have butterflies in your stomach.
So you have to sit down, settle yourself, breathe deeply, deep breaths, and off you go.
Oh, I had terrible butterflies in my stomach when I had to make my first public presentation.
I really was feeling nervous for days and days.
And when it was all over, I had to really take a couple of cups of strong coffee.