2020-04-10
12 分钟Hi there.
This is Harry, and welcome back to the podcast where I try to help you to understand and improve your english language, to give you an opportunity to speak in a better way, such you don't feel awkward in situations where you might be meeting colleagues or having conference calls with colleagues who you think have a better standard of English.
So we'll help you with expressions, grammar, and other aspects of the english language.
I'm now going to just follow up in part two and finish off those idioms dealing with and relating to colours.
Okay, so let's get started.
So what's the first one I have for you?
Well, first one I have is once in a blue moon.
Once in a blue moon.
When we look at the moon, it's usually white, unless there's some particular celestial occurrence happening, which happens occasionally.
And you might get a red moon, or it looks red.
But once in a blue moon means something that doesn't happen so often.
Yeah.
So when do you get a pay rise?
Ah, once in a blue moon, meaning almost never.
Have you heard from Michael since he went to university?
Ha.
Him?
No chance.
We might get a letter once in a blue moon, if we're lucky, but he's always got something more important to do, so very little chance of that.
So something that doesn't happen so frequently.