Is That Idiom Outdated? How to Ask if Vocabulary Is Relevant

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  This is an all ears English podcast.

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  Episode 21 85.

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  Is that idiom outdated?

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  How to ask if vocabulary is still relevant.

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  Welcome to the All Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times.

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  Are you feeling stuck with your English?

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  We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection, with your american hosts, Lindsey McMahon, the english adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.

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  App do you ever use an idiom and then immediately wonder if it's commonly used, still common, or if it's no longer acceptable today?

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  Find out how to ask a native speaker to start a connection.

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  Hey, Lindsey, how are you?

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  I'm doing fantastic.

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  How's everything going with you, Michelle?

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  Good, good.

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  Yesterday it was raining cats and dogs.

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  Is it raining cats and dogs where you are today?

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  In Denver?

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  No.

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  Luckily, Denver's a place where it doesn't rain that much.

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