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Hello and welcome to the English we.
Speak with me, Fei Fei, and me, Rob.
Hey, Fei Fei.
We've taught a lot of English phrases and idioms over the years, haven't we?
We sure have.
But have we explained one about using our memory?
I can't think of one off the top of my head.
I think you just have off the top of my head.
Let's use that one.
Okay, Rob, when we say something is off the top of my head,
it means we're saying something from memory and without thinking much about it, we're just saying what we think we know.
Yes, it's just about quickly remembering and saying some facts without checking them.
And off the top of our heads, we have some examples of this new phrase now, don't we?
We.
We do, Rob.
And here they are.
Off the top of my head, I think we've collected about £100 for Jean's leaving present.
I haven't written it down, but off the top of my head, we've sold about a thousand raffle tickets.