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Hello, and welcome to the English We Speak.
I'm Fei Fei.
And hello, I'm Neil.
Hey, Neil.
I couldn't help overhearing just now, but Rob says he's bought a new sports car.
Yes, a red one with one of those tops that folds back.
It must have cost him a fortune.
Oh, you know Rob, he spends money less left, right and centre.
You mean he spends it in all directions?
That's right.
So he spends money in Oxford street to the left, Bond street to the right and sometimes at Oxford Circus in the centre.
Um, I didn't mean physically on the left, right and centre.
It's a phrase that just means everywhere or all the time.
Ah, got it.
I suppose left, right and centre is everywhere in all directions.
That's correct.
And there are examples left, right and centre such as these.