Brass neck

黄铜琴颈

Learning English Conversations

2017-02-21

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What does being confident but rude have to do with your neck? Learn an expression that should not be taken literally
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  • This is a download from BBC Learning English.

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  • The English we speak from BBCLearningEnglish.com hello, I'm Fei Fei.

  • And this is the English We Speak.

  • Yes, it is.

  • And hello, I'm Rob.

  • I don't know about you, Rob, but I seem to have so much work to do at the moment.

  • Yeah, me too.

  • We've got to meet that deadline by Friday.

  • I guess we've all got lots to do.

  • And that's why I was surprised that Phyllis has to take three days off work this week.

  • Three days?

  • Are you sure?

  • Hmm.

  • Maybe she's unwell.

  • No, she's fine.

  • I heard her say to the boss in a very loud voice,

  • I've got a great deal on a flight to Italy, so I need to take the rest of the week off.

  • What cheek.

  • She's got a brass neck.