English in a Minute: Phrases with stone

一分钟英语:带石头的短语

Learning English Vocabulary

2025-07-30

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Listen to a BBC Learning English podcast while you commute to work – it kills two birds with one stone! Listen to Georgie to learn more phrases that use the word 'stone'. TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/s5english_in_a_minute FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ Learning English Grammar ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English Stories They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
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  • What are some useful phrases to use with stone?

  • A plan or a decision can be set in stone.

  • That means you can't change it.

  • It's fixed.

  • Sorry, the essay deadline is set in stone.

  • No exceptions.

  • If you kill two birds with one stone, you achieve two things at once.

  • I listen to podcasts while I'm commuting to work.

  • It kills two birds with one stone.

  • If you leave no stone unturned, it means you look everywhere until you find something,

  • or try absolutely everything until you've achieved something.

  • The detectives promise to leave no stone unturned in their search for a suspect.

  • If something is a stone's throw away, it's a very short distance away.

  • It's close.

  • My new flat is just a stone's throw away from work.

  • I can walk there try to incorporate these phrases into your everyday life