2024-01-14
10 分钟Welcome to the A to Z English podcast.
My name is Jack, and today I have another episode for you.
And this is a solo episode.
And this is what we like to call idiom Academy.
An idiom Academy episode.
And what I'm going to do is give you three new idioms for the week, and I will explain the meanings of the idioms, and then I will give you some examples.
Our first idiom is speak of the devil.
So what does it mean when native english speakers say speak of the devil?
When we say this, it's when someone mentioned in a conversation unexpectedly appears.
So let's say, for example, I am talking to my friend John, and I'm talking, and we are talking about another friend, Julie.
Okay, so John and I are talking about Julie, and then suddenly Julie enters the room.
And so when we see Julie, we can say to Julie and say to each other, ah, speak of the devil.
Here she is.
Here you are.
And this is not.
It sounds like it would be a rude idiom, right?
To say speak of the devil sounds like we're calling Julie the devil.
But that's not, it's not a negative.
It doesn't have a negative meaning at all.
It's actually a very common expression in this very specific situation.