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English idioms from a to Z.
Jack and I have got two more idioms for you today, and then you can remember to check our website for a transcript as well as links to all of our social media, so you can come and try and use the idioms with us as well.
And for the last couple of weeks we've been talking about the elements.
Jack.
We had ice, then we had some, some sand last time.
And today let's stick with earth and talk a little bit about, like, mud and mud and stones, some hard, hard things.
Oh, mud's not so hard, really, but it comes from the same thing we've got.
The sand mixed with water is mud, and then rocks as well.
So this one, what are the two idioms for today?
Yeah, so our first idiom is clear as mud.
Clear as mud.
It sounds very odd.
It does sound very odd because it's very, I mean, mud is not clear, of course.
Right.
I think this one will be somewhat easy for people to try and guess actually what this means, but we'll talk about it in a second.
So, to be clear as mud and.
And to be stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Oh, nice.
I see that one used very regularly, and sure, I use it all the time.