Learn 15 Common English Idioms (With Examples)

Today, we're going to learn 15 advanced English idioms that will help you sound like a native speaker.

Time codes:
0:00 15 idioms
0:21 Hit the books
1:22 Cut corners
2:01 A drop in the ocean
2:32 Actions speak louder than words
3:02 To be a good catch
3:34 Beat around the bush
4:13 I couldn’t care less
4:27 Drive someone up the wall
4:56 Go down in flames
5:20 Judge a book by its cover
5:58 Make a long story short
6:22 Miss the bullet
6:35 Sit on the fence
7:06 When pigs fly

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[linguamarina]

Time codes:
0:00 15 idioms
0:21 Hit the books
1:22 Cut corners
2:01 A drop in the ocean
2:32 Actions speak louder than words
3:02 To be a good catch
3:34 Beat around the bush
4:13 I couldn’t care less
4:27 Drive someone up the wall
4:56 Go down in flames
5:20 Judge a book by its cover
5:58 Make a long story short
6:22 Miss the bullet
6:35 Sit on the fence
7:06 When pigs fly

[dritigoel]

1. Hit the books:- study hard
2. Cut the corners - to do something in an easiest and cheap way
3. Drop in the ocean- doing really less than what was needed
4. Action speak louder than words- act instead of saying something
5. A good catch - dating someone really nice
6. Beat about the bush - not getting straight to the point
7. Couldn't care less - don't care about what's happening
8. Driving someone up the wall - Driving someone crazy
9. Go down in flames - end suddenly
10. Judge the book by its cover - judge a person by his clothing
11. Make a long story short - explaining things in few words
12. Miss the bullet - to miss the opportunity
13. Sit on the fence - staying neutral
14. When pigs fly - impossible thing, something that's not gonna happen.

[payalpallavi]

Hit the books - Study hard.
Cut corners - Doing something in a easy and cheapest way.
A drop in the ocean - Action is tiny compared to what's happened.
Action speak louder than words - Real attitude rather than what they says.
To be a good catch - really excellent choice.
Not getting
Drive some up the wall - Annoying
Go down in legs - to work down suddenly and completely
Don't judge a book by its cover - One should not judge by their outer appearance .
Make a long story short - Straight to the point.
Miss the bullet - miss the great opportunity .
Sit on the fence - being neutral .
When pig flys - something never happened.
Blue ribbon - rich great status.
Call it a day - stop working on something.
Cut somebody some slack - Don't be so critical.
Kill two birds with one stone - doing one thing but you get two results of it back.
Every cloud has silver lining - Always good stuffs after bad stuffs.
Give someone cold shoulder - Ignore someone.

[hazmathzal]

Hi Marina,
I was actually looking for a lesson with idioms when this popped up. This fantastic lesson is gonna help me a lot. Thank you so much.

[sitbone]

She could have used, “that ship has sailed”. Meaning...it’s too late, that opportunity has passed or that situation is long over. Nothing you can do about it now.

[NehaChoudhary-cgjn]

How many people are here from India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[marioivoforte]

You are my biggest motivation to continue hitting the books until achieve my English fluency!!! Thanks kind Marina!!!

[jimmyalwat]

The one I liked the most is "when pigs fly"

[jauhari]

Hi Marina, I really enjoy your videos, they are very well organized, structured and very educational. There's one mistake in this one though, at 6:24 mins the idiom you're explaining is "Miss the boat" but the screen is displaying "miss the bullet". Thanks again for all these videos... 👏❤️

[kuldeeppal]

Who else reminds "a drop in the ocean" from world's best mind bending web series DARK

[palakrajput]

Gosh! Why is she so charming
She gonna kill me by her knowledge + cuteness

[ahmedferdous]

Valuable lesson for someone who want to improve his/her skill on English.Thank u miss😘😘.Take love from Bangladesh🇧🇩😁

[arunimachakraborty]

Am I the only one who love her accent as well as her????😁😊

[sitbone]

“Beat around the bush” comes from hunting small animals and birds that hide in bushes and the hunters, rather than go into the bushes to capture them, would beat on the outer edges of the bushes to chase the animals out. Takes a little longer.

[dulatbolysbekov]

Thanks Marina for picking up these idioms. Great choice and informative examples. Although some of them are familiar to me I still need to learn the ones I'm not aware of!

[doctorsays]

2:08 drop in the ocean it reminds me of JIN (BTS)❤️

[anagha.s]

"When pigs fly"
Malayalam : kaakka malannu parakkum
Malayaliss undengil vann like adicho

[nastassiabaravik]

I love the content you create. Thanks a million for your job, Marina!

[hridoybhuiyan]

How many people watch this video from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[xinsly]

I was listening to your video for one week I think I have a slight fluctuation in my grammar thank you for sharing these types of videos.