My 10 FAVOURITE IDIOMS! Advanced English vocabulary C1/C2

Share your examples in the comments!

Ben Gill
English Teacher

0:00 Intro
0:57 To know which side your bread is buttered on
1:53 To have another think coming
2:59 To get blood from a stone
4:00 A sight for sore eyes
5:00 To rub salt into the wound
6:07 In for a penny, in for a pound
7:00 When push come to shove
8:34 To be on a hiding to nothing
9:57 To pull out all the stops
10:28 To be all ears

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[Вика-мц]

To rub salt into the wound - in Russian we have an idiom ‘сыпать соль на рану’. That’s almost a direct translation. The meaning is the same.

[willianbarbosa]

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[englishwithspeakayou]

These idioms are great. Will definitely teach them to my high-level students. Thank you!

[jonyer]

One of my favourites:" To go pear shape" or "to add fuel to the fire" Maybe they could share some nuances with "to rub salt into the wound"..

[LaMansionDelIngles]

Idioms are so common in spoken colloquial English and so hard for learners of English to master in context. Great video, Ben.

[Slaaverin]

"To rub salt into the wound" in french is called "Tourner le couteau dans la plaie" which means "To turn the knife into the wound" a little more violent in french 😂

[ingridbudu]

Great and very useful video, Ben! Fun fact: ”When push comes to shove” translates as ”when the knife comes very close to your bone” in Romanian. 🙂

[ronbeat]

I'm always all ears when it comes to listening to Ben's advice on advanced English 📝

[marylkap]

Seeing - and listening to - Ben, is a sight for sore eyes, every Sunday evening ☺️
Approved ?

Any response?
I'm all ears 😉

[Kacper]

These idioms are wonderful. Please, make more videos with idioms, because learners very often have a problem with understanding, what they really mean. Apart from that, I see that your channel is improving. Way to go!

[Chulamani]

My favorite: I am all ears during your lectures.

[NS-neversaynever]

Great idioms, some of them I've heard for the first time

[jareks]

Just like so many other videos of yours, this is really useful. I've already added the idioms and examples to my Anki flashcard deck.

[helliohellio-mb]

Your videos are great, Ben. I really enjoy listening to your videos and learning lots of new things. It really helped me in my English Exams.

[risatedarte]

3) in italian "cavar sangue da una rapa" that is to get blood from a turnip. A turnip can be red but you can't get blood from it

In for a penny in for a pound it's completely different "abbiamo fatto trenta, facciamo trentuno" and there's a story about a pope on it

[GianlucaMariaLecchi]

Thanks a lot ❤ I only knew half of the bunch you mentioned 🎉 to be all ears and to rub salt on a wound are used in Italy too with a litteral translation: essere tutto orecchi e spargere sale su una ferita.

[englishclubstepup]

Thanks for these idioms!) I'll use them with my students for sure))

[Anna-mcll]

Thank you so much for sharing this vocabulary list, Ben! Although I already knew several of these expressions, there were still quite a few ones unknown to me.

Kind regards,
Anna

[ilsecarlen]

Dear Ben

Happy New Year and thank you so much for your great work!
Greetings from Switzerland!

[paleostrefamonikipiaseckie]

My favourite is definitely the last one❤