Useful Idioms in 60 minutes (Build your vocabulary!)

Idioms are a natural part of spoken English. They are often said in casual conversation, so it's important to understand their meaning and how they are used.

This is a mashup of some our best idiom lessons into one 60-minute video teaching you over 60 useful and common idioms to help you build your vocabulary.

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0:00 Intro to Useful Idioms
0:38 Monday Idioms & Expressions
15:42 Art Idioms & Expressions
22:57 Soccer Idioms
30:13 Dessert Idioms
36:10 Hope & Inspiration Idioms
52:43 Food Idioms

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[AartiYadav-nsdb]

Buck- dollar
Cost an arm an leg- something that is expensive
Pony up- to pay money because it's is owned or one need to settle the debt
Telling someone to do what you say
To make ends meet- to earn enough money to live and meet your needs
(To be) loaded -to say someone has a lot of money
To look like a million bucks- to describe a person who looks nice and is elegantly dressed
Ragd to riches-when someone goes from being poor to wealthy
Bread and butter - the primary way a person earns a living
Penny- pincher- a person who tries to save their money and is careful spending their money.
Pick up the tab/ pick up the check- to pay for a bill
To paint (oneself) into a corner- a situation in which there are no good outcomes
A picture's is worth a thousand words -a complex idea can be expressed with one picture
To paint the town red- to party and celebrate in a lively way.
To see /look at the big picture - to examine and understand the entirety of a situation
What's wrong with the picture - to sarcastically ask someone to identify the problem
Do I have to paint you a picture?- what else must be done to make somebody understand.
Something is like watching the paint dry-saying something is boring and takes a long time.

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Filling my free time at night to learn american accent.
Although english grammer lessons are difficult to me i have to keep tring to understand.
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Idioms are the most important part for foreingers
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