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200 Common English Idioms and Phrases
Discover the core of English with these 200 Common English Idioms and Phrases, which will improve your ability to communicate and comprehend other cultures.
Course Highlights
Getting started with 200 Common English Idioms and Phrases is like taking a deep dive into the core of English language idioms that add vivid layers of meaning to discussions. Idioms and phrases essential to English communication are covered in detail in each of the 10 modules that make up this course. Learners are directed through language landscapes, where each idiom is a doorway to linguistic complexity and cultural depth, starting from the fundamentals and working their way up to more complex phrases. This trip is both informative and enjoyable, as it explores how language affects our perception of the outside world through captivating content and interactive learning.
This course, which is intended for enthusiasts who want to improve their English proficiency, strikes a balance between knowledge learning and application. By learning the definitions, histories, and proper usage of idioms and phrases, students will expand their vocabulary and be able to incorporate these components into everyday speech. The curriculum equips students with the skills necessary to decipher and recognise the nuances present in English-speaking environments by fostering a thorough awareness of how colloquial idioms represent cultural quirks.
After completing exercises and theoretical insights, individuals will have improved their communication abilities. The goal of the course is to increase learners’ confidence in their ability to use idioms and phrases correctly so they can express themselves more properly and vividly. It’s an invitation to negotiate social and professional environments more skillfully, equipped with a more varied linguistic toolkit, going beyond simple language proficiency. The goal of this course is to embrace the range and vibrancy of English in all of its idiomatic splendour, not only to master idioms.
Learning outcome
- Comprehend over 200 idioms and phrases, enriching vocabulary and expression.
- Differentiate between literal meanings and figurative usage in context.
- Apply idioms and phrases in appropriate scenarios, improving communication.
- Understand the cultural underpinnings of various expressions.
- Develop analytical skills to interpret nuanced language in literature and media.
- Enhance listening skills for better comprehension of native speakers.
- Boost confidence in English speaking and writing by mastering idiomatic expressions.
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Why should I take this course?
- To elevate your English proficiency with advanced expressions.
- Gain insights into English-speaking cultures, enhancing cultural literacy.
- Strengthen your understanding of nuanced communication in professional and social settings.
- Prepare for language proficiency tests and academic assignments requiring a sophisticated command of English.
- Enhance creativity and flexibility in language use, opening up new avenues of expression.
Career Path
- ESL Teacher
- Content Writer
- Copywriter
- Translator
- Public Relations Specialist
- Language Coach
- Editor
Requirements
- Basic understanding of English grammar and vocabulary.
- Motivation to delve into figurative language and cultural expressions.
- Commitment to practice and apply learned idioms in various contexts.
Course Curriculum
Course Curriculum
| Section 01: Introduction | |||
| Introduction | 00:03:00 | ||
| What are Idioms and Why We Must Learn Them? | 00:01:00 | ||
| More about this Course | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 02: Idioms and Phrases Unit 1 | |||
| Shoot Yourself in the Foot | 00:02:00 | ||
| My Lips are Sealed | 00:02:00 | ||
| Hit the Nail on the Head | 00:02:00 | ||
| Tighten Someone’s Belt | 00:02:00 | ||
| Frog in Throat | 00:02:00 | ||
| Slip Someone’s Mind | 00:02:00 | ||
| Lose Someone’s Face | 00:02:00 | ||
| Come Rain or Shine | 00:02:00 | ||
| Turn Yourself in | 00:02:00 | ||
| Cost an Arm and Leg | 00:02:00 | ||
| Homie | 00:02:00 | ||
| Give Someone a Cold Shoulder | 00:02:00 | ||
| Have an Egg on Someone’s Face | 00:02:00 | ||
| Get Butterfly in Someone’s Stomach | 00:02:00 | ||
| Throw Someone’s Money around | 00:02:00 | ||
| Play Innocent | 00:02:00 | ||
| Turn Someone’s Stomach | 00:02:00 | ||
| Not Cut out for Something | 00:02:00 | ||
| Kick Someone out | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Put the Blame on Someone | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 03: Idioms and Phrases Unit 2 | |||
| Hands Off | 00:02:00 | ||
| Pass Away | 00:02:00 | ||
| Cut the Deal | 00:02:00 | ||
| For My Money | 00:02:00 | ||
| Burn Your Bridges | 00:02:00 | ||
| Come in Handy | 00:02:00 | ||
| Come at Price | 00:02:00 | ||
| In a Broad Daylight | 00:02:00 | ||
| In the Mood to do Something | 00:02:00 | ||
| In a Jiffy | 00:02:00 | ||
| In so Many Words | 00:02:00 | ||
| Put Your Mind to It | 00:02:00 | ||
| Joking Apart , Joking Aside | 00:02:00 | ||
| In Your Dreams | 00:02:00 | ||
| Green with Envy | 00:02:00 | ||
| Overstep the Line | 00:02:00 | ||
| Have a Craving for Something | 00:02:00 | ||
| Red Herring | 00:02:00 | ||
| Brush Up on Something | 00:02:00 | ||
| Clown Around | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 04: Idioms and Phrases Unit 3 | |||
| Top Banana | 00:02:00 | ||
| Work Like a Dog | 00:02:00 | ||
| Mouse Potato | 00:02:00 | ||
| Teeny-Weeny | 00:02:00 | ||
| Take Time Off | 00:02:00 | ||
| On the Eleventh Hour | 00:02:00 | ||
| How Dare You | 00:02:00 | ||
| Hush-Hush | 00:02:00 | ||
| Over Someone’s Head | 00:02:00 | ||
| Not Lift a Finger | 00:02:00 | ||
| Fall Behind | 00:02:00 | ||
| Make a Fuss | 00:02:00 | ||
| That’s no Excuse | 00:02:00 | ||
| Fender-Bender | 00:02:00 | ||
| Scare Someone to Death | 00:02:00 | ||
| Come Down to Earth | 00:02:00 | ||
| Nothing between the Ears | 00:02:00 | ||
| Lay an Egg | 00:02:00 | ||
| Feel Like a Million Dollars | 00:02:00 | ||
| I wasn’t Born Yesterday | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 05: Idioms and Phrases Unit 4 | |||
| Peanut Money | 00:02:00 | ||
| Run Into | 00:02:00 | ||
| I’ll Eat My Hat | 00:02:00 | ||
| Sing Like a Bird | 00:02:00 | ||
| Black Out | 00:02:00 | ||
| On Tip of Someone’s Tongue | 00:02:00 | ||
| Time Flies | 00:02:00 | ||
| Tie the Knot | 00:02:00 | ||
| Something Sucks | 00:02:00 | ||
| Step on It | 00:02:00 | ||
| Creep by | 00:02:00 | ||
| Pull Someone’s Leg | 00:02:00 | ||
| A Pain in the Neck | 00:02:00 | ||
| Out of the Blue | 00:02:00 | ||
| Off-Color Jokes | 00:02:00 | ||
| Heart in the Right Place | 00:02:00 | ||
| Hush Money | 00:02:00 | ||
| Chicken Out | 00:02:00 | ||
| Fill Someone’s Shoes | 00:02:00 | ||
| Cut it Out | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 06: Idioms and Phrases Unit 5 | |||
| To be Off ( food ) | 00:02:00 | ||
| Make Up ( story ) | 00:02:00 | ||
| Soak Up | 00:02:00 | ||
| Make up for someone or something | 00:02:00 | ||
| Own Up | 00:02:00 | ||
| To be Taken Aback | 00:02:00 | ||
| Break Down | 00:02:00 | ||
| Hit Below the Belt | 00:02:00 | ||
| Get Carried Away | 00:02:00 | ||
| Make Ends Meet | 00:02:00 | ||
| look Down on Someone | 00:02:00 | ||
| Drop Off | 00:02:00 | ||
| All-Nighter | 00:02:00 | ||
| At the End of Your Rope | 00:02:00 | ||
| Basket Case | 00:02:00 | ||
| Cold Feet | 00:02:00 | ||
| Sell Someone Short | 00:02:00 | ||
| Go Bananas | 00:02:00 | ||
| Copycat | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 07: Idioms and Phrases Unit 6 | |||
| Jump Ship | 00:02:00 | ||
| Know-it-All | 00:02:00 | ||
| No-Brainer | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Mess Up with Someone | 00:02:00 | ||
| Knock on the Wood | 00:02:00 | ||
| If I Get my Hands on You | 00:02:00 | ||
| Come Clean | 00:02:00 | ||
| Have a Lot in Plate | 00:02:00 | ||
| It’s Between to Our Ears | 00:02:00 | ||
| What a Mess | 00:02:00 | ||
| I’m All Eyes | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Have a Lot in Common | 00:02:00 | ||
| Go Dutch | 00:02:00 | ||
| Eye- Catching | 00:02:00 | ||
| Take Your Time | 00:02:00 | ||
| Tough Guy | 00:02:00 | ||
| Kick up Someone’s Heels | 00:02:00 | ||
| Make a Boo-Boo! | 00:02:00 | ||
| Voracious | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 08: Idioms and Phrases Unit 7 | |||
| To Make a Fortune | 00:02:00 | ||
| To be on the Go | 00:02:00 | ||
| Cool Someone’s Heels | 00:02:00 | ||
| Top Dog | 00:02:00 | ||
| Road Hog | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Put Someone on a Pedestal | 00:02:00 | ||
| Bury the Hatchet | 00:02:00 | ||
| Zip Someone’s Mouth | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Ditch Someone | 00:02:00 | ||
| Henpecked Husband | 00:02:00 | ||
| Bury the Head in the Sand | 00:02:00 | ||
| Eager Beaver | 00:02:00 | ||
| Until the Cows Come Home | 00:02:00 | ||
| Worn Out | 00:02:00 | ||
| Drag Someone’s Feet | 00:02:00 | ||
| Keep Someone’s Words | 00:02:00 | ||
| Bookworm | 00:02:00 | ||
| To be an Old Hand | 00:02:00 | ||
| Runny Nose | 00:02:00 | ||
| That’s News to Me | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 09: Idioms and Phrases Unit 8 | |||
| To Have a Heart of Gold | 00:02:00 | ||
| Get to the Point | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Get out of Bed on the Wrong Side | 00:02:00 | ||
| Barking Up the Wrong Tree | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Have Other Fish to Fry | 00:02:00 | ||
| No Offense | 00:02:00 | ||
| Two-Fisted | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Thumb Your Nose at Somebody | 00:02:00 | ||
| I Got Your 6 | 00:02:00 | ||
| Act Your Age | 00:02:00 | ||
| Pig Out | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Make Up for Something | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Hell with Something or Somebody | 00:02:00 | ||
| Hop in | 00:02:00 | ||
| Cut the Comedy | 00:02:00 | ||
| Why the Long Face | 00:02:00 | ||
| Ta-ta for Now | 00:02:00 | ||
| The Damage is Done | 00:02:00 | ||
| Turn on the Waterworks | 00:02:00 | ||
| Home Sweet Home | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 10: Idioms and Phrases Unit 9 | |||
| A Dead Ringer for Someone | 00:02:00 | ||
| Your Wish is My Command | 00:02:00 | ||
| Just My Luck | 00:02:00 | ||
| What’s It to You? | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Answer the Call of Nature | 00:02:00 | ||
| To be Stuffed | 00:02:00 | ||
| Not to be on Speaking Term | 00:02:00 | ||
| Wearing Odd Shoes / Gloves / Socks | 00:02:00 | ||
| Rise and Shine | 00:02:00 | ||
| Stand Someone Up | 00:02:00 | ||
| Pangs of Conscience | 00:02:00 | ||
| Leave It to Someone | 00:02:00 | ||
| Walking Papers | 00:02:00 | ||
| Jump Down Someone’s Throat | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Soak Someone | 00:02:00 | ||
| To have a screw loose | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Blow the Fuse | 00:02:00 | ||
| Hit and Miss | 00:02:00 | ||
| Eat Like a Horse | 00:02:00 | ||
| Not in the Same Wave Length | 00:02:00 | ||
| Section 11: Idioms and Phrases Unit 10 | |||
| Eat Your Words | 00:02:00 | ||
| From A to z | 00:02:00 | ||
| As White as a Sheet | 00:02:00 | ||
| Find Someone’s Feet | 00:02:00 | ||
| Shake a Leg | 00:02:00 | ||
| Wind Your Neck in | 00:02:00 | ||
| Save Someone’s Neck | 00:02:00 | ||
| It’s Beyond Your Dignity | 00:02:00 | ||
| You are Over the Hump | 00:02:00 | ||
| Rainy Day | 00:02:00 | ||
| To have a Big Mouth | 00:02:00 | ||
| Not in a Good Mood | 00:02:00 | ||
| Dog Days | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Stab Somebody in the Back | 00:02:00 | ||
| To Get a Kick Out of Something | 00:02:00 | ||
| Feel Under the Weather | 00:02:00 | ||
| Pipe Down | 00:02:00 | ||
| Never Say Die | 00:02:00 | ||
| Get in Someone’s Hair | 00:02:00 | ||
| Cat Got Your Tongue | 00:02:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – 200 Common English Idioms and Phrases | 00:00:00 | ||
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