Hi all,
Here are some more phrases that will get you speaking English quickly and sounding like the real deal! BTW I've opened up my instant tutoring just for today, so if anyone needs immediate help with anything at all, or maybe you'll have questions about some of these phrases, don't be shy and drop me a line.
Let's dive straight in...
1. He’s got his finger on the pulse (Meaning: someone who is very aware or on top of a situation. (eg. Our new boss is brilliant; he’s really got his finger on the pulse.)
2. He’s a strawberry short of a punnet Meaning: Someone who is mentally lacking.<o:p></o:p>
3. Not the sharpest chisel in the box - Meaning: not the most intelligent person.
(eg. Don’t ask her for answers, she’s not the sharpest chisel in the box.”
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<o:p>4</o:p><o:p>. Dog's dinner Meaning - a complete mess</o:p>
<o:p>(eg. He tried to put up a shelf and made a complete dog's dinner of it.)</o:p>
5. You’re having me on -Meaning: Are you teasing or joking?
6. As thick as two planks of wood - Meaning: Someone who is unintelligent
(eg. Oh, it’s no good explaining it to him, he’s as thick as two planks of wood.)<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> 7</o:p>. Every one a coconut! - Meaning, you win every time, every one is a winner
(eg. Someone is telling a joke and everybody laughs. The joker would say, “Every one a coconut.”
8. Clanger - Meaning: when you say something that is obviously indiscreet
(eg. I can’t believe he said that in the meeting, he really dropped a clanger there.)
9. Doddle - Meaning, something is very easy to do
(eg. I fixed the leaking tap; it was a doddle.)
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10. Driving someone round the bend - Meaning to be annoying or drive someone crazy
(eg. Stop playing that music so loud, it's driving me round the bend.)
