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English Idioms – Fruits

POINTS TO STUDY

 Learn three idioms originated from fruits


VIDEO

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv7NUK0uyo4

 

SCRIPT, LISTENING TIPS, & GRAMMAR

Hello, I’m a very interesting and intelligent man. And today, these bananas, this cherry, these grapes and I will be teaching you / some English idioms.  I bet you’ve never been told by some fruits before. 

 

Now as we know, all sensible fruit is round and green or red or orange, but not this fellow. No, the banana is long and yellow and he bends.  What a crazy fruit..!  And once more / monkeys eat them.  We all know what monkeys are like.  In English, if someone is very emotional, and start shouting and behaving in a crazy way, we say “he’s going bananas.”: to go bananas. Like me when I score the winning goal in a last minute of that cup final, I went completely bananas.

 

Oh, really?  Well, that’s wonderful for you!  Yes, but you know there’s more to like the money.  It doesn’t really interest me at all.  That was my boss.  He’s won a lottery, 20 million pounds.  I talked him I wasn’t interest in money.  So I’m not jealous at all, oh but it’s not true.  I wish I was rich!  Oh, thank you!  Yes, it’s a case of sour grapes.  In English, if somebody pretends not to be impressed by something / because of that jealous, we say “It’s a case of sour grapes.” At least now he is so rich, perhaps he’ll leave.

 

Umm, cherries…. Did you know I could juggle?  Hang on, give me a second bite of the cherry.  In English, if we try to do something in second time because we failed the first, we called it “a second bite of the cherry.” Here I go!  How about a third bite of the cherry?  What do you mean there is no cherries left.   

 

 

 

TODAY’S PRONUNCIATION

 

Daily Pronunciation #27 - English Lesson – AMICABLE



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg_zhFapGnc

 

 

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