Jump ship: Leave a company that isn't doing too well Ignorance is bliss: Maybe it's better not to know facts that might upset you So far, so good: Things are going well right now Jump on the bandwagon: Join a trend that is currently popular To let someone off the hook: Avoid being punished Sit tight: Wait patiently Through thick and thin: Support someone/something going through difficult times All ears: Ready to listen To play it by ear: To organise sth as you go A blessing in disguise: Situation that at first looks bad but turns out to be good
Thank you so much Tom. I really like u put the quiz at the end of the video bcz it helps me to remember the words better.. Really appreciate it Tom, keep it up!!
Thanks Tom! I already knew many of these idioms but I didn't know sit tight, so you really never stop learning. We gave a few of them in Italian too you know? Essere tutto orecchie = to be all ears, abbandonare la nave = to jump ship - we say abandon, not jump, Beata ignoranza = ignorance is bliss, we say blessed ignorance. Funny how some things are really the same! 😊 Thanks again and have a great weekend! Hope to bump into you next month when I'll be in my beloved London ❤️
Thanks Tom, they're really useful. I found them a little difficult but the Quiz was good. I got almost all the questions. It's a great way to learn more vocabulary.
I thought I've missed the phrase number 10 somewhere but then I realized both 9th and 10th were marked as 9th. 😃 Nice little trick to make me watching this video twice although I've got 5 out of 5 in the quiz right. 😅 Thanks ever so much Tom for another useful video! I've really enjoyed watching it! 😊👍 Let me know if I've made any mistakes typing this comment, please. I'm always up to pull my socks up so I can improve my English grammar and vocabulary. 💪😎
Thanks for amazing videos always! Been in London for 2 years but hardly used most of these idioms myself. I think I gotta challenge myself a bit more to get out from my comfort zone and start using more fresh expression!
We have the idiom „through thick and thin“ in German as well. We say „durch dick und dünn“. So many parallels between British English and German. I think it is exciting!
As a 77 year old American who has also taught English at the Univ. of Calif. Berkeley, I've heard and used all my life these ten idioms with exactly the same meanings as given in the video.
So happy I already knew most of them! The only ones I hadn't heard yet were "sit tight", "through thick and thin" and "blessing in disguise". Guess all the british tv shows paid off.
OMG! 5 of 5 !!! I like these expressions so much . Cheers Tom!! I just found you and I must say that you channel is super fab and in a few days I've learned so much of the real and modern english. Greetings from Chile. xoxo
I love English idioms, it is always fun to see how many of them are similar to Danish. Answer here is about 3-4 out of 10 with a bit of imagination. Thanks to this a lot of these idioms I've known ever since I started learning English because we have equivalents and the others I've picked up over the years., may they be American or British. :D "So far so good" we have the same expression in Danish: "Så langt, så godt". Also "Through thick and thin" in Danish is "I tykt og tyndt" or similarly "Gennem ild og vand" (Through fire and water) - Both mean that no matter what happens we'll stick together, whatever danger or hardships we'll face. All ears is similar to "være lutter øren" or "Spidse øre" (Sharpening your ears) - Which both means to listen intently to someone and focus on listening to someone. Blessing in diguise we have a similar one as well "Held i uheld" refers to the fact that there is "luck" in "unluck". Similar meaning as the luck has disguised itself as being "unluck"/bad luck at first sight.
Hi Tom, I haven't finished watching your Idioms yet, but I think it's Great !! I think I'm going to share it on my Facebook & maybe teach the idioms you taught in my class .. Thank you & keep up the good work! 😊🤗👍
The equivalent for the idiom: "Trhough thick and thin" Is in spanish: " En las buenas y las malas" Example: even the life gets tough, I'll be there through thick and thin
It's peculiar: At least 3 of the 10 can directly be translated from German phrases: so far, so good = so weit, so gut through thick and thin = durch dick und dünn all ears = ganz Ohr All these are very commonly used in everyday language. Then there is "jump ship", which I understood easily because we have the proverb (or saying - not sure of the correct word): "Die Ratten verlassen das sinkende Schiff", meaning "the rats are leaving the sinking ship", which goes in the same direction and so seems quite natural. "To let someone off the hook" is also a common concept - "jemanden vom Haken lassen". But I don't think that it is used so often. I already knew "Ignorance is bliss", "Jump on the bandwagon" and "A blessing in disguise" before, so the only really new things for me to learn are "play it by ear" and "sit tight". Cool! :-)
Thanks a bunch😍 they are so useful. I love learning idioms. I think they close you to common people and cooler than what we learnt in school. BTW I got them all right👍 keep it up Tom 😍
We have the same in Spanish for "all ears"/"todo oidos". Do you also use it in sarcastic way? (like "I don't actually wanna hear it but I'll pretend I do").
Jump ship: Leave a company that isn't doing too well
Ignorance is bliss: Maybe it's better not to know facts that might upset you
So far, so good: Things are going well right now
Jump on the bandwagon: Join a trend that is currently popular
To let someone off the hook: Avoid being punished
Sit tight: Wait patiently
Through thick and thin: Support someone/something going through difficult times
All ears: Ready to listen
To play it by ear: To organise sth as you go
A blessing in disguise: Situation that at first looks bad but turns out to be good
Gooooooooood
Thanks a million Tom. Very useful👌👍
You always have a positive energy that passes through the media to our souls
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it Nadia : )
These are expressions that I've never heard... but now I find them super useful. That's great, an other brick in the wall !! Thanks ;-)
Yes exactly Isabelle. 10 more phrases to express your feelings, thoughts and emotions.
I adore this type of videos! You made a good call! Thank you very much Tom
Brilliant! I'm really glad you found it useful Alessandra
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Thank you so much Tom. I really like u put the quiz at the end of the video bcz it helps me to remember the words better.. Really appreciate it Tom, keep it up!!
Tom, you are the best teacher I have ever seen. Thank you so much!
Tom, you are the best English teacher ever! Thank you for another outstanding video!
Awesome! So glad you enjoyed it : )
Great class Tom ! I love when you give exercises at the end of video ! Great !!
Awesome! I'll do more quizzes then!
I just love your presentation. Quite useful one. I got all of them correct.
What a great video! I like the quiz part! Thank you!
Woohoo!
Very useful! Thank you very much!
Thanks Tom! I already knew many of these idioms but I didn't know sit tight, so you really never stop learning. We gave a few of them in Italian too you know? Essere tutto orecchie = to be all ears, abbandonare la nave = to jump ship - we say abandon, not jump, Beata ignoranza = ignorance is bliss, we say blessed ignorance. Funny how some things are really the same! 😊 Thanks again and have a great weekend! Hope to bump into you next month when I'll be in my beloved London ❤️
Thanks Tom, they're really useful. I found them a little difficult but the Quiz was good. I got almost all the questions. It's a great way to learn more vocabulary.
Great! Glad you liked it William : )
Thanks for this amazing video tom
Glad you liked it Melike : )
'Play it by ear' is new to me. I already knew the other nine. Thanks a ton, Tom. 👌
Hi Tom! I've 'hit the nail on the head' in answering all the questions.😊 Cheers👍!
I nailed it, Tom! Thanks for these magic tips...you rock!
Great job Lucy!
I'm from SriLanka 🇱🇰and love your lesson videos sir
Thank you a lot for making such usful videos and I love British English
God Bless !!
My absolute pleasure Prasad : )
I thought I've missed the phrase number 10 somewhere but then I realized both 9th and 10th were marked as 9th. 😃
Nice little trick to make me watching this video twice although I've got 5 out of 5 in the quiz right. 😅
Thanks ever so much Tom for another useful video! I've really enjoyed watching it! 😊👍
Let me know if I've made any mistakes typing this comment, please. I'm always up to pull my socks up so I can improve my English grammar and vocabulary. 💪😎
Great idioms, thanks.
Thanks for amazing videos always! Been in London for 2 years but hardly used most of these idioms myself. I think I gotta challenge myself a bit more to get out from my comfort zone and start using more fresh expression!
We have the idiom „through thick and thin“ in German as well. We say „durch dick und dünn“.
So many parallels between British English and German. I think it is exciting!
Thank u so much tom.
You are very welcome Maryjoe : )
Great video! Thank youuuuuu
Awesome list. For those who will be putting their English to use in America, all of these are used in the US as well and have the same meanings. 👍
As a 77 year old American who has also taught English at the Univ. of Calif. Berkeley, I've heard and used all my life these ten idioms with exactly the same meanings as given in the video.
Thanks Jade!
I got all of them right. I love your videos.
So happy I already knew most of them! The only ones I hadn't heard yet were "sit tight", "through thick and thin" and "blessing in disguise". Guess all the british tv shows paid off.
Indeed it was a good lesson,we need more these kind of lessons.hope you will do it in the future.thanks in advance..
5 out of 5 . Thank you for your useful videos.
Bravo Arabella!
I got all correct!!!!
Your videos are extremely beneficial
So far so good
OMG! 5 of 5 !!! I like these expressions so much . Cheers Tom!! I just found you and I must say that you channel is super fab and in a few days I've learned so much of the real and modern english. Greetings from Chile. xoxo
I love English idioms, it is always fun to see how many of them are similar to Danish. Answer here is about 3-4 out of 10 with a bit of imagination. Thanks to this a lot of these idioms I've known ever since I started learning English because we have equivalents and the others I've picked up over the years., may they be American or British. :D
"So far so good" we have the same expression in Danish: "Så langt, så godt".
Also "Through thick and thin" in Danish is "I tykt og tyndt" or similarly "Gennem ild og vand" (Through fire and water) - Both mean that no matter what happens we'll stick together, whatever danger or hardships we'll face.
All ears is similar to "være lutter øren" or "Spidse øre" (Sharpening your ears) - Which both means to listen intently to someone and focus on listening to someone.
Blessing in diguise we have a similar one as well "Held i uheld" refers to the fact that there is "luck" in "unluck". Similar meaning as the luck has disguised itself as being "unluck"/bad luck at first sight.
Amazing! I love 'through fire and water' what a descriptive phrase : ) Thanks for sharing that with us.
Thank u a lot teacher!! The end of ur video is wonderful, good job!!!👍👍👍👍👍
It has been an engaging lesson. You are the be-all and end-all. Thank you very much indeed. A
Thank you very much, it's so useful
I ve got it all right , yay!
I love always learning watching your content sir tom
Valuable content, amazing video (technically speaking) and genuine accent. I love it. Thank Tom
Great video, thank you very much! You’re doing a wonderful job :)
OMG! I got 5 out of 5, thanks for sharing Tom! In Spanish the expression (I'm all ears) means the same thing (soy todo oidos)
In Italian as well: essere tutto orecchi
Awesome! Thanks for sharing : )
In German as well: ganz Ohr sein
Thank u .u r so clever
loved this, so useful!
Only "so far so good" that i often used in daily conversation 😁. Thank tom for the lesson..
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Great! 9 more new phrases to use in your daily English : )
5 out 5!
To slip through the net - that's also a good one.
That’s a great one 👍🏼
Hi Tom, I haven't finished watching your Idioms yet, but I think it's Great !! I think I'm going to share it on my Facebook & maybe teach the idioms you taught in my class .. Thank you & keep up the good work! 😊🤗👍
Awesome! Let me know how the class goes : )
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish I will definitely ! 😊👍
This is the most instructive type of video you make. Keep it up, please!
Through thick and thin, I always watching your videos!!
Love the test at the end of the video.😍
Good evening sir, one of the best English spoken teacher I like really appreciate for online teaching
Thanks Tom! Believe it or not, I am familiar w/idioms, and use them frequently.
Thank you !
Through thick and thin I am still watching your video.
Got them all right .
Why you don't have a million subscribers..💜💜
🤷🏼♂️fingers crossed we’ll get there soon
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish one million? Tom, you deserve 100 million subscribers at least!
Amazing as usual 👌 Thanks Tom 😘😍
The equivalent for the idiom: "Trhough thick and thin"
Is in spanish: " En las buenas y las malas"
Example: even the life gets tough, I'll be there through thick and thin
Tom, can't wait for you to reach that million subscribers as you well deserve 💯
5/5 🐣 Yippee!!! Thanks, Tom!
Excellent video! What’s the music at the end ? It’s now playing in my head !
It's a song from Epidemic Sound called 'Nuff Said'
All correct, help us by bringing more conversations
Thank you for the great lesson ❤ keep going on doing this kind of videos it's very useful.
Sure thing Donia!
Thank u so much helped a lot
All of it !!
ignorance is bliss: what you don't know won't hurt you. On a deeper level, you don't know the feeling of losing something you never had.
It's peculiar: At least 3 of the 10 can directly be translated from German phrases:
so far, so good = so weit, so gut
through thick and thin = durch dick und dünn
all ears = ganz Ohr
All these are very commonly used in everyday language.
Then there is "jump ship", which I understood easily because we have the proverb (or saying - not sure of the correct word): "Die Ratten verlassen das sinkende Schiff", meaning "the rats are leaving the sinking ship", which goes in the same direction and so seems quite natural.
"To let someone off the hook" is also a common concept - "jemanden vom Haken lassen". But I don't think that it is used so often.
I already knew "Ignorance is bliss", "Jump on the bandwagon" and "A blessing in disguise" before, so the only really new things for me to learn are "play it by ear" and "sit tight". Cool! :-)
“Ignorance is bliss”- such a great idiom to explain how I deal with my toxic boss at the moment 😂
So far so good ) enjoyed this video very much🤗
Thx, Tom! very clear and useful.I'm a student at Hong Kong British Council now. Will you come back to Hong Kong to teach English again?
Thank you Tom :)
✌Full score! But I need to study 🤓 on it a bit to memorize them. Thank you very much Tom, you are always rousing 😃 🌟
Great job Alice! 100% Rossi is your new nickname ; )
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish 😀😉 Yeah! 😗 (on your right cheek)
Thanks Tom :)
I was good! In Brazil we use this expression all ears.
Love your videos matee..
All correct 😊 Thank you for your videos!
Thanks a bunch😍 they are so useful. I love learning idioms. I think they close you to common people and cooler than what we learnt in school. BTW I got them all right👍 keep it up Tom 😍
I love it, Tom! 😍😍 By the way, May you teach the tenses? I mean I am suck it. I just know past tense, future tense, and present tense..
Yes, I'll do a grammar video soon Claudia : )
We have the same in Spanish for "all ears"/"todo oidos". Do you also use it in sarcastic way? (like "I don't actually wanna hear it but I'll pretend I do").
Ahh yeah we would use it sarcastically for sure. Do you guys appreciate sarcasm as much as we do?
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish I love sarcasm, we use it a lot in Spanish, but is more direct, in English more subtle, which I enjoy it even more hahaha.
All correct👍
Thans a lot!
I like this video sooo much .. thank you 🌸
Thank you for being just the way you are. 😍
Hehehehe bless you Khadija : )
are you still alive?
@@pussycatlover6522 YES I AM DEAR FRIEND, lively and lovely as always :)
I love this
You know I pre-ordered a Iron Man figure a few weeks ago. But I have to wait until September I guess. What a blessing in disguise.
The best one🌸💙
Thank you
I love your videos!!! May I ask how you filmed with these beautiful backgrounds? Did you use the green screen? Thanks so much.
hey Tom plz tell me about ur book about the accents !
Hi Tom, thank you so much for the video! Is The meaning of ‘ let us play it by ear’ similar to ‘ let’s see what happens’? Thank you!
Me studying English was a blessing in diguise because it let me know lots of cool youtubers
Fun video!
We really appreciate your efforts. I hope you will reach 1M sub very soon cuz you deserve it.
Hello ,could you please make a video about asking for adresses?
Finally, we got a normal lesson. Thanks.
Thank youuuu,,😊😍👍
I got 5 out of 5 after watching a few times. Good one! 👍
Thanks Tom. I got 5/5
Good job Christian!
WOW! I'm genius - 5/5! (fortunately you selected easily samples :D )
Hehehe well done : )