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I'm worried about the test.

Don't worry, that'll be a piece of cake.

Piece of cake?

So what are you gonna do about it?

There is nothing much I can do.

I gotta bite the bullet.

Bite the bullet?

What is he talking about?

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm gonna go study.

Alright, break a leg.

Break a leg?

Why would I break a leg?

Hello, my name is Matty from POC English and in this lesson we're going to learn 15 everyday idioms.

I'll start with something familiar.

Piece of cake.

Huh.

Piece of cake.

P-O-C.

That's the name of my channel.

I don't know if you knew,

but POC English stands for piece of cake English.

But what does piece of cake mean?

Piece of cake means something that is very easy to do and with POC English learning English is easy.

That's the whole idea of POC.

For example, don't worry about the test it'll be a piece of cake.

Don't worry it'll be a piece of cake.

It'll be very easy.

Second one is break a leg.

Well no don't break any legs break a leg doesn't mean to fight

or to kill someone

or no no no break a leg means good luck usually before a performance

or an exam or a test

or an audition you have your big presentation today right break

a leg it means good luck with the presentation what am

I doing I'm hitting the nail on the head to hit the nail on the head what does

that mean it means to describe exactly what is causing a problem or a difficult situation.

To be very accurate at identifying the cause of a problem.

To hit the nail on the head.

You hit the nail on the head when you said that the company needs a new financial strategy.

It means you clearly identified the problem.

You hit the nail on the head.

I let the cat out of the bag.

Let the cat out of the bag.

That means open the bag and let the cat out?

No, it means to accidentally reveal a secret.

You're not supposed to tell anyone,

but you accidentally say it and you let the cat out of the bag.

For example, I let the cat out of the bag about their surprise party.

I let the cat out of the bag.

I revealed the secret by accident.

It was not my fault.

I bought this tennis racket last week and it cost me an arm and a leg.

Cost me an arm and a leg?

Yeah, that means I paid for it with my arm and with my leg.

No, if something costs you an arm and a leg,

that thing is very expensive.

It's another way of saying I was ripped off or that it was too expensive.

That car costs an arm and a leg.

I cannot afford it.

I'm feeling a bit under the weather today.

Under the weather?

What does that mean?

That means I'm a bit sick.

If somebody is under the weather or is a bit under the weather,

they are a bit unwell.

They're feeling a bit sick.

I'm feeling a bit under the weather today,

so I might stay in.

Idiom number seven, to bite the bullet bullet is something

that comes out of a gun and then you get it

and then bite the bullet what does

that mean bite the bullet means to force yourself to do something unpleasant to do something

that you do not like but is necessary for example

if you have an exam

and you don't like studying for it what else can you do nothing bite the bullet do it force yourself

because it's necessary.

I don't really want to exercise today,

but I think I'll just have to bite the bullet.

I don't want to exercise,

but I have to bite the bullet.

It means I have to do it.

I have to force myself.

Have you ever heard the phrase best of both worlds?

Best of both worlds.

What does it mean?

Both worlds?

The best of both worlds is a situation in which someone has two different things to enjoy.

And these two different things are totally different.

For example, you have a part time job that pays really well and you study at a university.

You have best of both worlds.

You work and earn an income and at the same time you're a student

and improving your knowledge you have two different situations

but you're enjoying both the best of both worlds she works in the city

and lives in the country

and gets the best of both worlds she works in the city

and lives in the country two different situations

but she's enjoying both of them the best of both worlds next idiom speak of the devil

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what does it mean imagine you're talking to a friend about another friend whose name is jack

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and you say yeah you know what i talked to jack yesterday

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and all of a sudden jack comes in and you're like yeah

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and jack told me oh speak of the devil here he comes speak of the devil is used

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when when you're talking to someone about someone else and that person appears out of nowhere.

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Hi John, speak of the devil.

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We were just talking about you.

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Next idiom, when pigs fly.

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Can pigs fly?

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Do they have wings?

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What does it mean when pigs fly?

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That means never.

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We use this idiom to talk about something that can never happen, when pigs fly.

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Sorry boss, can I get a promotion?

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You can have a promotion when pigs fly.

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That means you can never get a promotion.

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Well, yeah, my boss is not the best person.

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Next idiom, let's cut to the chase.

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Cut to the chase?

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Cut to the chase means to get to the point without wasting time.

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We don't have much time,

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so please cut to the chase.

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That means please get to the main point.

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We don't have much time.

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Cut to the chase, come on.

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Next one is pretty self-explanatory,

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to add fuel to the fire.

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So imagine there is a fire and you have some gas and you add fuel to the fire.

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What will happen to the fire when you add fuel to it?

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Add fuel to the fire means to make a bad situation worse.

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The situation is already bad and you add fuel to the fire.

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That means you make it even worse.

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Don't argue back.

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You will just add fuel to the fire.

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Don't argue back.

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You will just add fuel to the fire.

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Means the situation is already bad.

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Don't argue, just go home.

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Speaking of go, go the extra mile.

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What does that mean?

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For example, you wanted to walk for 10 miles,

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now walk for 11 miles.

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Go the extra mile, right?

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No. Go the extra mile means to go beyond what is expected of you.

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To do more than necessary.

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For example, your boss expects you to be nice to the customer and make one phone call.

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But you make a phone call and you email the customer as well

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and you text them to you're going the extra mile you're doing things

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which are not expected

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but are good things to be done she always goes the extra mile to ensure

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that the clients are happy idiom 14 out of the blue out of the blue what does

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that mean if something happens out of the blue it happens unexpectedly you didn't expect

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that and it happened out of the blue whoa I hadn't talked to him years

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but out of the blue I received a letter from him

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I received a letter out of the blue I wasn't expecting

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that letter

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and speaking of blue I have one last idiom for you before we get to the last idiom

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if you've enjoyed this lesson so far don't forget to give this video a thumbs up

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if you want to have the summary of this lesson in one PDF file

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and better yet

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if you want to have the summary of all of my

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This book has more than 500 pages of lesson summaries with beautiful pictures

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and interesting sentences and example sentences and meanings and everything in one PDF file for free.

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How can you get this?

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Simply click on the link above my head,

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go to my website, type in your name,

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your email address, your country,

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click download and you will get the file in your inbox.

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And now for the last idiom.

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Once in a blue moon moon.

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Huh.

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What color is the moon?

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I thought it's white.

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Once in a blue moon.

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What does that mean?

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If something happens once in a blue moon, that happens very rarely.

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I only go to the cinema once in a blue moon.

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That means I rarely go to the cinema.

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I often watch movies on Netflix.

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And that's it, guys.

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I hope you've enjoyed this lesson.

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See you next time.

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