Eat your heart out
Learn a humorous phrase about being the best!
Aug 13, 2019•3 min
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Episodes
Across
When is 'across' not a preposition?
Aug 06, 2019•3 min
Fat chance
Learn an expression about likelihood.
Jul 30, 2019•3 min
Milk it
A phrase about taking advantage of a situation to gain sympathy or respect
Jul 23, 2019•3 min
To cherry-pick
We’ve picked the best phrase for you to learn!
Jul 16, 2019•3 min
To fight tooth and nail
Learn a phrase about working hard to get just what you want.
Jul 09, 2019•3 min
It's a small world
Learn an expression about coincidences.
Jul 02, 2019•3 min
Vanish into thin air
Learn an expression about disappearing
Jun 25, 2019•2 min
Get the short straw
A phrase that sucks!
Jun 18, 2019•3 min
Soft skills
These are job skills needed to deal with the public, and very much in demand.
Jun 11, 2019•3 min
Clever clogs
Will wearing new shoes make Feifei more intelligent? Join her and Rob in this programme.
May 28, 2019•3 min
Couch surfing
Looking for a sofa to sleep on? Learn a phrase to describe your actions.
May 21, 2019•3 min
Like riding a bike
Learn an English expression about skills we never forget.
May 14, 2019•3 min
On fire
Can you be on fire without any flames?
May 07, 2019•3 min
Dead
If something is 'dead good' is that a positive or negative thing?
Apr 23, 2019•3 min
Give someone the runaround
A phrase about being unhelpful.
Apr 16, 2019•3 min
Laughing all the way to the bank
When can going to the bank be funny? We've got a phrase that will leave you laughing.
Apr 09, 2019•3 min
The joke is on you
Find out more about a seriously funny English phrase.
Apr 02, 2019•3 min
Keep a lid on it
Learn the right English phrase about having to put a stop to something.
Mar 26, 2019•3 min
To pull the wool over someone's eyes
Here's a phrase about preventing someone from discovering something.
Mar 19, 2019•3 min
Take the rough with the smooth
Learn an expression about experiencing bad things to enable you to enjoy good things.
Mar 12, 2019•3 min
Hard-nosed
What is a hard-nosed person like? Find out in this episode of The English We Speak.
Mar 05, 2019•2 min
To have a soft spot
How do you feel if you really like something or someone? This phrase might help you.
Feb 26, 2019•3 min
To make a song and dance (about something)
If things don't go your way, how can singing and dancing help?
Feb 19, 2019•3 min
Giant killer
Here's a phrase to describe the success of a small team.
Feb 12, 2019•3 min
A shock to the system
A sudden and unpleasant change can come as a shock. Learn a phrase to describe this.
Feb 05, 2019•3 min
From pillar to post
Moving from place to place can be chaotic. Learn a phrase to describe the situation
Jan 29, 2019•3 min
Small talk
Here's a phrase that describes making informal conversation about not much.
Jan 22, 2019•3 min
A bright spark
Here's a clever expression that can describe someone doing something stupid.
Jan 15, 2019•3 min
To be all downhill
Rob's done all his work! Find out here if it's all downhill until the weekend for him.
Jan 08, 2019•3 min