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  • As if

    As if

    Episode 220509 / 09 May 2022

    Acquire an unlikely phrase

  • Ish

    Ish

    Episode 220502 / 02 May 2022

    Acquire an imprecise phrase

  • Bad hair day

    Bad hair twenty-four hours

    Episode 220425 / 25 Apr 2022

    Is this an unattractive phrase?!

  • Promises, promises
  • Not see hide nor hair
  • Curate's egg

    Curate's egg

    Episode 220404 / 04 April 2022

    Learn a phrase that is good and bad at the same time.

  • That'll be the day
  • Gathering dust

    Gathering grit

    Episode 220321 / 21 Mar 2022

    What's gathering dust in your house?

  • Easier said than done
  • The plot thickens
  • All at sea

    All at sea

    Episode 220228 / 28 Feb 2022

    Don't allow this phrase misfile you

  • Don't mind me

    Don't listen me

    Episode 220221 / 21 February 2022

    Don't ignore this phrase

  • Cramp my style

    Cramp my style

    Episode 220214 / 14 Feb 2022

    Who's cramping your style?

  • You couldn't make it up
  • Cool cat

    Cool cat

    Episode 220131 / 31 Jan 2022

    Do you know someone who is hip and trendy?

  • There's nothing to it
  • As sick as a parrot
  • Eke out

    Eke out

    Episode 220110 / 10 Jan 2022

    Don't waste this phrase!

  • Say no more

    Say no more

    Episode 220103 / 03 January 2022

    Exercise you get me?

  • Scrub up well
  • You shouldn't have
  • Not looking too clever
  • Not like the sound of something
  • I'll give you that
  • Another string to your bow
  • Clap back

    Clap back

    Episode 211115 / 15 November 2021

    Do you handclapping back?

  • Talk through your hat
  • quote ... unquote
  • Not a patch on something
  • No cap

    No cap

    Episode 211018 / 18 Oct 2021

    Do you know someone who always tells the truth?

  • Moreish

    Moreish

    Episode 211011 / xi Oct 2021

    An expression y'all tin can use to talk well-nigh tasty nutrient

  • A legend in one's lifetime
  • Live rent-free in one's head
  • Now you're talking
  • Hits different

    Hits different

    Episode 210913 / 13 Sep 2021

    What hits different for you?

  • Extra

    Extra

    Episode 210906 / 06 Sep 2021

    Who do y'all think is extra?

  • Zhuzh

    Zhuzh

    Episode 210830 / 30 Aug 2021

    Can y'all pronounce this word?

  • Lo and behold

    Lo and behold

    Episode 210823 / 23 Aug 2021

    What is surprising for you?

  • Bigwig

    Bigwig

    Episode 210816 / sixteen Aug 2021

    A phrase with power

  • Cringe

    Cringe

    Episode 210809 / 09 Aug 2021

    An expression well-nigh something that makes you feel uncomfortable

  • it's the … for me

    it's the … for me

    Episode 210802 / 02 Aug 2021

    Learn an expression virtually why you love or detest something.

  • Obvs

    Obvs

    Episode 210726 / 14 Jul 2021

    An obvious phrase

  • Down / up for something
  • Savage

    Savage

    Episode 210712 / 12 Jul 2021

    Peradventure a cruel word

  • Lit

    Lit

    Episode 210705 / 05 Jul 2021

    What thing do yous think is awesome? Is information technology lit?

  • Yikes!

    Yikes!

    Episode 210628 / 28 Jun 2021

    A shocking new word!

  • YOLO

    YOLO

    Episode 210621 / 21 Jun 2021

    Do you have risks?

  • Vibe

    Vibe

    Episode 210614 / 21 Jun 2021

    Have you got a skillful vibe?

  • Noob

    Noob

    Episode 210607 / 07 Jun 2021

    Are y'all a newbie?

  • Adulting

    Adulting

    Episode 210531 / 31 May 2021

    A grown-upwardly phrase

  • Slay

    Slay

    Episode 210524 / 24 May 2021

    What do you call back slays?

  • Push back

    Push button back

    Episode 210517 / 17 May 2021

    A phrase to utilize later on

  • The CEO of

    The CEO of

    Episode 210510 / 10 May 2021

    What are you vivid at?

  • Zip it!

    Nil it!

    Episode 210503 / 03 May 2021

    Stop talking!

  • Botch job

    Botch job

    Episode 210426 / 26 Apr 2021

    What do nosotros telephone call a task done badly?

  • It slaps!

    It slaps!

    Episode 210419 / xix Apr 2021

    What do you think slaps?

  • Have a lot of plates spinning
  • Pizzazz

    Pizzazz

    Episode 210405 / 05 Apr 2021

    Do a lot of people remark on how glamorous yous are?

  • Oomph

    Oomph

    Episode 210329 / 29 Mar 2021

    Do yous have a sparkle when yous speak?

  • Snap up

    Snap upwardly

    Episode 210322 / 22 Mar 2021

    A quick expression!

  • Nothingburger

    Nothingburger

    Episode 210315 / fifteen Mar 2021

    Describing something insignificant

  • Awesomesauce

    Awesomesauce

    Episode 210308 / 08 Mar 2021

    An astonishing phrase!

  • Clout

    Clout

    Episode 210301 / 01 Mar 2021

    Do you have some clout?

  • GOAT

    Caprine animal

    Episode 210222 / 22 Feb 2021

    Who exercise you remember is the Goat?

  • Workation

    Workation

    Episode 210215 / 15 Feb 2021

    A phrase to draw an experimental project.

  • Moonshot

    Moonshot

    Episode 210208 / 08 Feb 2021

    A word to describe an experimental project

  • Slap-bang

    Slap-blindside

    Episode 210201 / 01 February 2021

    A phrase to depict an exact position

  • Sadfishing

    Sadfishing

    Episode 210125 / 25 January 2021

    A phrase that needs your attending!

  • Mic drop

    Mic drop

    Episode 210118 / 18 Jan 2021

    Have you performed a mic drop?

  • Tone deaf

    Tone deafened

    Episode 210111 / 11 January 2021

    Learn when 'tone deafened' has nothing to do with music...

  • A game

    A game

    Episode 210104 / 04 Jan 2021

    Have you brought your A game?

  • Frontliner

    Frontliner

    Episode 201228 / 28 Dec 2020

    Do you know whatsoever frontliners?

  • You do you

    Yous practise you

    Episode 201221 / 21 Dec 2020

    Doing information technology your manner!

  • On fleek

    On fleek

    Episode 201214 / 14 Dec 2020

    Learn a skilful-looking phrase!

  • Contact tracing

    Contact tracing

    Episode 201207 / 07 December 2020

    Have you downloaded a contact tracing app?

  • Key worker

    Key worker

    Episode 201130 / 30 Nov 2020

    Do you lot know any fundamental workers?

  • Sharenting

    Sharenting

    Episode 201123 / 23 Nov 2020

    Don't share too many photos of your children!

  • Plastic footprint

    Plastic footprint

    Episode 201116 / 16 Nov 2020

    Hither'due south how to describe the amount of plastic you apply

  • Spoiler alert!
  • Listicle

    Listicle

    Episode 201102 / 27 Oct 2020

    Is it an article? Is information technology a list? No, it'southward a listicle!

  • Doomscrolling

    Doomscrolling

    Episode 201026 / 26 Oct 2020

    Scrolling for bad news!

  • Crowdsourcing
  • One step at a time
  • Bog-standard

    Bog-standard

    Episode 201005 / 18 Sep 2020

    Learn a 'basic' phrase

  • A wake-up call
  • Climate emergency
  • Thirsty

    Thirsty

    Episode 200914 / 14 Sep 2020

    A new word for social media prove-offs!

  • Vanilla

    Vanilla

    Episode 200907 / 19 Aug 2020

    A dull word!

  • Roast

    Roast

    Episode 200831 / 31 Aug 2020

    How tin a person be roasted?

  • Sticking point

    Sticking signal

    Episode 200824 / 24 Aug 2020

    What is the sticking indicate?

  • Flatten the curve
  • Living in a bubble

    Living in a bubble

    Episode 200810 / x Aug 2020

    Get out and see the world – stop living in a bubble!

  • Cancelled

    Cancelled

    Episode 200803 / 03 Aug 2020

    Learn a new meaning for the word 'cancel'

  • New normal

    New normal

    Episode 200727 / 27 Jul 2020

    Exercise y'all observe that daily life is a bit different at present?

  • A slippery slope
  • Throw shade

    Throw shade

    Episode 200713 / 13 Jul 2020

    Throwing shade isn't cool

  • Bite the bullet

    Seize with teeth the bullet

    Episode 200706 / 06 Jul 2020

    An English expression with bite!

  • Blended working

    Blended working

    Episode 200629 / 29 Jun 2020

    A mix of dwelling and office working has led to a new English expression.

  • JOMO

    JOMO

    Episode 200622 / 22 Jun 2020

    What is your JOMO?

  • Furlough

    Furlough

    Episode 200615 / xv Jun 2020

    A temporary working absence.

  • Spill the tea

    Spill the tea

    Episode 200608 / 08 Jun 2020

    Who do you lot know who spills the tea?

  • Flexing

    Flexing

    Episode 200601 / 01 Jun 2020

    Who do you lot know who flexes?

  • Salty

    Salty

    Episode 200525 / 25 May 2020

    What makes y'all become salty?

  • Skeleton crew

    Skeleton crew

    Episode 200518 / 19 April 2020

    An expression for when in that location aren't many people working.

  • Lowkey

    Lowkey

    Episode 200511 / 11 May 2020

    What exercise yous lowkey love?

  • Live for something
  • Cabin fever

    Cabin fever

    Episode 200427 / 27 Apr 2020

    What is cabin fever?

  • Bang on about something
  • Fire

    Fire

    Episode 200413 / 13 Apr 2020

    This phrase is fire!

  • Running on fumes
  • Left on read

    Left on read

    Episode 200330 / 30 Mar 2020

    Received, but not replied!

  • Sheeple

    Sheeple

    Episode 200323 / 23 Mar 2020

    A phrase to follow!

  • Hater

    Hater

    Episode 200316 / 16 Mar 2020

    Don't hate this phrase!

  • Talk shop

    Talk store

    Episode 200309 / 09 Mar 2020

    Something to talk about!

  • Snackable

    Snackable

    Episode 200302 / 02 Mar 2020

    Something to snack on

  • A memory like a sieve
  • Nomophobia

    Nomophobia

    Episode 200217 / 17 Feb 2020

    No phone – no-mophobia!

  • Peacocking

    Peacocking

    Episode 200210 / 10 February 2020

    A phrase to evidence off with

  • To kick (something) into the long grass
  • Rat race

    Rat race

    Episode 200127 / 27 Jan 2020

    Bring together the rat race for the 'Twelvemonth of the Rat'

  • Microworker

    Microworker

    Episode 200120 / xx Jan 2020

    If you practice small tasks for tech firms then this new word describes your job!

  • Serial returner

    Serial returner

    Episode 200113 / xiii January 2020

    Feifei's had a new coat every day this calendar month. How?!

  • Talk the talk

    Talk the talk

    Episode 200106 / 06 Jan 2020

    Neil tin can talk the talk, only does he know what he's talking about?

  • Out with the old, in with the new
  • The more the merrier
  • Take one for the team
  • Mind your Ps and Qs

    Listen your Ps and Qs

    Episode 191209 / 09 Dec 2019

    Don't forget these letters at an important meeting

  • Dad dancing

    Dad dancing

    Episode 191202 / 24 Oct 2019

    Swing those arms, shake those hips!

  • Big data

    Big information

    Episode 191125 / 25 Nov 2019

    Data is everywhere… But what to do with it?

  • Punch above your weight
  • Social media influencer
  • Goldilocks

    Goldilocks

    Episode 191104 / 04 Nov 2019

    Likewise hot? Also cold? Or but correct?

  • Ghosting

    Ghosting

    Episode 191028 / 28 Oct 2019

    Is someone ignoring all your calls and messages? 👻

  • Slow TV

    Slow TV

    Episode 191021 / 21 October 2019

    Because life doesn't need to be fast, fast, fast

  • Tiger mother

    Tiger mother

    Episode 191014 / 14 October 2019

    What'southward the best way to aid your kids succeed in life?

  • Buzzkill

    Buzzkill

    Episode 191007 / 28 Aug 2019

    One minute you were feeling happy, then…

  • Buyer's remorse

    Heir-apparent's remorse

    Episode 190930 / 22 Aug 2019

    Take you always regretted an expensive purchase?

  • Freecycle

    Freecycle

    Episode 190923 / 23 Sep 2019

    When you don't want to sell, freecycle!

  • Carbon footprint

    Carbon footprint

    Episode 190916 / sixteen Sep 2019

    Love to travel, but worried about the environment?

  • Cough up

    Cough upwardly

    Episode 190909 / 09 Sep 2019

    When is a cough not a cough?

  • Brain fade

    Encephalon fade

    Episode 190902 / 02 Sep 2019

    Where did I leave my keys?

  • Fib

    Fib

    Episode 190826 / 26 Aug 2019

    A little word for a little lie

  • Hot under the collar
  • Eat your heart out

    Swallow your middle out

    Episode 190812 / 12 Aug 2019

    Could this be the scariest phrase we've ever taught?

  • Across

    Across

    Episode 190805 / 05 Aug 2019

    When is 'across' not 'across'?

  • Fat chance

    Fat chance

    Episode 190729 / 29 Jul 2019

    An expression about likelihood

  • Milk it

    Milk it

    Episode 190722 / 22 Jul 2019

    Are you looking for sympathy?

  • Cherry-pick

    Cherry-pick

    Episode 190715 / 15 Jul 2019

    Picking the best!

  • To fight tooth and nail
  • It's a small world
  • To vanish into thin air
  • Get the short straw
  • Soft skills

    Soft skills

    Episode 190610 / 10 Jun 2019

    This phrase isn't difficult!

  • Big deal

    Big deal

    Episode 190603 / 03 Jun 2019

    An unimpressive phrase!

  • Clever clogs

    Clever clogs

    Episode 190527 / 27 May 2019

    Intelligent footwear!

  • Couch surfing

    Couch surfing

    Episode 190520 / 20 May 2019

    A phrase for moving around

  • Like riding a bike
  • On fire

    On fire

    Episode 190506 / 06 May 2019

    Why is Neil 'on fire?'

  • Out of order

    Out of gild

    Episode 190429 / 29 April 2019

    What actions are considered out of order in your land?

  • Dead

    Dead

    Episode 190422 / 22 Apr 2019

    Acquire a new way to say 'very' in this week's The English language Nosotros Speak!

  • Give someone the runaround
  • Laughing all the way to the bank
  • The joke is on you
  • Keep a lid on it
  • To pull the wool over someone's eyes
  • To take the rough with the smooth
  • Hard-nosed

    Difficult-nosed

    Episode 190304 / 04 Mar 2019

    A tough phrase

  • To have a soft spot
  • To make a song and dance (about something)
  • Giant killer

    Giant killer

    Episode 190211 / 11 Feb 2019

    A phrase virtually large vs small-scale

  • A shock to the system
  • From pillar to post
  • Small talk

    Small talk

    Episode 190121 / 21 Jan 2019

    Informal conversation

  • A bright spark
  • To be all downhill
  • Fireworks

    Fireworks

    Episode 181231 / 31 Dec 2018

    A phrase to shout most

  • To have all your Christmases come at once
  • It's the thought that counts
  • Digital detox: What's the meaning?
  • 'It leaves a bad taste in your mouth': What does it mean?
  • Pea-souper

    Pea-souper

    Episode 181126 / 26 Nov 2018

    Is it a meal or a blazon of weather?

  • Throw in the towel
  • A walk in the park
  • Dumbphone

    Dumbphone

    Episode 181105 / 05 Nov 2018

    A less intelligent telephone

  • No fear

    No fear

    Episode 181029 / 29 Oct 2018

    Who's scared?

  • Something to chew on
  • Waffle on

    Waffle on

    Episode 181015 / fifteen October 2018

    Believe information technology or not, non all waffles are good!

  • skew-whiff

    skew-whiff

    Episode 181008 / 08 Sep 2018

    When things aren't quite straight

  • To play a blinder
  • Miffed

    Miffed

    Episode 180924 / 24 Sep 2018

    Has someone annoyed you?

  • Humblebrag

    Humblebrag

    Episode 180917 / 17 Sep 2018

    What's worse than bragging?

  • Out of your depth
  • Mardy

    Mardy

    Episode 180903 / 03 Sep 2018

    A moody expression

  • Curry favour

    Curry favour

    Episode 180827 / 27 Aug 2018

    A spicy expression

  • Take the biscuit
  • Step on it
  • Ping

    Ping

    Episode 180806 / 06 Aug 2018

    Press 'send'

  • Crunch time

    Crunch time

    Episode 180730 / 30 Jul 2018

    No biscuits required

  • Have a pop

    Accept a popular

    Episode 180723 / 23 Jul 2018

    A trying expression!

  • A necessary evil
  • If the cap fits
  • My bad

    My bad

    Episode 180702 / 02 Jul 2018

    It was me!

  • To have a good nose (for something)
  • Friends in high places
  • Catch-22

    Catch-22

    Episode 180611 / eleven Jun 2018

    A no-win situation

  • Let the dust settle
  • Nothing to shout about
  • Let sleeping dogs lie
  • Bleed someone dry
  • Small change
  • That'll teach you!
  • An old hand

    An old hand

    Episode 180423 / 23 Apr 2018

    Some who'south skilled and experienced

  • Out of the loop
  • Rub it in

    Rub it in

    Episode 180409 / 09 Apr 2018

    Reminding someone about something they'd rather forget

  • Smombie

    Smombie

    Episode 180402 / 02 Apr 2018

    Are you a smartphone zombie?

  • Freegan

    Freegan

    Episode 180326 / 26 Mar 2018

    Free food!

  • Barking up the wrong tree
  • Cloud cuckoo land
  • A taste of your own medicine
  • Happy-go-lucky
  • Whizz-kid

    Whizz-child

    Episode 180219 / nineteen Feb 2018

    Immature and clever

  • The best of both worlds
  • Bone idle

    Bone idle

    Episode 180205 / 05 Feb 2018

    A lazy phrase

  • To cut a long story short
  • Just the ticket
  • FOMO

    FOMO

    Episode 180115 / 15 Jan 2018

    A phrase about jealousy

  • Do a runner

    Practice a runner

    Episode 180108 / 08 Jan 2018

    Time to become out of here!

  • A thing

    A matter

    Episode 180101 / 01 Jan 2018

    Fourth dimension to lose that beard…

  • All that jazz
  • Not gonna lie

    Not gonna lie

    Episode 171218 / 18 Dec 2017

    Not gonna prevarication: this is a great programme!

  • Up your game

    Up your game

    Episode 171211 / 11 December 2017

    Upwards your emoji game

  • To shout it from the rooftops
  • To blow the cobwebs away
  • A knees-up

    A knees-up

    Episode 171120 / twenty November 2017

    Political party fourth dimension!

  • To put someone on the map
  • Down in the dumps
  • Excuse me!

    Excuse me!

    Episode 171030 / 30 Oct 2017

    A polite phrase – most of the time

  • A sting in the tail
  • So done with

    So washed with

    Episode 171016 / 16 Oct 2017

    Feeling bored of your work?

  • Lolz

    Lolz

    Episode 171009 / 09 Oct 2017

    Fancy a express joy?

  • Have a go

    Have a go

    Episode 171002 / 02 October 2017

    Why is Neil being criticised?

  • About

    About

    Episode 170925 / 25 Sep 2017

    Familiar word, new significant!

  • Wing it

    Wing it

    Episode 170918 / 18 Sep 2017

    Larn an informal expression for when you lot take to improvise

  • Pot luck

    Pot luck

    Episode 170911 / 11 Sep 2017

    Take a risk!

  • It beats me

    It beats me

    Episode 170904 / 04 Sep 2017

    What's going on?!

  • Jiggery-pokery

    Jiggery-pokery

    Episode 170829 / 29 Aug 2017

    Don't be tricked by this phrase!

  • Left, right, and centre
  • Donkey's years
  • Give us a bell
  • Echo chamber

    Repeat sleeping accommodation

    Episode 170801 / 01 Aug 2017

    Echo echo echo echo…

  • Snowflake

    Snowflake

    Episode 170725 / 25 Jul 2017

    Do you melt also hands?

  • The heat is on
  • Wet weekend

    Wet weekend

    Episode 170711 / xi Jul 2017

    It's wet and at that place's no rain!

  • No picnic

    No picnic

    Episode 170704 / 04 Jul 2017

    Learn a phrase that involves endeavour

  • A busman's holiday
  • Fuddy-duddy
  • No great shakes
  • Not a sausage

    Non a sausage

    Episode 170606 / 06 Jun 2017

    Learn a phrase that means 'nothing'

  • Long

    Long

    Episode 170530 / 30 May 2017

    Love ironing? Or is it 'long'?

  • Not half

    Not half

    Episode 170523 / 23 May 2017

    Learn a phrase which isn't one-half useful

  • All over the shop

    All over the store

    Episode 170516 / sixteen May 2017

    The phrase about shops that isn't most shops

  • It comes with the territory
  • It won't wash
  • Jack-of-all-trades
  • The coast is clear
  • Pull a fast one

    Pull a fast 1

    Episode 170411 / xi Apr 2017

    Don't exist cheated – learn this phrase!

  • Suck it and see
  • To cut your teeth
  • Shrinkflation

    Shrinkflation

    Episode 170321 / 21 Mar 2017

    Getting less for your money

  • La-la land

    La-la country

    Episode 170314 / 14 Mar 2017

    Information technology's not Los Angeles!

  • A different kettle of fish
  • At the drop of a hat
  • Brass neck

    Brass neck

    Episode 170221 / 21 Feb 2017

    An expression well-nigh saying what you think

  • Reinvent the wheel
  • Frenemy

    Frenemy

    Episode 170207 / 07 Feb 2017

    False friends

  • To be fair

    To be fair

    Episode 170131 / 31 Jan 2017

    Give both sides of the argument with this phrase

  • On the box

    On the box

    Episode 170124 / 24 Jan 2017

    Watching a 'box' can't be very enjoyable, tin it?

  • Duck

    Duck

    Episode 170117 / 17 Jan 2017

    When being chosen 'duck' is a good affair

  • Bottle

    Bottle

    Episode 170110 / ten Jan 2017

    Don't lose your canteen!

  • Got your number

    Got your number

    Episode 170103 / 03 January 2017

    Understanding someone'due south truthful intentions

  • A slap in the face
  • Clickbait

    Clickbait

    Episode 161220 / twenty December 2016

    Click here for nonsense. Learn some cyber vocabulary

  • Mash-up

    Mash-up

    Episode 161213 / 13 Dec 2016

    If y'all mix A and B, do you become C?

  • Air kiss

    Air kiss

    Episode 161206 / 06 Dec 2016

    When is a kiss non a buss?

  • Mansplaining

    Mansplaining

    Episode 161129 / 29 November 2016

    Has a man always over-explained something to y'all?

  • Rolling in it

    Rolling in information technology

    Episode 161122 / 22 November 2016

    How much money do yous demand to roll around in it?

  • Photobomb

    Photobomb

    Episode 161115 / fifteen Nov 2016

    Someone'south in my photo!

  • Cyberchondriac

    Cyberchondriac

    Episode 161108 / 08 Nov 2016

    Is the net making you ill?

  • To wash your dirty linen in public
  • Cat got your tongue?
  • It takes two to tango
  • Knee-jerk reaction
  • To have an axe to grind
  • Close, but no cigar
  • Get somebody's goat
  • Bust a gut

    Bust a gut

    Episode 160913 / 13 Sep 2016

    An expression that means 'to brand a cracking endeavor'

  • Old-school

    Sometime-school

    Episode 160906 / 06 Sep 2016

    A phrase that describes quondam things

  • Shedloads

    Shedloads

    Episode 160830 / 30 Aug 2016

    A mode to say 'lots'

  • Hangry

    Hangry

    Episode 160823 / 23 Aug 2016

    A phrase for people who get angry when they don't eat

  • To pull something out of the hat
  • In the blink of an eye
  • Off the hook

    Off the claw

    Episode 160802 / 02 Aug 2016

    Here's a phrase for when you free someone from an obligation

  • Barefaced

    Bluff

    Episode 160726 / 26 Jul 2016

    A phrase near beingness bold and shameless

  • To make a mountain out of a molehill
  • The last/final straw
  • The university of life
  • White-collar worker / blue-collar worker
  • Drama queen

    Drama queen

    Episode 160621 / 21 Jun 2016

    Here's a phrase to draw someone who overreacts easily

  • It's on the cards

    Information technology'southward on the cards

    Episode 160614 / 14 Jun 2016

    Learn a different way of saying that something is likely to happen

  • Until you're blue in the face
  • Clean up your act

    Clean upwards your human activity

    Episode 160531 / 31 May 2016

    Someone behaving badly? Hither'due south a phrase that tells them what to do

  • You're pulling my leg!

    You lot're pulling my leg!

    Episode 160524 / 24 May 2016

    Desire to trick someone? Here is a phrase that involves pulling a role of your torso!

  • One good turn deserves another

    One good turn deserves another

    Episode 160517 / 17 May 2016

    Has someone helped y'all with something? If so, here's a phrase that tells you what to exercise next

  • To fall at the first hurdle

    To fall at the first hurdle

    Episode 160510 / 10 May 2016

    Got an idea that'south never going to work? Hither is a phrase to draw the state of affairs

  • Pain in the neck

    Pain in the neck

    Episode 160503 / 03 May 2016

    Larn the phrase Helen needs to describe the headache her mobile phone company is causing her

  • Burn a hole in your pocket
  • To turn something upside down
  • Going forward

    Going forward

    Episode 160412 / 12 Apr 2016

    Part speak for 'in the futurity'

  • A recipe for disaster
  • Crash course

    Crash course

    Episode 160329 / 29 Mar 2016

    A actually fast way to learn something!

  • You've sold it to me

    You've sold it to me

    Episode 160322 / 22 Mar 2016

    Acquire a different fashion to express 'you've convinced me'

  • Full of the joys of spring
  • A leopard can't change its spots
  • Six of one, half a dozen of the other
  • Test the water

    Test the h2o

    Episode 160223 / 23 Feb 2016

    A h2o phrase which may have nothing to do with water

  • To lie through your teeth
  • To make a monkey out of me
  • Hot potato

    Hot potato

    Episode 160202 / 02 Feb 2016

    Learn a phrase to describe tricky situations

  • There's method to my madness
  • In good nick

    In good nick

    Episode 160119 / nineteen Jan 2016

    Larn a phrase to depict something in top condition

  • Cheap and cheerful

    Cheap and cheerful

    Episode 160112 / 12 January 2016

    A phrase to describe an cheap but fun product

  • A bitter pill to swallow
  • Potty

    Potty

    Episode 151229 / 29 Dec 2015

    Learn a phrase to describe someone going mad

  • I'm game

    I'm game

    Episode 151222 / 22 Dec 2015

    Neil is dying for a game of squash but Li is not game

  • That'll put hairs on your chest!
  • Fancy someone

    Fancy someone

    Episode 151208 / 08 Dec 2015

    They seem to be getting on well... perhaps they 'fancy' each other?

  • Down the pan

    Down the pan

    Episode 151201 / 01 Dec 2015

    Learn a phrase to describe a disastrous situation

  • Part of the furniture
  • Sweet tooth

    Sweet tooth

    Episode 151117 / 17 Nov 2015

    Do you have a sweet molar? Is it something that you are born with or exercise you lot develop it?

  • Bumper-to-bumper
  • Eye candy

    Eye candy

    Episode 151103 / 03 Nov 2015

    Going out with a good-looking but uninteresting person?

  • Thingy

    Thingy

    Episode 151027 / 27 October 2015

    An expression for when you lot forget English words

  • Across the pond

    Across the pond

    Episode 151020 / 20 Oct 2015

    Acquire an expression which makes an sea audio very small indeed

  • People person

    People person

    Episode 151013 / thirteen October 2015

    An expression for those who get along with people

  • It's a steal!

    It's a steal!

    Episode 151006 / 06 Oct 2015

    An expression for when you go a bargain

  • Bull and bear market

    Bull and comport market

    Episode 150929 / 29 Sep 2015

    Larn what we say when share prices go up and when they go down

  • Social media words

    Social media words

    Episode 150922 / 22 Sep 2015

    'Trolls' and 'haters' – the words for people who are merely there to annoy you online

  • Don't give up the day job
  • A barrel of laughs
  • To know something like the back  of your hand
  • A face for radio

    A confront for radio

    Episode 150825 / 25 Aug 2015

    A useful expression for indirectly saying that someone is ugly

  • Give me credit

    Give me credit

    Episode 150818 / 18 Aug 2015

    Acquire a phrase that's full of praise. You won't demand a credit card to apply this one

  • To keep the wolf from the door
  • Hot desk

    Hot desk

    Episode 150804 / 04 Aug 2015

    Hot-desking is a modern way of working in offices. Learn how to use this phrase as a noun and a verb

  • Out of juice

    Out of juice

    Episode 150728 / 28 Jul 2015

    Oh no - your phone'due south out of battery. We accept just the phrase y'all need!

  • The penny dropped

    The penny dropped

    Episode 150721 / 21 Jul 2015

    What practice yous say when you lot finally understand something? Acquire a useful phrase to practise just that in this programme

  • Red tape

    Red record

    Episode 150714 / fourteen Jul 2015

    An expression for when there are lots of rules and regulations

  • Words for underwear

    Words for underwear

    Episode 150707 / 07 Jul 2015

    What practice y'all call your panties, socks and bra? Listen to the programme to find out...

  • To drink someone under the table

    To drink someone under the table

    Episode 150630 / 30 Jun 2015

    Drink to celebrate the good things in life, drink to forget the bad. Here's an expression for people who like a potable

  • Me time

    Me fourth dimension

    Episode 150623 / 23 Jun 2015

    Both piece of work and home are demanding lots of your time but what you really want is a few hours to yourself. Here'south an expression to assistance y'all deal with that.

  • Cyberbullying

    Cyberbullying

    Episode 150616 / 16 Jun 2015

    Is there someone tormenting you online? Hither'southward an expression for when people hide behind a computer to attack others.

  • Take a back seat

    Have a dorsum seat

    Episode 150609 / 09 Jun 2015

    Learn a phrase about not taking control. You won't need a car for this driving-related idiom!

  • In black and white

    In black and white

    Episode 150602 / 02 Jun 2015

    What two colours do nosotros utilize to depict something that's official? Learn a phrase that leaves yous in no doubt!

  • A sticky situation

    A sticky situation

    Episode 150526 / 26 May 2015

    What kind of situation has Rob got into when he bumps into a adult female on the way to work?

  • A close shave

    A close shave

    Episode 150519 / xix May 2015

    What'south a razor got to do with Rob's bike ride to work? Here'southward an expression for when you lot've had a narrow escape

  • My mind's gone blank

    My mind's gone blank

    Episode 150512 / 12 May 2015

    Why did Rob ask Feifei to meet him in the studio? Here'due south an expression for when yous've forgotten something

  • To sleep on it

    To sleep on information technology

    Episode 150505 / 05 May 2015

    How can sleeping help y'all make a conclusion? Learn a phrase that doesn't involve lying on a bed!

  • All over the place

    All over the identify

    Episode 150428 / 28 Apr 2015

    What's wrong with Neil today? Hither's an expression for when y'all're badly organised

  • To go around the houses

    To become around the houses

    Episode 150421 / 21 Apr 2015

    Where exercise you go if you waste time asking pointless questions? Nosotros explain a useful phrase

  • Done and dusted

    Done and dusted

    Episode 150414 / 14 Apr 2015

    When someone says the phrase washed and dusted, do they mean doing some proper cleaning?

  • Chill pill

    Arctic pill

    Episode 150407 / 07 April 2015

    It's difficult to consume but maybe it's fourth dimension for a chill pill! We explain what that is

  • Put a sock in it!

    Put a sock in it!

    Episode 150331 / 31 Mar 2015

    Why has Helen put a sock in the toaster and how is that going to continue her tranquility?

  • A wild card

    A wild carte

    Episode 150324 / 24 Mar 2015

    Who's the wild carte in the part? Rob and Feifei apply a phrase to describe an unpredictable colleague

  • To take a shot / stab in the dark

    To have a shot / stab in the dark

    Episode 150317 / 17 Mar 2015

    Feifei thinks someone'due south been killed only then discovers taking a stab in the night doesn't involve using knives!

  • To keep a lid on it

    To keep a lid on it

    Episode 150310 / x Mar 2015

    Li and Neil get free java at a cafe but they need to keep a lid on it

  • To be on the ball

    To be on the ball

    Episode 150303 / 03 Mar 2015

    Larn a phrase to depict the power to quickly react to things

  • Mind-blowing

    Listen-bravado

    Episode 150224 / 24 Feb 2015

    Feifei and Harry use an expression to describe things that amaze and astound

  • Out for the count

    Out for the count

    Episode 150217 / 17 Feb 2015

    Neil and Li talk about how a boxing expression can be used in everyday life

  • Game changer

    Game changer

    Episode 150210 / ten Feb 2015

    Feifei and Harry utilise an expression for people and ideas that alter the way we practise things

  • Wow factor

    Wow gene

    Episode 150203 / 03 Feb 2015

    Harry and Feifei expect at an expression for when things surprise and print you

  • Full-on

    Full-on

    Episode 150127 / 27 Jan 2015

    Harry and Feifei talk about a common colloquial expression for when things are intense

  • Stab in the back

    Stab in the back

    Episode 150120 / 20 Jan 2015

    Harry and Feifei talk well-nigh an expression that is not as violent as it sounds

  • To downsize

    To downsize

    Episode 150113 / 13 Jan 2015

    Neil and Feifei talk well-nigh a word made popular by the economic downturn

  • At the movies

    At the movies

    Episode 150106 / 06 Jan 2015

    Sci-fi, romcom, whodunnit – What kind of movies do yous like?

  • Killing time

    Killing time

    Episode 141230 / 30 Dec 2014

    Neil tells Helen to impale time but she smashes upward a clock. Discover out why and learn a useful expression.

  • Like turkeys voting for Christmas

    Similar turkeys voting for Christmas

    Episode 141223 / 23 Dec 2014

    Practice you lot gloat Christmas? Do you similar eating turkey? Do yous remember turkeys similar Christmas? Acquire this humorous idiom

  • Face the music

    Face up the music

    Episode 141216 / xvi Dec 2014

    At that place'due south something Neil's forgotten to do and at present he has to confront the music. Heed to the program to discover out why.

  • Internet speak

    Cyberspace speak

    Episode 141209 / 09 December 2014

    'Snail mail service', 'post' and 'hard copy' – acquire expressions connected with computers

  • Viral

    Viral

    Episode 141202 / 02 December 2014

    Li'southward cat video has gone viral. Volition she be happy about information technology? Learn an expression from the cyberspace age

  • Give the cold shoulder

    Requite the cold shoulder

    Episode 141125 / 25 Nov 2014

    Is Feifei'southward designer shawl a solution to her bug with Lisa? Listen to the programme to observe out

  • Phishing

    Phishing

    Episode 141118 / 18 Nov 2014

    Rob is deleting some emails. He won't accept the bait sent in by criminals!

  • Take to the cleaners

    Take to the cleaners

    Episode 141111 / 11 November 2014

    Rob's very expensive shirt is ruined! Who volition pay for it? Listen to the program to find out

  • Eat humble pie

    Eat apprehensive pie

    Episode 141104 / 04 Nov 2014

    Is Rob hungry enough to win a pie-eating competition? Listen to the programme

  • Like water off a duck's back

    Like water off a duck's back

    Episode 141028 / 28 Oct 2014

    Feifei has a affair or ii to learn from the ducks in the park. And so exercise you. Mind to the plan

  • Take for a ride

    Take for a ride

    Episode 141021 / 21 October 2014

    Cars that run on air? Sounds too practiced to be true. Only Li thinks they're the future and wants to invest in a company that makes them. Will she lose her money?

  • Don't throw the baby out  with the bathwater
  • Joe Bloggs

    Joe Bloggs

    Episode 141007 / 07 October 2014

    Do you know Joe Bloggs? He might be just abreast you

  • Butter up

    Butter upwards

    Episode 140923 / 23 Sep 2014

    Is this butter for a cake, for toast or... to put on a person? Finn and Feifei explain

  • Food for thought

    Food for idea

    Episode 140914 / 14 Sep 2014

    Finn wants to purchase a sports motorcar. But Feifei gives him some 'nutrient for idea'

  • Frogmarch

    Frogmarch

    Episode 140826 / 26 Aug 2014

    Rob challenges Helen to a word game about a funny-sounding phrase. But what has information technology got to do with frogs?

  • Proof is in the pudding

    Proof is in the pudding

    Episode 140819 / 19 Aug 2014

    Feifei doesn't similar Rob'southward cooking. Simply Rob wants Feifei to attempt his dumplings and promises 'the proof is in the pudding'. What does he mean?

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