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1. Bleed someone dry

   15 mei 2018 · 3 min

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   An expression for a financial injury

2. Small change

   8 mei 2018 · 2 min

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   A phrase for trivial things

3. That'll teach you

   1 mei 2018 · 3 min

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   Learn from what you've done

4. An old hand

   24 april 2018 · 3 min

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   Someone who's skilled and experienced

5. Out of the loop

   17 april 2018 · 3 min

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   Learn a phrase about missing out.

6. Rub it in

   10 april 2018 · 2 min

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   Learn an expression about enjoying someone's misfortunes.

7. Smombie

   3 april 2018 · 2 min

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   Are you a smartphone zombie?

8. Freegan

   27 maart 2018 · 3 min

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   Are you someone who only eats food that has been wasted or thrown away? Learn a word that describes what you are

9. Barking up the wrong tree

   20 maart 2018 · 3 min

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   Have you ever made the wrong assumption? Here's a dog-related phrase to describe your actions

10. Cloud cuckoo land

    13 maart 2018 · 3 min

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    Can you make the impossible possible? This phrase implies you can't but what's it got to do with a cuckoo?

11. A taste of your own medicine

    6 maart 2018 · 3 min

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    Payback time

12. Happy-go-lucky

    27 februari 2018 · 3 min

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    Relaxed about the future? Here's a phrase that might describe your character

13. Whizz-kid

    20 februari 2018 · 2 min

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    Young, clever and successful: find out a phrase that describes someone like this

14. The best of both worlds

    13 februari 2018 · 3 min

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    Can you enjoy the advantages of two different situations at the same time? You can if you use this phrase

15. Bone idle

    6 februari 2018 · 3 min

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    Are you taking it easy or just being lazy? Here's a phrase to describe your condition

16. To cut a long story short

    30 januari 2018 · 3 min

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    Have you got a story to tell? Here's a phrase about just telling the important bits

17. A thing

    29 januari 2018 · 2 min

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    Beards have been 'a thing' for a while. Is it now time to shave them off?

18. Just the ticket

    23 januari 2018 · 3 min

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    Rob and Feifei help teach a phrase to describe something you really want or need

19. Do a runner

    9 januari 2018 · 2 min

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    Is it time to go? Here's a phrase about avoiding a tricky situation

20. All that jazz

    26 december 2017 · 2 min

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    We love slang, idioms, phrases and all that jazz! Learn a new phrase with us

21. Not gonna lie

    18 december 2017 · 3 min

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    A phrase to use when you're being brutally honest

22. Up your game

    12 december 2017 · 3 min

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    Don't know which one to use? You need to up your emoji game

23. To shout it from the rooftops

    5 december 2017 · 2 min

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    Have you heard the good news? This programme has something to shout about!

24. To blow the cobwebs away

    28 november 2017 · 2 min

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    No spiders involved. It's time to get lively and learn a new English phrase

25. A knees-up

    21 november 2017 · 2 min

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    Want to go to a party? This phrase might help you get an invitation

26. To put someone on the map

    14 november 2017 · 3 min

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    Need directions to learn a new English phrase? Here's one about a map and being famous

27. Down in the dumps

    7 november 2017 · 2 min

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    Feeling unhappy? Here's a phrase to describe your mood but don't take it too literally!

28. Excuse me!

    31 oktober 2017 · 3 min

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    Rob keeps saying 'excuse me' but what does he really mean? You and Feifei are about to find out the many uses of this phrase

29. A sting in the tail

    24 oktober 2017 · 3 min

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    Rob's become a bee keeper but there's something more unpleasant to this hobby than being stung. Find out how a sting in the tail doesn't just come from bees!

30. So done with

    17 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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    Are you doing something very boring? We have just the phrase for you!

31. lolz

    10 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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    You might know the slang expression ‘LOL’, but do you know about ‘lolz’?

32. Have a go

    3 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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    Poor Neil gets a lot of criticism in the programme. Of course, it’s all to help you learn English!

33. About

    26 september 2017 · 2 min

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    You know what ‘about’ means, right? But maybe not this extra meaning! Take another look with us

34. Wing it

    19 september 2017 · 2 min

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    Learn an informal expression for when you have to improvise

35. Pot luck

    12 september 2017 · 3 min

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    Not sure what to expect? Learn a phrase about hoping your choice will turn out ok

36. It beats me

    5 september 2017 · 2 min

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    Why does Feifei keep hitting Rob? There could be some confusion about the meaning of today's authentic English phrase. Find out what Rob really means when he says 'it beats me'

37. Jiggery-pokery

    29 augustus 2017 · 2 min

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    Tricks and dishonesty: Learn this phrase before it fools you!

38. Left, right, and centre

    22 augustus 2017 · 2 min

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    If you do something left, right, and centre does that mean you do it everywhere? Rob's being doing just that but what's he been doing it with?

39. Donkey's years

    15 augustus 2017 · 2 min

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    Why has Rob got a donkey in the studio?! It's probably got something with today's authentic English phrase which is about not doing something for a long time

40. Give us a bell

    8 augustus 2017 · 3 min

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    What's that ringing sound? Is it someone giving you a bell? Find out what it all means

41. Echo chamber

    1 augustus 2017 · 2 min

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    Echo echo echo echo…

42. Snowflake

    25 juli 2017 · 2 min

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    Do you melt too easily?

43. The heat is on

    18 juli 2017 · 2 min

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    Learn an expression which you can use to say you're under pressure

44. Wet weekend

    11 juli 2017 · 2 min

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    When can a wet weekend be dry? Find out with another authentic English expression

45. No picnic

    4 juli 2017 · 2 min

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    Some things in life are hard work. Discover a phrase that describes these situations

46. A busman's holiday

    27 juni 2017 · 2 min

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    Going on holiday to do your job? What's it got to do with driving a bus?

47. Fuddy-duddy

    20 juni 2017 · 2 min

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    Old-fashioned and set in your ways? Could you be one of these people?

48. Bottle

    13 juni 2017 · 2 min

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    Use this phrase involving bottles when you’re too afraid to do something

49. No great shakes

    13 juni 2017 · 2 min

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    Not impressed by something? Here's an expression that describes what you think

50. Not a sausage

    6 juni 2017 · 2 min

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    Nothing, absolutely nothing, nothing at all… Not even one little sausage!