101 MUST-KNOW English IDIOMS in 13 Minutes
Summary
TLDREste video de LetThemTalkTV presenta 101 modismos esenciales en inglés, utilizando situaciones cotidianas y diálogos cómicos para enseñar expresiones comunes de manera rápida y divertida. A lo largo del video, se cubren una amplia variedad de frases como 'ponerse las pilas', 'a palabras necias, oídos sordos', y muchas más, con ejemplos claros y entretenidos. Además, el presentador añade un toque humorístico con anécdotas y ocurrencias que mantienen la atención del espectador mientras absorbe el contenido. Es ideal para quienes buscan mejorar su inglés de forma amena y dinámica.
Takeaways
- 😀 Los modismos son una parte importante del idioma inglés, y el video cubre más de 100 de ellos rápidamente.
- 🤭 'Poner el pie en la boca' significa cometer un error embarazoso al hablar, como en la historia de Angela y Susan.
- 🎉 'Pasar con colores voladores' se refiere a lograr un éxito rotundo, como en el caso de Jeremy y sus exámenes.
- 😅 'No soy un pollo de primavera' es una expresión para decir que alguien ya no es joven, como menciona el presentador.
- 🗣️ 'De boca en boca' se refiere a recibir información a través de personas, no a través de publicidad o medios formales.
- 🥶 'Pedir una segunda oportunidad' es lo que se hace con 'I'll take a rain-check', cuando alguien quiere posponer una invitación.
- 🥳 'Estar en la cima del mundo' o 'romperla' significa tener un gran éxito, como los que mencionan sobre el éxito con la CIA.
- 🙈 'Un gato arrastrado por el viento' es una expresión para describir a alguien que ha tenido una mala apariencia o está en mala forma.
- 🤯 'La ciencia de cohetes' se usa para referirse a algo que no es tan complicado como parece, como usar una máquina de café.
- 💪 'Ajustarse el cinturón' se refiere a concentrarse en el trabajo o en una tarea pendiente, que es lo que sugieren hacer.
Q & A
¿Qué significa la expresión 'poner el pie en la boca' en el contexto del guion?
-Significa cometer un error o decir algo inapropiado sin darse cuenta, como cuando el personaje confunde el nombre de la persona a la que está hablando.
¿Qué indica la frase 'con todos los honores' en la expresión 'pasaste tus exámenes con todos los honores'?
-Esta expresión se utiliza para felicitar a alguien que ha tenido un rendimiento sobresaliente, indicando que lo hizo excepcionalmente bien en sus exámenes.
¿A qué se refiere 'de boca en boca' en el contexto del trabajo mencionado?
-Se refiere a recibir información a través de recomendaciones personales en lugar de medios oficiales como anuncios, en este caso sobre un trabajo.
¿Qué significa 'dar un cheque en blanco' en la conversación sobre salir a bailar?
-En este contexto, la persona está usando 'dar un cheque en blanco' o 'te lo debo' para rechazar la invitación a bailar educadamente, sugiriendo que quizás acepte en otro momento.
¿Cómo se utiliza la expresión 'no es ciencia espacial' en el guion?
-Se utiliza para indicar que una tarea es sencilla y no requiere habilidades complejas, como en el ejemplo de usar una máquina de café.
¿Qué implica la frase 'mejor imposible' en 'mi nuevo portátil es lo mejor que hay'?
-Significa que el portátil es de altísima calidad y representa lo mejor que uno puede conseguir, destacando sus características superiores.
¿Qué significa 'sin experiencia no puedes conseguir trabajo y sin trabajo no puedes obtener experiencia'?
-Hace referencia a un círculo vicioso, conocido como 'catch-22', en el que no se puede avanzar debido a una contradicción inherente en los requisitos.
¿Qué significa la expresión 'vendido como pan caliente'?
-Indica que algo se está vendiendo muy rápidamente debido a su gran popularidad, como en el caso de un producto o idea que se menciona en el guion.
¿Qué quiere decir la expresión 'el mundo es un pañuelo'?
-Significa que, aunque el mundo es grande, es común encontrarse con personas conocidas o tener coincidencias inesperadas, como en la historia del guion.
¿Qué implica la frase 'estar en el mismo barco' cuando dos personas comparten problemas similares?
-Significa que dos personas están enfrentando circunstancias o dificultades similares, y por lo tanto se encuentran en una situación compartida o común.
Outlines
🎩 Idioms y situaciones cotidianas en una montaña rusa de frases
El primer párrafo introduce a LetThemTalkTV con una ráfaga de frases cotidianas y modismos. Desde meter la pata al confundir nombres hasta pasar exámenes con éxito, el narrador ofrece un popurrí de situaciones cómicas y exageradas. Habla de trabajar como espía, de dolores de espalda, recibir noticias por el boca a boca y situaciones que van desde posponer planes hasta jactarse de logros. Todo está narrado de manera divertida, rápida y llena de ejemplos idiomáticos. Se mezclan modismos clásicos con situaciones que se sienten a la vez familiares y absurdas.
🌍 De encuentros sorprendentes a modismos sobre desafíos y éxitos
El segundo párrafo aborda temas como la recuperación de una operación, encontrarse con personas inesperadas y situaciones desafortunadas. Se describen desde robos inesperados de cafés hasta recibir lecciones sobre cómo pedir un aumento al 'jefe grande'. Hay menciones de modismos como tener 'pies fríos' antes de una boda, estar 'en el mismo barco' al enfrentar problemas, y buscar 'una bala mágica' para resolver desafíos, especialmente en el aprendizaje de idiomas. El tono sigue siendo ligero pero introduce más reflexiones sobre el esfuerzo y la superación.
🧠 Modismos sobre amor, oportunidades y excusas sospechosas
El tercer párrafo se enfoca en temas relacionados con el amor, las excusas dudosas y tomar decisiones. Se exploran reacciones extremas como 'perder la cabeza' al descubrir infidelidades, o la típica excusa de la 'abuela fallecida'. Los modismos sobre tomar decisiones apresuradas, como casarse sin conocer bien a la pareja, o las ventajas inesperadas de una ruptura amorosa ('bendición disfrazada'), añaden un toque humorístico. El narrador también trata el tema de oportunidades perdidas, como 'no contar los pollos antes de que nazcan' y 'subirse tarde al barco' de inversiones.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡poner el pie en la boca
💡con todos los honores
💡más vale tarde que nunca
💡cuento chino
💡a última hora
💡sobre la marcha
💡todo es color de rosa
💡luz verde
💡tocar el cielo con las manos
💡ponerse manos a la obra
Highlights
The presenter humorously starts with a fast-paced introduction, asking the audience to 'hold on to your hat' and mentioning how playing the video at half speed doubles its length.
'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step' - an idiom to encourage starting big tasks with small actions.
The presenter uses 'put my foot in it' when recalling an embarrassing moment mistaking someone's name, showcasing idioms related to awkward situations.
'Passed all your exams with flying colors' - an idiom highlighting success with outstanding performance.
The idiom 'far-fetched' is used when discussing a spy story, emphasizing skepticism towards improbable tales.
The presenter mentions their age and uses 'no spring chicken anymore' to indicate aging humorously.
'Word-of-mouth' describes how someone heard about a job through personal connections rather than advertisements.
The idiom 'I'll take a rain check' illustrates politely declining an offer, with the possibility of accepting it later.
'Above board' is used to stress that a potentially dubious situation is legal and transparent.
'Rise and shine' is used as a wake-up call, showcasing an idiom commonly used to get someone out of bed.
'Pick your brains' is introduced as an idiom for seeking advice or knowledge from someone experienced.
The presenter uses 'ring a bell' to convey a vague sense of familiarity with someone's name.
'Once in a blue moon' - an idiom to express something that happens very rarely.
'Make one last-ditch attempt' shows an idiom related to giving one final effort in a difficult situation.
'The spitting image' is an idiom used to describe someone who looks very much like another person.
Transcripts
LetThemTalkTV presents 101 must-know English idioms in
13 minutes approx or 26 minutes if you play this video at half speed whatever
We're going super fast so pay attention and hold on to your hat.
You know what they say "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" so let's go so
So I said to her, "Angela sweetheart you know that there's nobody in my life except
you" she said "my name's Susan" I put my foot in it there
congratulations Jeremy you've passed all your exams with flying colors
you are brilliant
he told me that his job as a janitor was just a cover
and in reality he was a spy for the CIA frankly I found his story a little
far fetched
I've been making YouTube videos for 30 years now it's not easy
now I'm no spring chicken anymore happy 2045 everybody. O my back!
apparently she heard about the job word-of-mouth not through an ad but
through a friend of her cousins who works at the gasworks
hello darling you wanna go dancing tonight we can shut cha cha
- I'll take a rain-check
Ok you found eight billion dollars in a bank account in the Cayman
Islands but I promise you, my people, it's all above board I would never do
anything illegal
Are you still in bed? it's 6:00 a.m. the taxi arrives in 20
minutes wakey wakey rise and shine
OK so you can get into medical school but
don't beat yourself up you did your best
can I pick your brains about something
you're a lawyer and I have a legal question
A vegetarian English breakfast
and a matcha latte just what the doctor ordered
Do I know Harry McNulty, Harry McNulty mmm maybe I just can't remember
where for me his name rings a bell
Do I still see Sharon we're friends on
Facebook by oh nice ear once in a blue moon
when she visits Europe
Doris has rejected my advances 42 times but I'm
going to make one last-ditch attempt to get her
- how you going to do that?
-I'm going to invite her to lunch in the Maldives.
They say that you are my spitting image
- That's nonsense I look nothing like you
Excuse me I need
to spend a penny do you have any.....-
yeah over there mate
Got your coats got your bags got your banjos okay let's hit the road.
he's a very nice guy that's what
they say but, I don't know, I just don't like the cut of his jib
ah look what the cat dragged in
Johnny has gone AWOL he went out to lunch like three hours ago
and he hasn't come back we'd better start the meeting without him
How do you use this coffee machine?
- oh come on it's not rocket science just putting a coffee and
then press the button
How much do I owe you for the matcha latte?
it's on the house mate oh okay Cheers
I don't want to blow my own trumpet
but I'm the best English teacher in the world.
- No you're not, there are loads better than you in fact you're an idiot who
knows nothing. what an ergative verb? see you don't know
so I can't
get the job without experience and I can't get experience without the job
that's catch-22
I don't if I'll like this new editing software but you get
30-day free trial so I'll give it a whirl and if I like it I'll buy it
I hate Perkins that stupid *** Pardon my French
I love my Paris apartment by its really
really small I mean there's no room to swing a cat in here
Oh calm down calm
down come on I'm only five minutes late keep your hair on
32 gigabytes of RAM 12
inch screen graphics cards nvidia geforce r-tx 208
ETI my new laptop really is the dog's bollocks
I wanted to have a quiet beer in the dog and duck but it was
chock-a-block so we had to find somewhere else
Doris Doris Doris I'm
going to the post office maybe I'll bump into Doris while she's buying a stamp
- you've really got a crush on Doris
I was off work for six months before the
operation but I'm delighted to say that I've completely recovered and now I'm as
fit as a fiddle
I was on holiday in Kerala walking through a tea plantation
and do you know who I bumped into cousin Bob it's a small world
so I was walking
up Muswell Hill when these three men came out of the blue they knocked me over and
stole my grande pumpkin spice latte with almond milk that cost me 12 quid
I'd love to come to your fancy dress party but I've got other fish to fry
I'm Horace I'm the new office assistant hello Horace let me show you the ropes
I'm supposed to be getting married tomorrow but now I'm getting cold feet
I've been in this village all my life I've had enough I've got itchy feet I
want to go out leave this place and see the world
If you want a pay rise don't
ask me ask the big cheese
Learning a foreign language is hard
it requires years of hard work and dedication. There is no silver bullet
You' haven't spoken to your friend Mike for over 20 years why because he said he
didn't like Bob Dylan's voice isn't it time to bury the hatchet?
- bastard
so I lost my job and I went to the casino to try and win some money but I lost it all
now I don't have a pot to piss in
McNulty is dead
- Are you sure?
Yes he's as
dead as a dodo we found him in the carpark with 14 bullets in his chest
My baby drove up in a brand
you Cadillac I said how can you afford a brand-new Cadillac on your salary
my new private jet is the best thing since sliced bread.
-teachers get paid better
than they used to don't they.
Ok guys the performance begins in five minutes get
on stage and break a leg
First you murdered Johnson then you lured McNulty into the
car park and shot him 14 times but now it's over we know you did it and you're
gonna have to face the music
- why are you pointing that banana at me?
One restaurant in the neighborhood started putting avocado on toast on its menu and
now they're all doing it no originality just jumping on the bandwagon
Our hot cakes are selling like hotcakes
Perkins ran off with my girlfriend
Perkins said nasty things about my friends needless to say there is no love
lost between me and Perkins
ah Remington's
IPA delicious I could drink this until the cows come home
Second place out of
five thousand Candidates I almost got selected to be an astronaut
- yes almost. Close but no cigar
So they paid me to play video games and tell them what I
thought about them that's money for a rope
Someone told my girlfriend that I was having an affair with Mildred did you
spill the beans bloody bastard
Sometimes to save money they don't put saffron in
the paella they use food colouring but here we use
the real McCoy
Look at you scruffy hair overweight untidy
talk about the pot
calling kettle black
okay stop messing around everybody stop
messing around knuckle down we've got a lot of work to do today
The big lebowski
that film had me in stitches
The prime minister said he would never never raise
taxes and then when he got elected he said you know what we need to raise
taxes/ That's quite u-turn
there's a transport strike today but by hook or by crook I will get to the audition I will
become a kpop star
These days kids take their holidays in
places such as Thailand's New Zealand Brazil Florida and other far flung
places when I was young we went to Bournemouth every summer for two weeks
ukuleles are all the rage these days everyone wants to have one
We arrived in the nick of time two minutes later and our flight would have left
You know Doris was talking to Sanjeev for over an hour at the party
- beware of the green-eyed monster my friend
We knew someone was stealing money from the till
so we installed some cameras and guess what? we caught Perkins red-handed
What do I think of Brexit? Well the British have certainly shot themselves
in the foot there .
So what was a new Japanese restaurant on Upper Street like?
I heard they flew the sushi chef over from Tokyo
- yeah but frankly it was nothing to write home about
What you can't come into work today because your grandmother died again
that's the third time you used that excuse
smells fishy to me
What you're going to marry Steve hold your horses young lady
before you tie the knot you should give it some considerable thought you've only
known him for two weeks
When Linda broke up with me I thought it was the end of
my world but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise because three weeks
later I met Doris.
When I asked you on a day you told me to get lost but now you
find out that I'm a billionaire you're changing your tune.
When I win the lottery I'm going to buy a house in London a house in Paris and travel the
world on my yacht
- You haven't won the lottery yet don't count your chickens
before they hatch
When she found out that Derrick was cheating on her with
Ethel she hit the roof
Ah no job, no money, girlfriend run off
with another guy you too guess we in the same boat
where's the phone? This has gone on too long I'm going to bite the bullet and tell Mildred it's over.
Will I be offered the job? it's in the bag my
friend. Do you know why? because my uncle owns the company.
Working and LetThemTalk is really
wonderful I love it but it's not all rainbows and unicorns, you
know, sometimes it's long hours and very very hard work
Wrong wrong wrong wrong
wrong that's not what I asked for I want you to go back and start from scratch
You know that if I could I would leave Sally and run away with you at the
drop of a hat but it's not that simple I'm a man with responsibilities
you like to dress like a baby put a thumb in your mouth while your girlfriend spanks your
bottom whatever floats your boat.
You should have bought Bitcoin in 2008
not now I'm afraid you've missed the boat on that one
Do you want to get a sandwich?
- No way I've just on a 12-hour shift at the factory and now I need a
square meal not a snack
You're 35 years old you want to become a professional
footballer hon you a bit over the hill?
We're very similar you and I we should
hang out more you know what they say birds of a
feather flock together
That was a brilliant speech you gave
about climate change I take my hat off to you sir
Are you okay Bob you okay you
okay yes yes alive and kicking
You are the apple of my eye
you make me happy every day
he comes into the room sits down gets drunk
talks for hours about how immigrants are ruining in the country and how
climate changes are hoax. He's a real pain in the arse I wish he would get lost
Uncle Harry has kicked the bucket he was only 86. I guess he had a
good innings. What he left me a million pounds in
his will. That's a turn up for the books. I liked uncle Harry he was a salt of the earth
one moment he was there and then suddenly he vanished into thin air.
I'm exhausted I'm going to hit the
sack good night everybody. Good night, sleep tight, sleep tight
you've got a lot of nerve to say you or my friend when I was down you just stood
there grinning
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