The English We Speak

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The English We Speak

Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme. From BBC World Service

Épisodes

299

Lay it on thick

298

Telling porkies

297

In on it

296

Walk someone through

295

A blow

2 min

294

Rears its head

2 min

293

Elbow grease

2 min

292

Bring something to the party

2 min

291

Light up like a Christmas tree

2 min

290

I don't buy it

2 min

289

Touch grass

2 min

288

I'm out

2 min

287

Plan b

2 min

286

Sound out

2 min

285

Fly by night

2 min

284

One-up

2 min

283

Tread on someone's toes

2 min

282

Mental gymnastics

2 min

281

Call dibs

2 min

280

Run for the hills

2 min

279

Each to their own

1 min

278

Fill your boots

2 min

277

Join the club

2 min

276

Go with the flow

2 min

275

Cakeism

2 min

274

Drip feed

2 min

273

Scatterbrain

2 min

272

Be in with a shout

2 min

271

On point

2 min

270

Kiss something goodbye

2 min

269

Productivity theatre

2 min

268

Pet hate

2 min

267

On the table

2 min

266

Jump through hoops

2 min

265

It happens to the best of us

2 min

264

Famous last words

2 min

263

Hard pass

2 min

262

Level up

2 min

261

Get with the programme

2 min

260

Shout-out

2 min

259

Fitspiration

2 min

258

Hats off

2 min

257

Under your breath

2 min

256

Be at a loss

2 min

255

Go off on one

2 min

254

Wiggle room

2 min

253

(It's the) story of my life

2 min

252

No ifs or buts

2 min

251

Caught red-handed

2 min

250

Rabbit on

2 min

249

Thanks a bunch

2 min

248

Slow walk

2 min

247

Take something to heart

2 min

246

Take something to heart

2 min

245

Know the score

2 min

244

Jog your memory

2 min

243

A flying start

2 min

242

Steal someone's thunder

2 min

241

Call it a day

2 min

240

Off the top of my head

2 min

239

Change for the better

2 min

238

The gift that keeps on giving

2 min

237

Quiet quitting

2 min

236

Hang in there

2 min

235

Bite your tongue

2 min

234

Win hands down

3 min

233

Fever pitch

3 min

232

Twiddle your thumbs

3 min

231

Get your act together

3 min

230

Dog's dinner

2 min

229

Feast your eyes

2 min

228

Put the brakes on

2 min

227

Second-guess

2 min

226

Ins and outs

2 min

225

Yes and no

3 min

224

Eat your words

2 min

223

Bug someone

2 min

222

Willy-nilly

2 min

221

Willy-nilly

3 min

220

Gnarly

3 min

219

Smash it

2 min

218

A doddle

1 min

217

It’s now or never

2 min

216

Happy days

2 min

215

Double down

2 min

214

Game face

2 min

213

Bitten by the bug

3 min

212

It escapes me

3 min

211

Onboarding

3 min

210

Thereby hangs a tale

2 min

209

The royal treatment

3 min

208

Tell me about it

3 min

207

Creatively bankrupt

3 min

206

As if

3 min

205

Bad hair day

2 min

204

'Ish' - The English We Speak

3 min

203

Promises, promises

2 min

202

Not see hide nor hair

2 min

201

A curate's egg

2 min

200

That'll be the day

2 min

199

Gathering dust

2 min

198

Easier said than done

2 min

197

The plot thickens

3 min

196

All at sea

2 min

195

Don't mind me

2 min

194

Cramp my style

2 min

193

You couldn't make it up

2 min

192

Cool cat

2 min

191

There's nothing to it

2 min

190

As sick as a parrot

2 min

189

Eke out

2 min

188

Say no more

2 min

187

Scrub up well

2 min

186

You shouldn't have

2 min

185

Not looking too clever

2 min

184

Not like the sound of something

2 min

183

I'll give you that

2 min

182

Another string to your bow

3 min

181

Clap back

2 min

180

Talk through your hat

2 min

179

Quote ... unquote

2 min

178

Not a patch on something

2 min

177

No cap

2 min

176

Moreish

3 min

175

A legend in one's lifetime

2 min

174

Live rent-free in one's head

2 min

173

Now you're talking

2 min

172

Hits different

3 min

171

Extra

2 min

170

Zhuzh

2 min

169

Lo and behold

2 min

168

Bigwig

2 min

167

Cringe

3 min

166

It’s the … for me

2 min

165

Obvs

2 min

164

Down / Up for something

2 min

163

Savage

2 min

162

Lit

2 min

161

Yikes!

2 min

160

YOLO

2 min

159

Vibe

3 min

158

Noob

2 min

157

Adulting

2 min

156

Push back

2 min

155

The CEO of

3 min

154

Zip it!

2 min

153

Botch job

2 min

152

It slaps!

2 min

151

Have a lot of plates spinning

2 min

150

Pizzazz

3 min

149

Oomph

2 min

148

Snap up

2 min

147

Nothingburger

2 min

146

Awesomesauce

3 min

145

Clout

2 min

144

GOAT

2 min

143

Workation

2 min

142

Moonshot

3 min

141

Slap-bang

2 min

140

Sadfishing

3 min

139

Mic drop

2 min

138

Tone deaf

3 min

137

'A' game

2 min

136

Frontliner

2 min

135

On fleek

2 min

134

Contact tracing

3 min

133

Key worker

2 min

132

Sharenting

4 min

131

Plastic footprint

4 min

130

Spoiler alert!

3 min

129

Listicle

4 min

128

Doomscrolling

2 min

127

Crowdsourcing

2 min

126

One step at a time

2 min

125

Bog-standard

2 min

124

A wake-up call

3 min

123

Climate emergency

2 min

122

Thirsty

2 min

121

Vanilla

2 min

120

Roast

2 min

119

Sticking point

3 min

118

Flatten the curve

2 min

117

Living in a bubble

2 min

116

Cancelled

2 min

115

New normal

2 min

114

Slippery slope

2 min

113

Throw shade

2 min

112

Bite the bullet

2 min

111

Blended working

2 min

110

JOMO

2 min

109

Furlough

2 min

108

Spill the tea

4 min

107

Flexing

3 min

106

Salty

3 min

105

Skeleton crew

3 min

104

Lowkey

3 min

103

Cabin fever

4 min

102

Bang on about something

3 min

101

Fire

2 min

100

Running on fumes

2 min

99

Hater

2 min

98

Talk shop

2 min

97

Snackable

2 min

96

A memory like a sieve

3 min

95

Nomophobia

2 min

94

Peacocking

2 min

93

Kick into the long grass

2 min

92

Rat race

3 min

91

Microworker

2 min

90

Serial returner

2 min

89

Talk the talk

2 min

88

Out with the old, in with the new

2 min

87

The more the merrier

3 min

86

Take one for the team

2 min

85

Mind your Ps and Qs

4 min

84

Dad dancing

2 min

83

Big data

3 min

82

Punch above your weight

2 min

81

Social media influencer

3 min

80

Goldilocks

3 min

79

Ghosting

3 min

78

Slow TV

3 min

77

Tiger mother

3 min

76

Buzzkill

4 min

75

Buyer's remorse

3 min

74

Freecycle

3 min

73

Carbon footprint

4 min

72

To cough up

3 min

71

Brain fade

2 min

70

Fib

2 min

69

Hot under the collar

3 min

68

Eat your heart out

3 min

67

Across

2 min

66

Fat chance

2 min

65

Milk it

4 min

64

To fight tooth and nail

4 min

63

It's a small world

2 min

62

Vanish into thin air

2 min

61

Get the short straw

3 min

60

Soft skills

2 min

59

Clever clogs

2 min

58

Couch surfing

3 min

57

Like riding a bike

3 min

56

Dead

3 min

55

Give someone the runaround

2 min

54

Laughing all the way to the bank

3 min

53

The joke is on you

4 min

52

Keep a lid on it

3 min

51

To pull the wool over someone's eyes

3 min

50

Take the rough with the smooth

2 min

49

Hard-nosed

2 min

48

To have a soft spot

3 min

47

To make a song and dance (about something)

3 min

46

Giant killer

3 min

45

A shock to the system

2 min

44

From pillar to post

2 min

43

Small talk

2 min

42

A bright spark

3 min

41

To be all downhill

2 min

40

Fireworks

2 min

39

To have all your Christmases come at once

3 min

38

It's the thought that counts

3 min

37

Digital detox

3 min

36

It leaves a bad taste in your mouth

2 min

35

Pea-souper

2 min

34

Throw in the towel

2 min

33

A walk in the park

2 min

32

Dumbphone

3 min

31

No fear

2 min

30

Something to chew on

2 min

29

Waffle on

4 min

28

Skew-whiff

3 min

27

Play a blinder

4 min

26

Miffed

4 min

25

Humblebrag

4 min

24

Out of your depth

3 min

23

Mardy

3 min

22

Curry favour

3 min

21

Take the biscuit

3 min

20

Step on it

2 min

19

Ping

2 min

18

Crunch time

4 min

17

Have a pop

3 min

16

A necessary evil

3 min

15

If the cap fits

2 min

14

My bad

2 min

13

To have a good nose (for something)

3 min

12

Friends in High Places

2 min

11

Catch-22

3 min

10

Let the dust settle

2 min

9

Nothing to shout about

2 min

8

Let sleeping dogs lie

3 min

7

Bleed someone dry

2 min

6

Small change

2 min

5

That'll teach you

3 min

4

An old hand

2 min

3

Out of the loop

2 min

2

Rub it in

2 min

1

Smombie

2 min

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