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English idiom: “Cool as a cucumber”
Chloé Murphy 30/12/20 Chloé Murphy 30/12/20

English idiom: “Cool as a cucumber”

This idiom has been around as far back as the 1600’s!

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English idiom: “Pardon my french”
Chloé Murphy 15/12/20 Chloé Murphy 15/12/20

English idiom: “Pardon my french”

What makes the idiom funny, is that no one is actually speaking French at all.

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English idiom: “When pigs fly”
Chloé Murphy 30/11/20 Chloé Murphy 30/11/20

English idiom: “When pigs fly”

This idiom even appears in the famous Lewis Carol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

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English Idiom: “Let the cat out of the bag”
Kenneth McGraw 15/11/20 Kenneth McGraw 15/11/20

English Idiom: “Let the cat out of the bag”

People have been revealing others’ secrets for years…

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English idiom: “diggin’ his/her chili”
Kenneth McGraw 30/10/20 Kenneth McGraw 30/10/20

English idiom: “diggin’ his/her chili”

This phrase taken literally makes absolutely no sense.

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English idiom: “Too big for their britches”
Kenneth McGraw 15/10/20 Kenneth McGraw 15/10/20

English idiom: “Too big for their britches”

You might find that some of your friends say that you remind them of their grandparents.

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English idiom: “catch you later”
Alex Paulison 30/09/20 Alex Paulison 30/09/20

English idiom: “catch you later”

English has many ways to say goodbye to someone…

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English idiom: “no big deal”
Alex Paulison 15/09/20 Alex Paulison 15/09/20

English idiom: “no big deal”

Next time you need to help someone relax, remind them that it is no big deal.

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English idiom: “love me, love my dog”
Szatmàri Alexandra Ivett 30/08/20 Szatmàri Alexandra Ivett 30/08/20

English idiom: “love me, love my dog”

We all have a dog or two.

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English idiom: “call it a day”
Szatmàri Alexandra Ivett 15/08/20 Szatmàri Alexandra Ivett 15/08/20

English idiom: “call it a day”

I can also be used with the word “night.”

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Meet Kenneth, one of our volunteers in Bologna. You can call him Ken (yes, like Barbie and Ken). He’s American, he’s been volunteering with PE for a year, and in his free time he loves skiing and adventure sports. His usual coffee order i Hi guys! We want to introduce what we call “English idiom of the week”! We will post fun English phrases each Friday with a video at the end on how to pronounce the idiom. 
Our first idiom is “hit the hay” although this Ciao UNIBO and UNIFI students!

Practicing English is here to help YOU with your English! We offer FREE English conversation hours with native English speaking volunteers- all you have to do is sign up in your specific city! Check out the link i