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5 Common British English Expressions!

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Hi guys! It’s me! I’m here in sunny London That’s British sarcasm there It’s extremely cold today But, I wanted to talk to you about some of the common British expressions That I hear and use more or less every day.

So, let’s get started! So, the first one is ‘All right?’ And this really means ‘Hello, how are you?’ Some people get confused and think it means Is everything ok? Really, it’s a very general question It’s a nice way of greeting somebody So if you hear someone in the street say ‘All right?’ you can say ‘Yeah, how are you?’ as a response Ok, so the next one is ‘I’m easy’ And this would be something you use when somebody asks you to make a decision and you don’t really mind Would you prefer Italian or Chinese food tonight? mm…I’m easy It means ‘I don’t really mind’

Ok, the next one is ‘on about’ and this means ‘talking about’ Ok? So if I say ‘What’s he on about?’ I’m really saying ‘what’s he talking about?’ Ok? It can be used quite negatively so if someones talking too much You could say ‘what’s he on about!?’ So, my personal favourite of this list is ‘Bob’s your uncle!’ and this, if you’re not familiar with the phrase, may sound ridiculous, and it is! Err…we’re a little bit crazy here in the UK But ‘Bob’s your uncle’ is a phrase we use to conclude a set of instructions Like, for example, making a cup of tea! You need to boil the water, You need to add it to a cup You need to add a tea bag You need to let it brew You then need to take the teabag out and then add some milk and sugar to taste and then… Bob’s your uncle! You’ve made a cup of tea!

Ok so this last one ‘easy peasy’ is something I used to say quite a lot when I was a child But I might still say it every now and again now This mean’s that something is really easy The full rhyme is ‘easy peasy lemon squeezy’ I don’t recommend that you use this phrase in a job interview But, for general fun and general conversation It’s absolutely fine. So, how was the exam? It was easy peasy! And then if you really want to go for it.. It was easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Thank you for watching this short and fun little lesson today Try and use these phrases that I’ve taught you At some point today and see the kinds of reactions that you’ll get from your English teachers!