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5 Common British English Expressions - Episode 3

Hello and welcome back to English with Lucy.

Today we have another episode of my fabulous five common british expressions.

Okay, so, our first expression is a piece of cake. And this is very similar to easy peasy lemon squeezy. Which we’ve discussed in a previous video. And basically it means, very easy. So, I might come out of a particularly easy exam saying, that is that was a piece of cake. That exam was really easy.

So, number two, break a leg. Actually looks really rather cruel. But I promise you it’s positive. And break a leg, means good luck. So, before a race, before a job interview, before a test, instead of saying good luck. I might say break a leg. Do really well.

So, since we’re talking about legs, let’s bring arms into the equation as well.

Number three is, it cost an arm and a leg. And this basically means something was really expensive. If I say my back cost a nominal leg. I mean it costs a lot of money.

Now, the next one isn’t particularly nice. It is to pop one’s clogs. And it actually means to die. But we use it quite affectionately. It’s like a nice way of saying that someone’s died.

So, I’m going to a funeral this Sunday my neighbours popped his clogs. It’s a way of saying my neighbours died. But, we don’t want to say the death word. So, we say they pop their clogs.

And then we have number five. to call it a day. And this means to end a task. So, for example, I’m feeling a bit tired. I think I’ll call it a day. That means, I think, I’ll stop here. Let’s finish.

So, as we’ve come to number five. I think I’ll call it a day. Now, bye. Thank you so much for watching this episode of five common British expressions. I hope you liked it and I hope you learned something.