Are you ready to learn some colorful English idioms? Enjoy this lesson with 10 idiomatic expressions based on color! red tape “Red tape” refers to complicated, inefficient bureaucracy that stops things from getting done. For example, if you’re trying to open a company, but all the rules and documents make the process very difficult, you could say: [...]
“My flight was overbooked, and I got bumped to a later one.” A “flight” is a trip by airplane. If the flight is “overbooked,” it means that the airline sold too many tickets, and there is not enough space on the plane for all the people who have purchased tickets. This means that some people will get “bumped” to a later [...]
“My boss hit the ceiling when I told him I’d lost the documents.” The idiomatic expression “hit the ceiling” means to get very angry and upset. Other expressions for sudden anger include “go ballistic” and “blow a fuse.” “I’m dying to see the new movie.” “Dying to” + verb means you want to do something very much. It does [...]
Improve your vocabulary and practice your pronunciation with these 12 English words for natural disasters. Hurricane Tornado Lightning Forest Fire Earthquake Flood Tsunami Drought Blizzard Avalanche Landslide / Mudslide Volcanic eruption
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