Everyday Language: A Podcast For English Learners

Hey there, welcome to the Everyday Language podcast for English learners. This is Mark. Today's idiom, this is an idioms episode, is about the idiom "to spread your wings". So this idiom means - to do something new.

Hey, there, this Mark, in Akita, from the  Everyday Language podcast. Today I want to talk about the idiom "a little bird told me".   So, do you know any little birds who can talk? Hmm, maybe not, right?    But actually, this idiom isn't about real little birds that talk. It's actually, an idiom that is used when - you are trying to hide, or you don't want to tell the identity of someone who told you some information.

Hello and welcome to the everyday language podcast. This is Mark in Akita.  And today's idiom is "like watching paint dry".   So, do you like to watch paint dry?  There's not much to see "watching paint dry", right? Hmm, yeah, not much to see,  right?  Well, that could give you a clue about the meaning of, "like watching paint dry", because watching paint dry is like watching nothing happening, right?

Okay, welcome to the everyday language podcast, I'm Mark, in Akita. Today's episode is about the idiom "be cruel to be kind".     Hmm, so, do you know what cruel is? To be cruel is to be mean. You know, to be very horrible with to somebody.    So, we're saying, to be kind to be very nice to somebody you've got to be very horrible to somebody first?

Hello and welcome to the everyday language podcast, I'm Mark. Today's idiom is "not have a clue". So this idiom means to be completely unable to guess understand or deal with something.

Today's idiom is to see a man about a dog, isn't that vague? To see a  man, like, which man? And about a dog, which dog? 

Hey, hello, welcome to the everyday language podcast. This one is another episode about idioms and in particular the idiom "make yourself scarce".