This week we're looking at animal idioms. Surprisingly there's not as many of these as you might imagine (there's far more of the body part ones from last week!) This weeks idioms are: A frog in your throat: Have you got a cold? It sounds like you've got a frog in your throat. As mad as a box of frogs: Watch out for that one, he's as mad as a box of frogs. At a snails pace: Come on! Let's go! You always walk at a snails pace! Watch like a hawk: Careful, he's watching you like a hawk. The world is your oyster: Just remember, the world is your oyster. Hold your horses: Wait! Hold your horses! We're not in a hurry! Pet peeve: Being late is one of my pet peeves. Additional Vocabulary: erratically - doing something in an unpredictable, random or even dangerously irregular way predictably - doing something in a way that we can figure out what will happen next homing pigeon - these are birds who have been trained to find a particular location, they are often in races to see which birds get home fastest. Mad as a box of ferrets - idiom - used just like 'mad as a box of frogs' to mean someone or something is crazy Mad as a hatter - idiom - as above, same meaning and use. Slow coach - idiom - used to mean someone is always going slowly Bird of Prey/ hawk - large birds who hunt small animals or other birds, in the UK our biggest bird of prey is the Golden Eagle in Scotland, you can now commonly see Red Kites in Wales and Southern England after a very effective reintroduction program a few years ago. #emmaseslenglish #english #englishgrammar #englishidioms #englishidiomsandphrases

This week we're learning some English idioms that use body parts! There are SO many of these so do Google for more if you'd like. I mentioned Rob Words, here's his YouTube video trying to trace English back through time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeAx3QZ7eRs Episodes 179 and 180 of this podcast both talk about the different influences on English and why it's so complicated. There is an English Idioms playlist on my YouTube page if you'd like more. Today's idioms are: A list as long as my arm: I've got a list as long as my arm of ideas. Give the cold shoulder: It was going great, but suddenly she started giving me the cold shoulder. Don't hold your breath: Look, I know you want an answer but everyone's busy so don't hold your breath. To breathe down someone's neck: I know he want's it, he hasn't stopped breathing down my neck since Tuesday! At the top of your lungs: Hey! Calm down! There's no need to yell at the top of your lungs! Joined at the hip: Oh those two, they're in the honeymoon phase, always joined at the hip! Additional Vocabulary all the ins and outs - idiom - all of the little details going/blowing/running hot and cold - idiom - sometimes likes you sometimes hates you so it's difficult to know how they really feel Ghosting - a modern term referring to when someone is talking and everything seems fine and then suddenly disappears, mostly used for acquaintances or people you met online Finite - something that is limited Honeymoon phase - idiom - refers to the very happy time after someone gets married or starts a new relationship when their partner can do no wrong Lovey-dovey - English phrase describing people who seem very much in love. #emmaseslenglish #englishidioms #englishidiomsandphrases #englishvocabulary

This week we're going on a little road trip. We're going into the Lake District National Park in the North West of England. We're specifically going for a walk around a lake called Buttermere.

I show you a picture of the road we're on in the video, this was taken from Google Maps. So if you'd like you can head to Google Maps and use the man to drive down this road exactly and see where we were. You can search on Google Maps for 'Buttermere Lake, Cumbria, UK'.

Alternatively you can put in the Longitude, Latitude of 54.566024, -3.299059. The road name is B5289, once you put the little orange man down on the road you can just click through in a South Easterly direction until you get to Buttermere and you'll be following our route.

Places I mentioned today were Crummock Water, Rannerdale Valley and Buttermere (actually 'mere' is an English word for lake so it literally means Butter Lake).

Vocabulary

Glacier - Big blocks of ice that cut through valleys and mountains, some still exist in New Zealand and South America, but they would have covered the UK during an ice age.

Ordinance Survey Map - this is a kind of map you can buy in the UK (they also have a website) which is very detailed and necessary if you want to walk in the mountains and not get lost.

Aficionado - someone who is knowledgeable and enthusiastic about something (probably stole this from the French)

Connoisseur - an expert judge about the taste of things (definitely stole this from the French!)

Scone - a favourite British snack. Sort of a little cake, often with dried fruit like sultanas in. Can be served with cream or jam or both or butter and jam.

Push Chair - also buggy, pram - all words to describe the chair on wheels for children.

Mobility Situation - just referring to someone who might have limited mobility, need help walking or perhaps be in a wheelchair.

Dwindling - to reduce in size or amount