15 Fishy Expressions in English

Love it, Thank you, Ronnie :)

heshamosama

Idioms always make our talking more colorful and natural.

They are useful tools that help us see to some good extent how the English language works.

It was a concise and interesting video-lesson.
Have a great week Ronnie!!!

P.S. I wonder why you don’t like idioms Ronnie.

Regino

Hi again Ronnie; just to let you know that I searched for the quiz high and low, but to my dismay I couldn’t find it.

Engaging lesson Ronnie !

P.S. Don’t you use idioms when you talk? How come?

Regino

The quiz is here now, Regino!

engVid

Hi Ronnie! Nice to e-meet you! Are you available for a short video-explainer for a startup App? I really really really love your expressivity and you are so funny!!Please contact me at matias@skirrel.com if you like the idea for more details! Thanks!

matias771981

very useful thanks Ronnie
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I hope there is anybody wants to practice his/her English with me voice chat :)
my skype is khalid_3adel
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Thanks

MONSTERO

i love the way that u teaching thank u :)

AwesomeOne

I got new fish and seafood idioms. Thank you for your interesting lesson :)

Happy04

Hi I am english learner from China and I have a daughter too.I like english so much may be we are can become practice partner.

steven

me too I’m from Sudan I like English very mush thank u Ronnie

HassanMohamed@mail.ru

Many thanks. I would explain how to Pronoun

khalidse10

the world will be your oyster , clam up , fish out of water ,, i think i will start to use those Idioms from now ~ . thanks Ronnie . it was Cool lesson

Jihad

GOOD LESSON

Sandeep

where is quiz?

slahser

It was a little late, but it’s there now.

engVid

Hi Ronnie, thanks for your always interesting lesson, but I have a question; you said this idiom ” fine kettle of fish’ means a good situation, however when I checked this idiom on this website http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ – I found it means a very difficult and annoying situation >> what do you think?

Hassan Kamal

It is often used sarcastically to mean a bad situation. Just like sometimes when something bad happens, people say "Great."

engVid

Yes!It’s a controversial one. Whom should we listen to, Ronnie?

liliumsapiens

Ok, I’ve got it. I didn’t notice the engVID’s comment^)
But is the sarcastic meaning really common?

liliumsapiens

Thank you Ronnie! Come to think of shrimp, it reminds me the movie ‘Forest Gump.’ Run, Forest, run! This phrase is very impressive. Have you ever watched it? For some reason, I think probably you have.
I’m looking forward your next lesson. Can’t wait! Bye for now.

juneriver

Your phrase about “shrimp”is very funny I like it.

steven

Hello, Ronnie !
You’re fab, real actress !
It’s so nice to listen to you.
When you talk words seems to get
straight into my mind !
I’ll use some idioms (except sexy).
Vale !

Yurokan

You really enjoy saying “pearl necklace” :-D

Wish you all the best.

Pavel-15

I do love seafood. I loved the video, I like to create phrases by using all the new stuff I’m learning.

RoSena

Hi! After reading your description I may agree with:’ We can help each other =)’; and if you want to practice English, be my guest… feel free to keep in touch in any time by my electronic address. I live in DF, but I really love Sampa! Bye for now.

Edinho

Hi, namesake! I’m also from DF! Keep in touch. My e-mail is the same name as you can see here at gmail. See you!

Edinnho6

Hi can I speak with u on english

abadikhan

yes with me.

danielpn

If you want we can speak on skype Rosena. Thank you for your help.

camalote

i need help.can you help me

naveedroz

The photo used by Engvid.com to explain the “fish taco” was very elucidative.

Jorge Pedroso

Yeah, fish taco is an idiom that’s easy to relate to what it means. :)

Great lesson as always. Thank you , Ronnie.

Evaldo Mendes

you’re a very nice,great, awesome teacher
honestly I really like the way you teach.
we really hope deep inside our hearts you keep up hard work

shellcoder91

you’re a very nice,great, awesome teacher
honestly I really like the way you teach.
we really hope deep inside our hearts you keep up the hard work

shellcoder91

Thank you, Ronnie. I learned good idioms today. :)

DAEHEON KANG

you are so funny!!!! and I like teacher same you! It relly good for students!)

AlineMizroyan

Yes I think so.

steven

such a boring lesson i had ever seen in my life

palakshi nautiyal

that’s not true .. YOU are rude !!!! the lesson was very interesting , I bet you didn’t know those idioms ..

moldret

but can u teach me how to find a wrong word ie editing and omission? it would be very helpful to me as it is in our course

palakshi nautiyal

a lot of thanks for you mss ronnie

khier19

Ronnie your lesson are so funny!!! thanks from Italy

geppo

Hi,Ronnie!thanks!you are a good teacher!)

Miloud Scaramuzzino

Loved that!

Patguim

Let’s talk…

camalote

Ronnie, I’ll learn by heart all those idioms, I promese you! ;)

Thanks for the class, lady :D

dsmolina

Ronnie I love your lessons :D you are my favorite teacher :D

moldret

I very much like you have added a lot of emotions on your video, facial expressions, changing your voice tone …. etc. This is really helpful to memorize the lesson. Thank you so much and I hope to another lesson of yours very soon! :)

zack10011

What’s the different between didn’t and haven’t ???
What’s the grammar for ‘yet’ word

Nusky99

I think that is a good questions nusky, I also have been confused with that two words, I also wanna know what’s the difference between didn’t and haven’t. Sometimes I used the didn’t, sometimes Haven’t.

edz20

any one here to practice english this is my skype:zobair_213

zobair213

Hi Ronnie! I want to congratulate for what are you doing here, on engvid.com, along with other teachers. I watched all your videos and I learned a lot of things. I would like to ask if you could make a clip for relative pronouns and clauses (difference between defining, non-defining etc). I try to learn about them form a pretty good book actually, but nothing compares to your explanations :) Thank you for reading this and have a beautiful day!

anthony24

Thank you Ronnie, your always the best

anshuo0816

Thank you very much. This lesson is very helpful.I am very week in idioms but now i think it is very easy if i really try to learn it.Also your method of teaching and your expression is very nice. I like it very much. Hope i will find your next lesson soon.

MD. Nasir Shikder Hridoy

Thanks

maryamsaba

Thanks very much

adalberto75

Hi Ronnie! I found you on the youtube. You’re so cool and great teacher as well.I like the strategies way you teaching and styles which is make us to learn easily from the lessons you taught.I’m interested to learn more about English lessons. I also would like to motivate my English. Plus! You are really funny,you made me giggle every time I watch your videos. I am looking forward for your new lessons. This is Edz, Your new student. :)I’m sorry if my English is bad.

Best wishes,
Edz

edz20

Hi everyone , Please add me edz.own , that is my skype id. I would like to talk on cam to cam to enhance my pronounciation. Let’s talk and teach each other :)

edz20

Good lession, is the first time that I see idioms with seafood.

nestorrosariorosario

good job

Anuar is from Kazakhstan

Thank Ronnie

Mai Phong

Find me on facebook
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FAGC

ronni…your lesson is mindblowing..now i am your fan at first lesson.

parmjeet

MS roonie thank you so much for teaching. I got so much knowledge form you I like it very much I hope I will find next lesson soon. and your so funny bye bye

rrahel

Hahaha I loved it!Thank you so much!

abby8912

hi ronnie
you are very good tetcher

foufou2323

Hi Ronnie,
Thanks for lessons.
Could you please teach about deferent meaning of “Get “,also how could I use it in the sentences.thanks in advance.

rezacyprus

you’re incredible teacher. I enjoy learning English with you ;)

tamerden

Ronnie, this MHHMHH was from family guy-Herbert the Pervert??? :D you are number one!!!

stela12

Very good course but no quiz!

alainloua

Thank you a lot for your help! greetings from Mexico

Abraham Galeana

Ronnie I love your lessons

daniel04

Ronnie is the best for me!

edi46r

Hello, here’s my skype- anandhyd29 . We do practice our english. Call me! See you. :)

Anand

Hey i am sorry. It’s anand.andy10 (Skype id). Anyone can add and call me. Thanks in advance. :)

Anand

hi
thnaks,
i have question about accent that make me confused i try to learn english for i want to work in customer service career so i learn english but i’m alawys confuse about accent just i want learn eng accent that help me to communicat to any person who speaking native eglish Birtsh or American
what shall i do ? and what is salng ? isit formal pronunciation?
and thank you alot :)

MinaEssa

thanks Ronnie

Amer 2

Thx a lot.

A.farid

I love this tnx

Tayototy

Thanks RONNNNNNNIIIIIIEEEEEEE.!!!!!

Sylvain

Thank you RONNNIIIIIIEEEEEEE <3

satman

Thanks for the lesson.

neverloseheart65

thank you very much and i have learned a lot

hanimaf

I must study hard.

ekapunpharma

Thanks for the lesson!

Aldiyar

Thank you

golozari

Love it and many thank, would you like to explain about : home , house , condo, building , ….please.!

jhakheng

That’s a good idea! I’ve added it to the list of requests, we’ll see who picks it up.

engVid Moderator

Thank you teacher

ecoarias

You are the best teaching Ronnie.

Phudsadee

Hi I need with any one to speak english

abadikhan

Thanks a lot engel Ronnie ;u save more people in the world by teaching English with this way i seach more in YouTube and i like ur way u teaching i m new student in begener level and i m interesing to learn ur 92 LESSON in this level thanks for ur sweet heart teacher

AHLAN2014

Ronnie you are very fun!
Thanks for this lesson!

My skype: william_flores

William Flores

Great lesson and I’m a huge fun of Ronnie’s drawings!

anetkou

Hello guys. I´m alive and kicking.
I´ve learned a lot with you.
Thank you so much.

BETO

Now i feel like a fish in the water! haha thanks Ronnie

Gexander

what does ”ride it out”mean?

suzzy9999999999

I liked so much… >.<

Polyana

In my opinion es a wear expression but very funny.

Polojr

MMMH…I want eat sea food!

monica reyes

Something is wrong or strange jajaja

Cristian Gutiérrez

Thank you so much, it was a good lesson for me. i really liked it.

Ryhan

This So Fun ! 10/10 :)

moaoun

the lesson was great and i loved it

karlos adel wahep

that very useful ronnie … and me too I don’t like a fish too much .

NamedAHMED

thank you to take me through idioms..was pretty amazing

siya96

You are one of my favourite instructor Ronnie.

fo2sh1982

Hi Ronnie, tnks for your lessons. Learn English it´s funny and easier with you.

Krl Ozz

*is

Krl Ozz

I need repet

enrriqueggarcia1

You’re the best teacher I ever met! I love your classes, and I laugh through the whooole video. thanks a lot!

jladvisory

“or in a tank if you’re not lucky” hahaha you’re really funny, you can make a lot of money as comediaan, I love your lessons! Thank you!

jladvisory

Hi Ronnie
I need to ask you this question,I heard that it is very important to know a lot of “IDIOMS” to understand a native speaker or if you are going to live in a English speaking country otherwise you won’t understand them.Is it true?

skk07911

By the way thank you for such a nice idiom lesson.

skk07911

many many thanks

Gurmeet singh

your video is very funny so i love it

pesam1012000

Hi.thank you for your lessons. I like it

Elharchi

Ronnie you are a pool shark in English slang.
;-)

Emadjasim

The lessons was great and I loved it

Elharchi

Thank you. You are so fanny and i was laughing during the lesson

assemka

Hi Ronnie! You are a great teacher! :) Thank you for all the lessons! :)

anca18

hy am new here want ur help

hammad kay

“Fish out water” i like it ^-^

ghadeer11

I loved it so much….

lovelynsantia

Ronnie,

Thank you very much for this lesson. It was very interesting and funny.

In my workplace a lot of co-workers use idioms every day and I have heard some of those in some conversations as the word clams.

Thanks again
Douglas Lagos

Douglas Lagos

very useful for me, thank ya

zeleon

Thanks,,,,please keep teaching idioms, I really love it.
I feel smart when I use idioms :)
I Don’t know If I can say that about myself but I feel like I’m fresh off the boat :(

Rahaf

Oh!!love it!!

aneleborras

Ronnie hates fish but I don’t. lol. Bye Ronnie!

yourockclaire

Thank You Ronnie…!
I’m an Indian and learned some new stuff…!

Poorna Teja Konatham

my score was great 10/10 ,,

Your style in explanation is wonderful and very easy ..
thanks :*

Mahie

thank you ronnie … you are amazing …

thanks alot from egypt :)

ahmedyousri89

thank you.

HaySi

awesome lesson

thanks

mshurafa

its kinda cool but idk if i am gonna use it in my real life or not =D

Maya-27

Hi! Is anybody from Brazil here? Maybe we can help each other with Portuguese and English? =) My Skype is annabelle_herisson

Thank you for a funny lesson, Ronnie ))

Niurochka

very good

Etienne FREDERIC

good fish!)

karik44

Thanks a lot for idiom lessons..when Ronnie said “pearl necklace” and starring a camera..I got meaning roonie taught the meaning in sex with roonie lesson….

Deepak workaholic

that was a dirty video but thanks anyway

chloe miller 2003

10/10. Thanks.

errami

Regarding English, I’m fresh off the boat.

errami

Quiz results said I answered 7 out of 10 correctly but showed that only numbers 3 and 4 were incorrect.

suki.hartford

Thanks, got 30% without watching.

Abdul Qayum

I love the fish tacos

calico

some times i clammed up..!!! dnt know y :(

nareshveeramas

awsome..!!

nareshveeramas

Thanks

Elirupayasita

Oh no :S igot 9 out to 10

zidan OO7

Superzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Shammika

Thank you. :)I learn a lot with your clas

Mszamoraa

Thanks! good lesson……………

Thon sophorn

Thanks you very much

maazman

What the meaning of immigrate

maazman

It means “to move to another country”. Like “Many people immigrated to Canada hoping for better jobs.”

(When you want to emphasize moving out of instead of moving to, it’s “emigrate”: “My dad emigrated from Thailand in 1970.”)

engVid Moderator

how i can turn the video with subtitle

Kirollos 1987

can you teach me one to one?

hmod2255

Million thanks to Ronnie! One of my favorite teacher on engvid.

twnicky

pearl necklace :D

PeterV

As we know that practice is must to improve our communcation skill,
can we join to chat and for call or video call
my info – +919930541487 (Watapp or viber)
SKYPE- bhuvnesh.kumar69

thankx

bhuvnesh kumar

If anyone wants to talk to me in english on voice chat, just add me on skype. I would like to practice and improve my english skills. My skype id:luminianis

Luminianis

oh, it’s really pleasure if you’re teaching. my favorite teacher. thanks ronnie :)

fifadhlina

im happy i ve got 100/100 thank you runnie

dreamtravel

thank you Ronnie for the lesson..
In my country, when you say that he’s/she’s a shrimp it means that he/she is ugly..lol

imlian

so thank you for usefull lesson…

sevilaysait

Ronnie I love your lessons, thank you

aska21m

Funny lesson

Yippee-ki-yay

Thanks. It`s very usefull

Tanusha-kr

it was verryyyyyyyyyyyy useful,thank you ronnie :)

behi59

merci beaucoup teacher thank you a lot :)

tuba89

Nice to see you again :)

xpiotrekx

Thank you teacher :) .

NoblessH

The world is my oyster!…thanks :)

Abanob2015

Thank you for your lesson! You just taught me something I did not know before. Awesome!

Mitsuyon

The world is my oyster. she is clammed up.
i am fresh off the boat. she is a shrimp.
when i stay in the new environment i feel like a fish outta water.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL..

Jason

Thanks for new idioms and also new vocabularies :D The world is my oyster….. >.<"

ichamtee

thanks

hayder1988

Thanks Ronnie, is a great lesson for me!

gustavoaltamira

Hi Ronnie, thanks. that was a funny lesson.

Ark2015

“a very difficult and annoying situation”
i look it up from Cambrige Dictionary Online. But you said “fine kettle of fish” = a very very good situation ?

CQ10

very intresting and useful this lession, thank u ronnie

Ramdin

Ronnie, i have no idea how to Thank for your lessons. Each lesson that i watch i love more and more. Thanks a lot Ronnie, you are really amazing. *—-*

lozinskydino

thanks a lot Ronnie.

hilalsud

Great move at 11:35 Ronnie!!!

mescal

good lesson. Thank you.

Abhi

you are one of the best teacher that i have ever seen
i like u so muuuuuuuch

elimasi

wow! your lesson is very good!!
I wanna good at english~ I WILL TRY~

yuhee

Hi Ronnie, your lessons always surprise me! Thank you for your dedication.

Lisafromitaly

Hi Ronnie!
Unlike you, I fond of seafood and fish! Thanks for this lesson :) It is the good opportunity for learning vocabulary and for acquaintance with interesting idioms which could use in speaking in the same time! Some of these idioms have been remembered easily. For example, about shrimps, ‘fresh off the boat’ and “fish out of water’ ))))) What a interesting, we have some version about fish but it is directly opposite – ‘as fish in the water’ that means feel myself comfortable, in familiar atmosphere.

Upichka

great lesson ,,,, thanks a lot

Musbah

Hey, Ronnie! You said you don’t know why people say they are happy as an oyster. I don’t know if it is the same in Canada, but here in Brazil this idiom is common too. And people say it ironically. Because oysters aren’t happy at all. The pearl is like a tumor, and it happens when a grain of sand get in the oyster. So, the life of an oyster is suffering. Sad, isn’t it?

abnadabe

hi ronnie igot a perfect score,yeheyyy.thank you

Hydelin Perillo

Great lesson Ronnie thank you

sokdavid

Hi. How are you these days? You are a great teacher and I always watch your videos. they help me a lot. thanks for helping me and the others…
Have a nice day. Bye…

samanehhhhh

Thank you very much.it was an incredible

ed.abubakri

Thanks Ronnie you’re the best¡

david@

You are the best! You made my day :)!

pumsya

Thank you so much…

Marta Lopez

i am happy as a clam to have listened to your video; thanks for it ronnie

kirileclown

Thanks

MohammedN

very funny lesson, great Ronnie

corradocardano

What funny options the test have! Thank you.

jack0910

i disagree a mite with Ronnie on the meaning of “a fine kettle of fish” and “Flounder”
“A fine kettle of fish” means (strongly in my opinion) – a troublesome situation (not good situation); a vexing problem.
“Flounder” means (according to urban dictionary) -a shapeless woman who has neither breasts nor an ass. She is thinly shaped up and down much like the fish.
Hope it will help!