Learn 13 English IDIOMS from the theatre

The great English playwright Shakespeare famously wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” It is true that life is like a theatre play, isn’t it? And in fact, there are plenty of expressions we use that are related to theatre language but mean other things. In this lesson, I will introduce you to a variety of idioms and metaphors from the world of theatre which are used in everyday life. You will learn the meaning of to upstage someone, break a leg, hard act to follow, to make a song and dance, to be in the limelight, and more. These expressions are commonly used by native English speakers. Let’s get the show on the road!

Hello!
Great lesson. Would it be possible to make some more videos on English idioms as well as collocations and phrasal verbs, please?
Thank you!

retro.world

Thank you Gill for the great lesson!!!

kendyosiro

Great lesson, thank you very much!

mike76

Thanks a lot Gill.You are my everything

nantumbwe kasifa

Thank you Gill for this excellent lesson.

beernaard

thank you so much Gill

mayva

That’s brilliant.

tissasera

What a great and interesting lesson Gill!!!
Just for your information and talking about theatre and expressions, here in Spain when actors go onto the stage, to wish themselves luck before a performance, instead of saying “break a leg”, they use a dirty expression, which translated into English would be “a lot of shit”. I don´t know where it comes from, but that´s what they say!!
Thank you so much Gill!!!

knopfler86

I’m not a hundred per cent sure but I think it comes from french “merd”

Marcela Mom

This is an excellent lesson.
Thank you Gill.

Fedouaki Faycal

I got 8/10, the lesson is quite difficulty and i must to struggle to it. anyway the lesson is very usefully, thank Gill very much

nguyen van long

Thank you very much, Gill. I love your lessons! The way you teach is so clear. You’re an awesome teacher.

guilhermebartolomeu

Thanck you very much.

Chris26

Would it be possible to make a lesson about Victorian carol “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” ?

mike76

Thank you for lesson.

Davidku3937

Hey there… I wanna find a partner and friend to practice English.

LeandroBento

What a brilliant Performance!
Superb lesson. I appreciate your making the effort to prepare this topic.

Margarethe

thanks teacher

antony56

thanks Gill, you steal the show on engVid .

abd2020kh

Hi Gill, thank you for bringing so great lesson. I will remember not to say good luck for an actor but wishing him “break a leg”. It’s quite interesting to learn different field of foreign cultures.

Diana0128

such an honor to see u here as we re from the same country(๑•́ω•̀๑)

Teletubbies

Very interesting !

Stavroula

thank you Gill, you are a perfect theacher

biagini

Ms Gill you steal SHINING
Thank you so much

rabbi1948

1o/1o
thank a lot, Gill ,hugs (Kazakhstan 23 Nov2021)
i wish you to be in the limelight longtime

Janyl

Gill, you’re the best teacher ever! So happy to have found you. You’re so sweet and polite and so English I already love you! I listen to you a bit every day! Thank you!!

Marcela Mom

Thank you, Gill ! Great topic.

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