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!
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!!!
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Great lesson. Would it be possible to make some more videos on English idioms as well as collocations and phrasal verbs, please?
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Thank you Gill for the great lesson!!!
Great lesson, thank you very much!
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Thank you Gill for this excellent lesson.
thank you so much Gill
That’s brilliant.
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!!!
This is an excellent lesson.
Thank you Gill.
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
Thank you very much, Gill. I love your lessons! The way you teach is so clear. You’re an awesome teacher.
Thanck you very much.