Watch this lesson to learn some easy English idioms that are related to animals. These common phrases can help you sound like a native speaker, and to understand English shows and movies. If you’re done pigging out, and are tired of all the monkey business, join me and Mr. E! You will learn idiomatic expressions, and I promise, no one will rat on you!
graet lesson sir
u will be remembered for good for u r excellent lesson…..
i am so lucky because it’s my first comment for u r lesson just than i am happy-go-lucky……
sonykhan
Interesting video on animal idioms James.
A principle in testing states ” You test what you teach”.
There were two idioms ( rat on and rat out)that were not taught overtly on this video lesson, however they were included on the test; how come?
Thus, the validity of this quiz is highly questionable and so is the outcomes?
Looking forward to your reply James.
Regards
Regino
yap
i got 8 correct answer in this quiz
thanks in million James…..
sonykhan
Animal idioms are interesting. Thank you, James and Mr.E :)
Happy04
what does the fox say? really?
puzzzo
No. It was a mistake :|
engVid
Interesting video on animal idioms James.
A principle in testing states ” You test what you teach”.
There were two idioms ( rat on and rat out)that were not taught overtly on this video lesson, however they were included on the test; how come? Thus, the validity of this quiz is highly questionable and so is the outcomes?
Looking forward to your reply.
Regards
Regino
ya i fe
adhikari sonu
yes, you are right Regino..i found the same.
adhikari sonu
Thanks for your comment Adhikari, I feel much better now.
I do not know if you have noticed that James NEVER gives feedback on anything. I did’nt mean to be rude, but that’s the naked truth.
Regards
Regino
well, there are so many other commenter aswell and its quite impossible to response each, but hope you ‘ll get feet back
soon. :)
adhikari sonu
feedback*
adhikari sonu
‘a girl with smile on face, chatter box for close friends, shy girl for stranger and interested in learn English’. Thus, Hope one day you will be teaching in Eng Vid. Sincere hope
DZIDZOU
By the way Sonu, where are you from”
Thanks again for your timely feedback.
Keep in touch! Bye for now.
Regino
fox said rely on really foxes only
Ras Ars
can you explain what does the fox say?
fredy unique
Thank you, James. But I have a question about the “what does the fox say”. I couldn’t find the meaning of this idiom. Would anyone tell me?
suanmei
8. Jane started wearing red lipstick to school. The next day many other girls were wearing red lipstick too.
Which expression can you use?
Isn’t there a right answer monkey see monkey do?
Drogba
Hi Drogba.in my opinion you are right at all.however I’m looking forward…
Stranger444
Yes, you are correct. There was a problem with the quiz. This has now been fixed. Sorry.
engVid
Thanks for your efficiency
Drogba
Thanks got 44%.
Abdul Qayum
thank you, James. your videos are so interesting :)
BaoChau
Good work sir..But Im having a small doubt.
Q)Jane started wearing red lipstick to school. The next day many other girls were wearing red lipstick too.
Which expression can you use?
what does the fox say
pig out
monkey see, monkey do
monkey business.
Sir, please justify your answer for this question..I expected the answer is monkey see,monkey do..but it isnt..
Satish Kumar Kolli
got 8/9..thank you Mr.James
Stranger444
Hi Mr.James, “What does the Fox say” this expression is strange for the students.could you explain it please ?
Stranger444
Hh James I got 6 of 9 :( any way thanks
please, be slowly at explanation at next time
Thanks again.
m0dy
I don’t understand why the right answer for 8 is:”What does the fox say”.
This is one of the most funniest lesson you have ever done!
Now “I pull the rabbit out of a hat “ and say to you :”Happy Easter”!
byte
Sorry about that. There was a mistake with number 8. It is now fixed.
engVid
I agree with you, Byte!
Carol3139
hi evrybody ..
thaks MR james for this important lesson …..
to engvid webmaster would you add on the rsult of quiz a bootin do download coorectio…
thank you so much see you next lesson..
sidahmedbcf
You want to download the correct answers? I don’t think this would be very useful for many people. Why do you want to do this?
engVid
ok us you like my teacher ……………….
thanks to reply me
see you next lessen
take car of yourself
sidahmedbcf
What a great lesson,,, very funny as well.
Thank you.
fabiolee2007
hi sir,
I am seeing every video of you in youtube,but i am having so many doubt in English to clear its form basics.so please guide me how to clear my doubts.I am very much interested in learning english please help me sir.
vulchi
hi sir,
my name is raju,from India.your videos are very interesting while listening but it is very difficult to do experimentally .I am very hunger to learn English because I wrote 2 times IELTS exam to do masters in U.S.A but i got only 5 and 5.5 .Due to this reason they reject my U.S.A visa so please help me how to improve my English writing and speaking in right manner.reply as soon as possible
vulchi
There must be a mistake in the quiz, I’m not sure if ‘what does the fox say’ means anything at all.. It’s just a song by Ylvis, but I might be wrong..
shprot
Yes, there was a mistake. This has now been fixed. Sorry.
engVid
It’s a great video as always, anyway. Thanks James ;)
shprot
i haven’t understood the rat on,rat out,what does the fox say .i need a help from mr James,sir pls reply
rajpal90
good lesson. thz
rujanka
Would you please never ever sing nor trill when you give lessons?
tthanlann
Question! Monkey seeS monkey doES? Or “Monkeys see – monkeys do”?
geotip
Hi “geotip”. I have read that it is in a pidgin language.
A pidgin is a language created in order to conduct business when two sets of speakers don’t have a common language.
byte
Hey James! Your manner of teaching English is fantastic:) as well as your amazing pictures! I’m confident 100% you could give us drawing lessons…of course for free!
AlexSem
6/9 thanks James.
adalberto75
9/9 that’s it, monkey see, monkey does, yup…..
Jorge Pedroso
It´s importante learn expressions and slangs but most importante would be remember them becouse there are so much expressions.what we can do to remenber all them? Can you make a vídeo about this?
grazisil13
Hi grazisil.if you want to remember the expressions which you are interested in,then you have to practise for it with your friends.the most you will practise,the most you will improve your skills about expressions.so keep practising all the time :)
Stranger444
Thanks, James. I got 9. I like to attend your lessons.
noneego
9-9
;p
otno722
oh my!!! got 9 correct out of 9!!
Manuel-
congratulation! i got only 8 out of 9
adhikari sonu
I got 7 correct out of 9 :) Not bad!! Thanks James & Mr. E!
verin
Dear James, I’d like 2 thank U 4 this lesson! U r a great teacher! ))))
p/s I got 8 from 9
In Sun
Thanks, James! Very interesting and informative lesson. I got 8 out of 9 (it is because ditty about fox)
NadiaM
Thank you very much I got 9 of 9
brightup
Hi James,
I have a question about one of the expresions.
“Monkey see, monkey do”. Monkey is singular, isn’t it ? So why no “(e)s” to see and do ? Is it an exception, or something else ?
Thank you :)
annie974
Don’t get me wrong. But your sweater is very nice. As for idioms, I liked it very much.
Humpt
Hi James,
thanks a lot for your amazing video.
You’re a great teacher.
take care
cep62
really awsm lesson i jus love it
kittydoll
I want to improve my english. my skype g.politic
Diken
it was amazing! keep going!
sethnikhil
Great! I learned and laughed a lot.
Fernando
89% Video was really interesting, I love it! Thanks a lot to the author! Keep going!!! )))
Anneka
Hello, James!
Thanks for your great job!
Could you explain the meaning of phrases “rat out” and “rat on”? I couldn’t find it in video.
NinnyP
Thanks!
Mr James I got 7 correct out of 9. I’ve like your class about idioms. It’s really insteresting video.
Tks James!
sweetlullaby1
Its good to know animals body expiration.
I really enjoy it .
hassanalbalushi
Useful lesson. Thanks James!!!
Myriam21
new info to me really appreciate it
good job
EYE365
So Interesting !!! I like ti ^^ thanks so much!!
Menwa
100%!!! That was a nice lesson. We would appreciate a part 2!!!
Sally S
thank you James… I got 8/9
Sadia
Thank you.
Pong
thank you
iheb09
thanks!
artdialog4
Hello! Could you tell me why phrase “Monkey see monkey do” is correct? I can be wrong, but “Monkey sees monkey does”, or “Monkeys see monkeys do” is more correct.
usbo
Thank you very much for James, really he’s good teacher. Thanks James, I want to add you on skype and to talk to face to face. my skype is yusuf-nabotov. aaa by the way I got 100% from test (from 9 question 9 answer). By guys!
yusuf-nabotov
thats a good lesson james however i live in America and today was the first time i heard the monkey business idiom .
cupil27
Thank you sir, very useful lesson.
Amani.KH
that was great thanks alot
antilove
It seemed not to be found “rat out” or “rat on” on the nice lecture video, but probably I missed to hear it. Thanks
yzab
some questions I’m not sure;rat out,rat on,but I got 100% hhhhhhhhh.
lotte.jolene
Thanks James for perfect lesson. I have a question can we use that all idioms in ielts…
cagan
teacher james.. its a nice lesson.. and will always remember you every time to hear and use those idioms. godbless
rubencgarciajr
Very interesting lesson. I ve seen expression “monkey business” before but the meaning was remaining little riddle for me). Before this video of course)
Thank you for an explanation.
VielGluck
Great lesson. Thank you
Amaniabdullah
I love this lesson so much!!
I want more :D
Thank you, Mr. James.
P.S. Your sweater is cute, it suits you very well.
WerdGu
I’ll pig you out Mr James because I hate your lesson. (Joking).you’re good at the job and I’m going to get more lessons quickly as the rat race.
lachgar
Tha was great
You got 9 correct out of 9.
:D
Thanks Alot …
M.Amir.N
Great video, you can also add pig face
Cooldude2014
hi James,may I ask you to teach subjunctive?
A.farid
That’s a nice lesson, teacher!
Mr. Oliveira
I want to hog watch Engvid. Thanks teacher James! This is very useful!
indrakharisma08
I hope to meet You one day in Your country when I visit Canada … To say thank you brother
Fhmms14
eight correct answers
omar.hdon
ohhh i get full mark
its a good lesson thanx sir :)
rozaleen
you are really an awesome teacher. Thank you for this wonderful lesson.
Abhi
I like this small fur “brooch”, it matches the topic ;)
everden
9 out of 9 thank you sooo much James!! I loved the video even though I couldn’t understand some of your words your freshing, clear and easy going way to teach encouraged me to watch the whole video and take the quiz!! Thanks a bunch!! :)
Colombiangirl
7/9 I’am very happy thanks James
hakem
You got 9 correct out of 9.
thanks a lot.
M kartal
Animal idioms are very interesting.Thanks.
Mbuta51
I got 9 out of 9. Therefore, i’m crazy like a fox.
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104 COMMENTS
graet lesson sir
u will be remembered for good for u r excellent lesson…..
i am so lucky because it’s my first comment for u r lesson just than i am happy-go-lucky……
Interesting video on animal idioms James.
A principle in testing states ” You test what you teach”.
There were two idioms ( rat on and rat out)that were not taught overtly on this video lesson, however they were included on the test; how come?
Thus, the validity of this quiz is highly questionable and so is the outcomes?
Looking forward to your reply James.
Regards
yap
i got 8 correct answer in this quiz
thanks in million James…..
Animal idioms are interesting. Thank you, James and Mr.E :)
what does the fox say? really?
No. It was a mistake :|
Interesting video on animal idioms James.
A principle in testing states ” You test what you teach”.
There were two idioms ( rat on and rat out)that were not taught overtly on this video lesson, however they were included on the test; how come? Thus, the validity of this quiz is highly questionable and so is the outcomes?
Looking forward to your reply.
Regards
ya i fe
yes, you are right Regino..i found the same.
Thanks for your comment Adhikari, I feel much better now.
I do not know if you have noticed that James NEVER gives feedback on anything. I did’nt mean to be rude, but that’s the naked truth.
Regards
well, there are so many other commenter aswell and its quite impossible to response each, but hope you ‘ll get feet back
soon. :)
feedback*
‘a girl with smile on face, chatter box for close friends, shy girl for stranger and interested in learn English’. Thus, Hope one day you will be teaching in Eng Vid. Sincere hope
By the way Sonu, where are you from”
Thanks again for your timely feedback.
Keep in touch! Bye for now.
fox said rely on really foxes only
can you explain what does the fox say?
Thank you, James. But I have a question about the “what does the fox say”. I couldn’t find the meaning of this idiom. Would anyone tell me?
8. Jane started wearing red lipstick to school. The next day many other girls were wearing red lipstick too.
Which expression can you use?
Isn’t there a right answer monkey see monkey do?
Hi Drogba.in my opinion you are right at all.however I’m looking forward…
Yes, you are correct. There was a problem with the quiz. This has now been fixed. Sorry.
Thanks for your efficiency
Thanks got 44%.
thank you, James. your videos are so interesting :)
Good work sir..But Im having a small doubt.
Q)Jane started wearing red lipstick to school. The next day many other girls were wearing red lipstick too.
Which expression can you use?
what does the fox say
pig out
monkey see, monkey do
monkey business.
Sir, please justify your answer for this question..I expected the answer is monkey see,monkey do..but it isnt..
got 8/9..thank you Mr.James
Hi Mr.James, “What does the Fox say” this expression is strange for the students.could you explain it please ?
Hh James I got 6 of 9 :( any way thanks
please, be slowly at explanation at next time
Thanks again.
I don’t understand why the right answer for 8 is:”What does the fox say”.
This is one of the most funniest lesson you have ever done!
Now “I pull the rabbit out of a hat “ and say to you :”Happy Easter”!
Sorry about that. There was a mistake with number 8. It is now fixed.
I agree with you, Byte!
hi evrybody ..
thaks MR james for this important lesson …..
to engvid webmaster would you add on the rsult of quiz a bootin do download coorectio…
thank you so much see you next lesson..
You want to download the correct answers? I don’t think this would be very useful for many people. Why do you want to do this?
ok us you like my teacher ……………….
thanks to reply me
see you next lessen
take car of yourself
What a great lesson,,, very funny as well.
Thank you.
hi sir,
I am seeing every video of you in youtube,but i am having so many doubt in English to clear its form basics.so please guide me how to clear my doubts.I am very much interested in learning english please help me sir.
hi sir,
my name is raju,from India.your videos are very interesting while listening but it is very difficult to do experimentally .I am very hunger to learn English because I wrote 2 times IELTS exam to do masters in U.S.A but i got only 5 and 5.5 .Due to this reason they reject my U.S.A visa so please help me how to improve my English writing and speaking in right manner.reply as soon as possible
There must be a mistake in the quiz, I’m not sure if ‘what does the fox say’ means anything at all.. It’s just a song by Ylvis, but I might be wrong..
Yes, there was a mistake. This has now been fixed. Sorry.
It’s a great video as always, anyway. Thanks James ;)
i haven’t understood the rat on,rat out,what does the fox say .i need a help from mr James,sir pls reply
good lesson. thz
Would you please never ever sing nor trill when you give lessons?
Question! Monkey seeS monkey doES? Or “Monkeys see – monkeys do”?
Hi “geotip”. I have read that it is in a pidgin language.
A pidgin is a language created in order to conduct business when two sets of speakers don’t have a common language.
Hey James! Your manner of teaching English is fantastic:) as well as your amazing pictures! I’m confident 100% you could give us drawing lessons…of course for free!
6/9 thanks James.
9/9 that’s it, monkey see, monkey does, yup…..
It´s importante learn expressions and slangs but most importante would be remember them becouse there are so much expressions.what we can do to remenber all them? Can you make a vídeo about this?
Hi grazisil.if you want to remember the expressions which you are interested in,then you have to practise for it with your friends.the most you will practise,the most you will improve your skills about expressions.so keep practising all the time :)
Thanks, James. I got 9. I like to attend your lessons.
9-9
;p
oh my!!! got 9 correct out of 9!!
congratulation! i got only 8 out of 9
I got 7 correct out of 9 :) Not bad!! Thanks James & Mr. E!
Dear James, I’d like 2 thank U 4 this lesson! U r a great teacher! ))))
p/s I got 8 from 9
Thanks, James! Very interesting and informative lesson. I got 8 out of 9 (it is because ditty about fox)
Thank you very much I got 9 of 9
Hi James,
I have a question about one of the expresions.
“Monkey see, monkey do”. Monkey is singular, isn’t it ? So why no “(e)s” to see and do ? Is it an exception, or something else ?
Thank you :)
Don’t get me wrong. But your sweater is very nice. As for idioms, I liked it very much.
Hi James,
thanks a lot for your amazing video.
You’re a great teacher.
take care
really awsm lesson i jus love it
I want to improve my english. my skype g.politic
it was amazing! keep going!
Great! I learned and laughed a lot.
89% Video was really interesting, I love it! Thanks a lot to the author! Keep going!!! )))
Hello, James!
Thanks for your great job!
Could you explain the meaning of phrases “rat out” and “rat on”? I couldn’t find it in video.
Thanks!
Mr James I got 7 correct out of 9. I’ve like your class about idioms. It’s really insteresting video.
Tks James!
Its good to know animals body expiration.
I really enjoy it .
Useful lesson. Thanks James!!!
new info to me really appreciate it
good job
So Interesting !!! I like ti ^^ thanks so much!!
100%!!! That was a nice lesson. We would appreciate a part 2!!!
thank you James… I got 8/9
Thank you.
thank you
thanks!
Hello! Could you tell me why phrase “Monkey see monkey do” is correct? I can be wrong, but “Monkey sees monkey does”, or “Monkeys see monkeys do” is more correct.
Thank you very much for James, really he’s good teacher. Thanks James, I want to add you on skype and to talk to face to face. my skype is yusuf-nabotov. aaa by the way I got 100% from test (from 9 question 9 answer). By guys!
thats a good lesson james however i live in America and today was the first time i heard the monkey business idiom .
Thank you sir, very useful lesson.
that was great thanks alot
It seemed not to be found “rat out” or “rat on” on the nice lecture video, but probably I missed to hear it. Thanks
some questions I’m not sure;rat out,rat on,but I got 100% hhhhhhhhh.
Thanks James for perfect lesson. I have a question can we use that all idioms in ielts…
teacher james.. its a nice lesson.. and will always remember you every time to hear and use those idioms. godbless
Very interesting lesson. I ve seen expression “monkey business” before but the meaning was remaining little riddle for me). Before this video of course)
Thank you for an explanation.
Great lesson. Thank you
I love this lesson so much!!
I want more :D
Thank you, Mr. James.
P.S. Your sweater is cute, it suits you very well.
I’ll pig you out Mr James because I hate your lesson. (Joking).you’re good at the job and I’m going to get more lessons quickly as the rat race.
Tha was great
You got 9 correct out of 9.
:D
Thanks Alot …
Great video, you can also add pig face
hi James,may I ask you to teach subjunctive?
That’s a nice lesson, teacher!
I want to hog watch Engvid. Thanks teacher James! This is very useful!
I hope to meet You one day in Your country when I visit Canada … To say thank you brother
eight correct answers
ohhh i get full mark
its a good lesson thanx sir :)
you are really an awesome teacher. Thank you for this wonderful lesson.
I like this small fur “brooch”, it matches the topic ;)
9 out of 9 thank you sooo much James!! I loved the video even though I couldn’t understand some of your words your freshing, clear and easy going way to teach encouraged me to watch the whole video and take the quiz!! Thanks a bunch!! :)
7/9 I’am very happy thanks James
You got 9 correct out of 9.
thanks a lot.
Animal idioms are very interesting.Thanks.
I got 9 out of 9. Therefore, i’m crazy like a fox.