We’ll look at some strange and illogical idioms that native English speakers love to use. You’ll learn what they mean and how to use them in everyday speech. There’s a slim chance that you might guess the meanings of some of the idioms in this lesson, but to make sure they are all clear as mud, I’ll explain them anyway. By the end of this video, you’ll be right as rain.
Many thanks for the cool video you made .What a great lesson teacher Adam! you are very clear by explaining English.You are an awesome teacher.I suggest make a lesson related to Instruction Labels and Translating and Interpreting simultaneously.When we handle both Languages such as English and Spanish.Have a good one!
Smartboy123
Can you do those videos ?however,I would like you make one video about coffee farm as my Dad is a farmer and needs vocab about it.
Smartboy123
Thanks Smartboy,
I will see what I can do :)
Adam
the idioms in this lesson are very hard, they are illiogical and rarely see in conversation everyday, maybe my level English is still low so i don’t reach it, anyway thank Adam and hope your next lesson will eassily
nguyen van long
Yeah ! I have just heard one of them several times. Obviously , they are make no sense when you try to understand the meaning. But after watching this vid , I’m totally able to understand and know how to use them. You need to focus on how native speaker use them in daily life. Don’t stress about idioms that much.
Dii26
Hi Nguyen,
Now that you have seen them, I am sure you will notice them a bit more in natural dialogue. Sometimes idioms are slipped in and by the time you notice that something doesn’t make sense, you will be concentrating on the next part of the conversation and will have forgotten the idiom. I hope you’ll understand them now :)
Adam
I’m Russian. I have been studying English for a year. I mostly study it by myself and learn a lot on the internet. I think that my listening skills are not good. What can I do? Please, help me! Do I have a slim chance to improve my English using the internet? It appears to be as clear as mud. But as I’m head over heels in love with the English language I do believe it’ll help and everything will be all right – right as rain… Thank you, Adam.
Larissa V.
Hi Larissa :) good idiom use.
The internet is actually a great way to learn English. As for listening, the more you do, the better it will become. You should look for transcripts or captions whenever possible to read along as you listen. Eventually, you won’t need them, but for now they will help.
Adam
Hi Adam. I’m glad I see your lesson every time because you’re my favourite Engvid teacher and I like your style of teaching! ?❤? Adam, do you have Instagram or Facebook? I’ll be keen to follow you.?
Adam, maybe could you make a lesson about fluency, I know you have fluency lesson about IELTS theme, but generally, the one about related it? Thank you in advance, Adam!? All the best to you and your family…??
srdjan21
Thank you Srdjan :)
I have a website: writetotop.com
My socials links are at the bottom of the homepage.
Adam
Hello Adam
Thank you for the lesson. We use similar expressions here in Germany. So we know “Hals über Kopf” which literally means neck over heels for head over heels. What I wanted to say is that we talk and think similarly to you. kind regards from Germany
Ronald
Ronald
Hello, Adam Thank you so much for your amazing lessons, I imploringly want you to do me a favor and do/put a lesson on ‘Preposition+which’ like of which, by which, at which, in which, etc.
God bless.
Ali
Hi Seyed,
I’ll get on that ;)
Adam
That was Great Adam, thank you. In my language, we have the same or very similar expressions / idioms, so theoretically, it should be clear as mud but it can be confusing in real life. :)
ariszilvi
Thanks a lot Adam!!Nice lesson ;)
knopfler86
Brilliant lesson
Smilingsab
Thank you Adam for your brilliant lesson again.
The expression/idiom “CAN´T HELP IT BUT” is in my language with the exactly same meaning as in English. This is why it´s easy to understand and use it now.
A.
adrijana
thank you engvid teachers
I am really enriching my vocabulary through this platform.
Dan-dada
Thank you Alex!
larysa6165
Thank you very much for this lesson.And I would like to keep in touch with you privately, please how can you help me? Because we have things to discuss ab
Jean Joseph
Hi Jean,
Please ask me here. Others can benefit as well.
You can also visit writetotop.com and join my socials.
Adam
WONDERFULL SIR
UMS145520
thank you so much
a.banchafi
I am a new subscriber and I think that this decision is right as rain and once I saw the NOUN CLAUSE video , I subscribed . Can you please tell me the meaning of HOT POTATO ?? . IT IS MY DOUBT . PLEASE ??REPLY
VENKAT SATHVIK
Welcome Venkat,
A hot potato is a controversial topic that no one really wants to discuss, so they throw it to someone else, like holding a hot potato in your hand hurts so you throw it away. Hope this helps.
Adam
Thank you, Adam, this class was very nice!
paulo.ayran
thanks alot for your effort :)
shams90
Thanks a lot.
Marwa SW
HI Adam, I have discovered you about two months ago. I am very pleased to take lessons of English with you. I really appreciate your style ans the information you provide. I have a question.
I am reading a book written by Nelson Mandela. He often use a tense I don’t really understand why.
He says for example to describe a past situation I would drive whole night in the country or that night I would arrived late.
Why use this tense instead of saying I drove or I arrived ?
Thank you for your answer and thank you to be there.
Gerard Chagnon
Welcome Gerard,
Good question.
We often use would to talk about past habits. Check to see if he is using it mostly to discuss things he normally did, not specific events.
Also, would is used in narration (storytelling) to remove the author a little bit from the situation, that is, to make him a character in his own story.
I hope this helps.
Adam
Hey Adam,
I like all your videos.
There is the same stuff with the current one! :)
Just would like to clarify with the quiz #5:
“5. Noah: So, that’s the end of the lesson. Is everyone clear on how to do the equation?
Britt: Sure, it’s _______. The answer is 42, right? Just a guess.”.
Why “clear as mud” answer is correct?
Here are my thoughts:
– “clear as mud” means “don’t understand at all”.
– “right as rain” means “very good”
Right?
So, if Noah asks “Is everyone clear?” and after that Britt starts off with “Sure!” next I expect to here “it’s clear” or “it’s understandable” or something like that.
So, my answer is “right as rain”.
Could you please clarify if my reasoning is wrong.
I’ll appreciate your feedback.
Marsius
Maybe for last sentence: “Just a guess” which means Britt is not sure about his answer. And the word “sure” in beginning is for: Britt is confident that he not get the equation & problem is unclear for him.
Jamalsr
Good answer Jamalsr ;)
Adam
Hi Marsius,
I can see how this is confusing.
The clue is “just a guess”, meaning that she doesn’t actually know because it is not clear. Also, if she knew, she would say “Sure, it’s answer.”
Also, right as rain is more about a feeling than knowing something. I feel right as rain, or this situation feels right as rain.
Does this help?
Adam
Thank you for this useful lesson!!
NoorMajed
Hello MR.ADAM I am one of your fans? would you might if you answer me ??
Is it “unpotable” or “impotable”???
Hello, Adam. Thanks to your videos. I wanna know, do you give private lessons?
Dianaa1
Hi Dianna,
I’m afraid I don’t. I do have more lessons at writetotop.com, maybe these could help.
Adam
Thanks a lot Adam, nice class! I like this expressions, they are funny!
Migk
Hey Mr. Adam, thanks a lot for your knowledge and Happy New Year
Mr. Johns
Happy New Year Mr. Johns :)
Adam
Hi Adam,
All the best in 2021 for you, well I`m really surprising !why? Because I found you as an un-credible coach ! Your session was so “CRYSTAL CLEAR” and useful for me as a project manager construction, and new in Canada(Nov 2018) !!!
Thank you,
Narges
narges1.canada@gmail.com
To you as well Narges
:)
Enjoy Canada
Adam
Hy Adam suit I like your teaching method
Waseem Abbas
you are such a amazing teacher . awesome job mr adam
morteza.king
Perfect lesson. Thanks.
apwnew
Hi Adam, your presentation is excellent and I have enjoyed your teaching so much. I’ll use what I learned in my job and I wish you the best
Thanks again
Mosay Jala
Great lesson. Thanks
Martha4460
Thank you everyone :) Have a great 2021!
Adam
Thanks for helping me to improve my english language Adam !^^
Akmal
Thank you Adam……..
Lanka Sri Lanka
I got 100% thx teacher
normancruz
Not too bad ! I got it 6 out of 10 !!! I know, I need to get better !!
TKS SO MUCH YOUR EXERCISE !!!
Limage Brazil
Hey Adam! How are u doin?
This expression “BREAK A LEG” exist in Brazil too. And the meaning is the same: good luck. In portuguese we say “QUEBRE A PERNA”. It’s more usual for actor and actress before an presentantion. Thanks a lot for your classes. See you.
dudubarcelos
tHE LESSON IS AMAZING. I REALLY LOVE THIS TEACHER. HE IS TERRIFIC!! THANKS.
LUCINEIA
9/10! Good! I like the idiom lesson more than the phrase verb lesson. I’m not a big fan of phrasal verbs.
Jerry Gu
my score is 10.They were interesting expressions. Thanks Adam ?????
Catherine G
Adam, thank you very much for all your classes. I really like you and your classes too. :)
Katarzyna Kokosza
Thanks for the interesting lesson!
ejenglish
Thank you Mr. Adam.
Alex-1956
that was great 100%
Aimerik Landou
1o/1o
well done,Alex
Greetings from Kazakhstan 12 Dec2o21:)
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69 COMMENTS
Many thanks for the cool video you made .What a great lesson teacher Adam! you are very clear by explaining English.You are an awesome teacher.I suggest make a lesson related to Instruction Labels and Translating and Interpreting simultaneously.When we handle both Languages such as English and Spanish.Have a good one!
Can you do those videos ?however,I would like you make one video about coffee farm as my Dad is a farmer and needs vocab about it.
Thanks Smartboy,
I will see what I can do :)
the idioms in this lesson are very hard, they are illiogical and rarely see in conversation everyday, maybe my level English is still low so i don’t reach it, anyway thank Adam and hope your next lesson will eassily
Yeah ! I have just heard one of them several times. Obviously , they are make no sense when you try to understand the meaning. But after watching this vid , I’m totally able to understand and know how to use them. You need to focus on how native speaker use them in daily life. Don’t stress about idioms that much.
Hi Nguyen,
Now that you have seen them, I am sure you will notice them a bit more in natural dialogue. Sometimes idioms are slipped in and by the time you notice that something doesn’t make sense, you will be concentrating on the next part of the conversation and will have forgotten the idiom. I hope you’ll understand them now :)
I’m Russian. I have been studying English for a year. I mostly study it by myself and learn a lot on the internet. I think that my listening skills are not good. What can I do? Please, help me! Do I have a slim chance to improve my English using the internet? It appears to be as clear as mud. But as I’m head over heels in love with the English language I do believe it’ll help and everything will be all right – right as rain… Thank you, Adam.
Hi Larissa :) good idiom use.
The internet is actually a great way to learn English. As for listening, the more you do, the better it will become. You should look for transcripts or captions whenever possible to read along as you listen. Eventually, you won’t need them, but for now they will help.
Hi Adam. I’m glad I see your lesson every time because you’re my favourite Engvid teacher and I like your style of teaching! ?❤? Adam, do you have Instagram or Facebook? I’ll be keen to follow you.?
Adam, maybe could you make a lesson about fluency, I know you have fluency lesson about IELTS theme, but generally, the one about related it? Thank you in advance, Adam!? All the best to you and your family…??
Thank you Srdjan :)
I have a website: writetotop.com
My socials links are at the bottom of the homepage.
Hello Adam
Thank you for the lesson. We use similar expressions here in Germany. So we know “Hals über Kopf” which literally means neck over heels for head over heels. What I wanted to say is that we talk and think similarly to you. kind regards from Germany
Ronald
Hello, Adam Thank you so much for your amazing lessons, I imploringly want you to do me a favor and do/put a lesson on ‘Preposition+which’ like of which, by which, at which, in which, etc.
God bless.
Hi Seyed,
I’ll get on that ;)
That was Great Adam, thank you. In my language, we have the same or very similar expressions / idioms, so theoretically, it should be clear as mud but it can be confusing in real life. :)
Thanks a lot Adam!!Nice lesson ;)
Brilliant lesson
Thank you Adam for your brilliant lesson again.
The expression/idiom “CAN´T HELP IT BUT” is in my language with the exactly same meaning as in English. This is why it´s easy to understand and use it now.
A.
thank you engvid teachers
I am really enriching my vocabulary through this platform.
Thank you Alex!
Thank you very much for this lesson.And I would like to keep in touch with you privately, please how can you help me? Because we have things to discuss ab
Hi Jean,
Please ask me here. Others can benefit as well.
You can also visit writetotop.com and join my socials.
WONDERFULL SIR
thank you so much
I am a new subscriber and I think that this decision is right as rain and once I saw the NOUN CLAUSE video , I subscribed . Can you please tell me the meaning of HOT POTATO ?? . IT IS MY DOUBT . PLEASE ??REPLY
Welcome Venkat,
A hot potato is a controversial topic that no one really wants to discuss, so they throw it to someone else, like holding a hot potato in your hand hurts so you throw it away. Hope this helps.
Thank you, Adam, this class was very nice!
thanks alot for your effort :)
Thanks a lot.
HI Adam, I have discovered you about two months ago. I am very pleased to take lessons of English with you. I really appreciate your style ans the information you provide. I have a question.
I am reading a book written by Nelson Mandela. He often use a tense I don’t really understand why.
He says for example to describe a past situation I would drive whole night in the country or that night I would arrived late.
Why use this tense instead of saying I drove or I arrived ?
Thank you for your answer and thank you to be there.
Welcome Gerard,
Good question.
We often use would to talk about past habits. Check to see if he is using it mostly to discuss things he normally did, not specific events.
Also, would is used in narration (storytelling) to remove the author a little bit from the situation, that is, to make him a character in his own story.
I hope this helps.
Hey Adam,
I like all your videos.
There is the same stuff with the current one! :)
Just would like to clarify with the quiz #5:
“5. Noah: So, that’s the end of the lesson. Is everyone clear on how to do the equation?
Britt: Sure, it’s _______. The answer is 42, right? Just a guess.”.
Why “clear as mud” answer is correct?
Here are my thoughts:
– “clear as mud” means “don’t understand at all”.
– “right as rain” means “very good”
Right?
So, if Noah asks “Is everyone clear?” and after that Britt starts off with “Sure!” next I expect to here “it’s clear” or “it’s understandable” or something like that.
So, my answer is “right as rain”.
Could you please clarify if my reasoning is wrong.
I’ll appreciate your feedback.
Maybe for last sentence: “Just a guess” which means Britt is not sure about his answer. And the word “sure” in beginning is for: Britt is confident that he not get the equation & problem is unclear for him.
Good answer Jamalsr ;)
Hi Marsius,
I can see how this is confusing.
The clue is “just a guess”, meaning that she doesn’t actually know because it is not clear. Also, if she knew, she would say “Sure, it’s answer.”
Also, right as rain is more about a feeling than knowing something. I feel right as rain, or this situation feels right as rain.
Does this help?
Thank you for this useful lesson!!
Hello MR.ADAM I am one of your fans? would you might if you answer me ??
Is it “unpotable” or “impotable”???
Hi Ahmed,
Technically, both are correct, depending on which dictionary you use:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impotable
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/unpotable
More common is non-potable, or undrinkable
I mean mine inside of might ?
Hello! Spiks English?
I not???
Hi Ilincuta,
Soon you will ;)
Hello Mr. Adam, I am a new comer.
Welcome Burghistan :)
Hello, Adam. Thanks to your videos. I wanna know, do you give private lessons?
Hi Dianna,
I’m afraid I don’t. I do have more lessons at writetotop.com, maybe these could help.
Thanks a lot Adam, nice class! I like this expressions, they are funny!
Hey Mr. Adam, thanks a lot for your knowledge and Happy New Year
Happy New Year Mr. Johns :)
Hi Adam,
All the best in 2021 for you, well I`m really surprising !why? Because I found you as an un-credible coach ! Your session was so “CRYSTAL CLEAR” and useful for me as a project manager construction, and new in Canada(Nov 2018) !!!
Thank you,
Narges
To you as well Narges
:)
Enjoy Canada
Hy Adam suit I like your teaching method
you are such a amazing teacher . awesome job mr adam
Perfect lesson. Thanks.
Hi Adam, your presentation is excellent and I have enjoyed your teaching so much. I’ll use what I learned in my job and I wish you the best
Thanks again
Great lesson. Thanks
Thank you everyone :) Have a great 2021!
Thanks for helping me to improve my english language Adam !^^
Thank you Adam……..
I got 100% thx teacher
Not too bad ! I got it 6 out of 10 !!! I know, I need to get better !!
TKS SO MUCH YOUR EXERCISE !!!
Hey Adam! How are u doin?
This expression “BREAK A LEG” exist in Brazil too. And the meaning is the same: good luck. In portuguese we say “QUEBRE A PERNA”. It’s more usual for actor and actress before an presentantion. Thanks a lot for your classes. See you.
tHE LESSON IS AMAZING. I REALLY LOVE THIS TEACHER. HE IS TERRIFIC!! THANKS.
9/10! Good! I like the idiom lesson more than the phrase verb lesson. I’m not a big fan of phrasal verbs.
my score is 10.They were interesting expressions. Thanks Adam ?????
Adam, thank you very much for all your classes. I really like you and your classes too. :)
Thanks for the interesting lesson!
Thank you Mr. Adam.
that was great 100%
1o/1o
well done,Alex
Greetings from Kazakhstan 12 Dec2o21:)