English with Mike

🥚 A bad egg: someone who does bad things. He was dishonest, but he was the only bad egg in the group. 🥚 Walk on eggshells: be extremely cautious about one's words or actions. "his air of tetchy perfectionism encouraged those around him to walk on eggshells" 🥚 Don’t put all your eggs in one basket 🧺 don't risk everything on the success of one venture. "we need to be more tactical and not put all our eggs in one political basket" 🥚 You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs Sometimes, when we want to create or achieve something, we must sacrifice or destroy another thing to do it.

SHOOT THE BREEZE = to spend time talking about things that are not important: 👉🏻We sat out on the porch, just shooting the breeze. 👉🏻They expected me to sit up and shoot the breeze with them till one or two in the morning

🦇 ⚾️ 🔵1. Bat ( a stick like a baseball bat) 👉🏻 She showed me how to hold the bat. 🔵2. Bat 🦇(a flying animal) 👉🏻There’s a rumor that covid19 comes from a bat 🔵3. Bat your eyelashes (flirt with someone) She kept batting her eyelashes at me each time I talked to her, so I'm thinking of asking her out on a date. 🔵4. Blind as a bat (they have a poor eyesight/ they can’t see the truth) 👉🏻 She’s blind as a bat without her glasses on

Shows 💜 HEARTWARMING Touvjing and good therefore causing feelings of pleasure and happiness: 👉🏻a heartwarming tale of triumph over adversity 😂 HILARIOUS extremely amusing and causing a lot of laughter: 👉🏻Her jokes are absolutely hilarious 🤷‍♂️ CORNY showing no new ideas or too often repeated, and therefore not funny or interesting: corny jokes 👉🏻I couldn't watch the whole movie - it was just too corny. 🤔SUSPENSEFUL causing a feeling of excitement or nervousness because you are waiting for something to happen or are uncertain about what is going to happen: 👉🏻a suspenseful thriller

Drop the ball 🏈 To make a mistake and fail to do what you’re responsible for 👉🏻I'm so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party. 👉🏻I admit it, I dropped the ball on this one

🔴KEEP IN MIND (Don’t forget that) 🔵Keep in mind, this is only the second year that she's been on the board. 🔵Just keep in mind that it gets dark a lot earlier these days. I don't want you to have any trouble driving home. 🔵Keep in mind, our budget is pretty small.

🔴PET-PEEVES 🔵IT BUGS ME WHEN ... 👉🏻It bugs me when people speak loudly in a restaurant 🔵I CAN’T STAND IT WHEN... 👉🏻I can’t stand it when someone asks me personal questions 🔵IT GETS ON MY NERVES WHEN .... 👉🏻It gets on my nerves when people have high expectations of me

🔴Evidence 🔵I’VE HEARD THAT... 👉🏻I’ve heard that extroverted people tend to live longer 🔵I READ SOMEWHERE THAT... 👉🏻I read somewhere that in America there are suicide clubs". 🔵STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT... 👉🏻Studies have shown that low self-esteem predicts depression.

🔴Requests 🔵I was wondering… (polite request/ offer) 👉🏻• I was wondering if you could babysit my child today 👉🏻We were wondering if you’d like to have dinner with us 🔵I would be grateful if you could/would …(Very polite ) •👉🏻 I would be grateful if you could/would send me further information 👉🏻• I would be grateful if you could/would send me an invoice

🔴Food 🍲 🍱 🥘 🔵Chew (to crush food with your teeth) • You don’t chew your food enough. That’s why you get indigestion   🔵Munch (to eat noisily) • He was munching on an apple   🔵scarf sth down / wolf sth down (eat too quickly) • He scarfed down his lunch and went back outside   🔵Pig out • I’m meant to be on a diet but I pigged out last night 🔵scarf sth down / wolf sth down (eat too quickly) • He scarfed down his lunch and went back outside   🔵Pig out • I’m meant to be on a diet but I pigged out last night 🔵Sip (to drink a very small amount) • He sipped the red wine • He took a sip of his hot coffee   🔵Slurp (to drink something noisily) • Try not to slurp • I wish you would stop slurping your soup like that 🔵Chug (to drink fast without stopping) • He was so thirsty he chugged three glasses of water