🛑 10 Cliche idioms you should stop using

IELTS Speaking for Success

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🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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For this episode, together with Jessica from All Ears English, we picked 10 cliché and cringe-inducing idioms that many English learners seem to use way too often. We'll show you how to use them more naturally and provide alternatives to help you express your ideas more clearly and effectively. Tune in and have a great day! - Transcript and vocabulary: https://successwithielts.com/s09e16 All Ears English podcasts: https://www.allearsenglish.com/episodes/ IELTS Energy course: https://www.allearsenglish.com/course/ielts/ IELTS Energy YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@IELTSEnergyTV Book a class with Rory here: https://successwithielts.com/rory Get exclusive episodes on IELTS Speaking parts 1, 2, and 3: https://linktr.ee/sfspremium Our course on Phrasal Verbs: https://successwithielts.com/podcourses Transcript: https://successwithielts.com/s09e15 Our IELTS Writing course: https://linktr.ee/wfspremium Find an IELTS Speaking Partner: https://links.successwithielts.com/ieltspartner Our social media: https://linktr.ee/successwithielts © 2023 Success with IELTS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.9	Hello, lovely. I'm Maria. And my name is Rory.
0:37.8	And in this episode, we're going to talk about idioms.
0:40.4	Rory, have you ever met people who use idioms in every sentence?
0:45.7	Yeah, it's weird.
0:47.3	What's the weather like today?
0:48.9	It's raining cats and dogs.
0:50.9	Did you enjoy the concert last night?
0:52.9	Nah, it wasn't like cup of tea. How often do you drink whiskey? Not very often. I'd say once in a blue moon. How did you manage to finish all these essays? I had to burn the midnight oil. Why do you get up at 5 a.m. in the morning? Because the early bird catches the worm. It sounds really strange, right?
1:12.4	It does. So for this episode, we picked ten idioms that everyone seems to be using
1:16.4	poorly or incorrectly.
1:18.5	We're going to show you how to use them naturally. Okay? Ready?
1:22.9	Yes, and to do that, we have a very special guest. Jessica is the director of curriculum development
1:29.0	at All-Ears English, and she's also one of the co-hosts for the IELT Energy podcast as well.
1:35.3	And she's an ex-examiner of 14 years. Hey, hello, Jessica.
1:40.0	Hi, hi, everyone. So you have All-Ears podcast and IEL's energy, right?
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