AEE 2575: 5 English Idioms That Hit Hard

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Business, Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an all ears English podcast episode 2575, five English idioms that hit hard.
0:09.1	Welcome to the all ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times.
0:15.8	Are you feeling stuck with your English?
0:18.1	We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection
0:23.9	not perfection with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Whiz, and Lindsay McMahon,
0:31.7	the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado USA.
0:39.5	To get real-time transcripts right on your phone
0:42.4	and create your personalized vocabulary list,
0:45.5	try the All-Ears English app for iOS and Android.
0:49.6	Start your seven-day free trial at all-yearsenglish.com forward slash app.
0:59.2	Do you ever want to use a word other than the word effect to articulate the results of something?
1:06.9	Today, get five ways to do it with natural English.
1:16.3	Okay. Today, get five ways to do it with natural English. Have you ever walked out of a meeting thinking, I could have said that better.
1:22.1	You understood everything, but your response came out short or unclear or not quite like you. Maybe your ideas are strong,
1:32.1	but your English doesn't show it yet. You forget words you know. You can't explain things
1:38.9	naturally and fast conversations leave you quietly catching up. That gap can be frustrating, but it's also
1:48.5	very specific and very fixable. Our two-minute fluency quiz helps you understand where that gap is
1:57.4	and whether your level is B1, B2, or C1.
2:02.3	When you know your level, progress feels lighter and faster.
2:07.4	Take the quiz now at all-earsenglish.com slash fluency score and move closer to speaking
2:14.2	English the way you think.
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