English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hit'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 24 September 2025
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Make sure your English learning isn't hit-and-miss – be consistent! Learn this phrase and more in this podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.1 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:11.0 | Take a hit. There are lots of phrases with the word hit. Let's learn four. |
| 0:19.1 | If you hit the ground running, you start working on an activity straight away. |
| 0:23.9 | The new employee did all the training in her first week so she could hit the ground running |
| 0:28.3 | with new projects in her second week. |
| 0:30.7 | If you hit the nail on the head, you do or say something that is exactly right. |
| 0:36.1 | Your ideas about marketing strategy have hit the nail on the head. |
| 0:40.1 | That's exactly what I was thinking. If something is hit and miss, it means it is successful |
| 0:45.3 | sometimes and sometimes it isn't. It isn't reliable. We can also say hit or miss. That restaurant |
| 0:52.2 | is a bit hit and miss. Sometimes the food is great, but sometimes |
| 0:55.8 | it's awful. And finally, if two people hit it off, it means they get on really well. They like |
| 1:02.4 | each other instantly after meeting. I met your cousin last night. He's great. We really hit it off. |
| 1:08.8 | Now it's your turn. Learn these phrases this week to hit the ground running next week. |
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