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Hello and welcome to the English We Speak with Me Faye.

And hello, I'm Neil.

You look busy. What are you doing today? Well I'm getting

ready to go shopping I need to buy a suit jacket probably grey then I'll probably buy a

gray and purple tie which will match the purple flowers on my shirt.

You see I've got a wedding to go to which...

Neil, stop. You could have just said you were about to go shopping.

I don't need all the ins and outs of your trip.

The ins and outs?

You mean you want directions for which shops I'm going in?

Definitely not, Neil.

I said the ins and outs we use the expression the ins and outs as a way to mean all the details

we can use this expression in everyday situations or in the office.

So you don't want to know the ins and outs about my shopping trip then?

Not at all. I've seen the clothes you wear, so I have no desire to know the ins and outs of where you go shopping.

Well maybe we can talk less about shopping and more about the details of this expression after these examples. I sat in the office while my new boss explained the ins and outs of the job.

Tell me the ins and outs of the backstory behind the film.

Keep your email short. We don't need to know all the ins and outs.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English.

We're learning about the expression the ins and outs, which means all the details.

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