Irons in the fire

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🗓️ 10 December 2012

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Jen tells Helen that she has a few 'irons in the fire' for her fortnight off work. Learn a phrase to describe having lots of options. Find out more with this programme.

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0:00.0	This is a feature from BBC learning English.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use go to BBCworldservice.com
0:09.0	forward slash podcasts
0:11.0	The English We Speak
0:15.0	From BBC Learning English
0:18.0	Hello I'm Jennifer.
0:20.0	Welcome to the English We Speak.
0:22.0	Joining me in the studio today is Helen. Welcome to the English we speak.
0:22.5	Joining me in the studio today is Helen.
0:25.1	Hi Helen.
0:26.3	Hi, Jen.
0:26.9	I wasn't expecting to see you in the office today.
0:30.4	I thought you were on leave.
0:32.2	No, that's next week. I'm taking two weeks off work and I can't wait.
0:37.0	Are you going on holiday?
0:39.0	I haven't planned anything just yet, but I do have a few irons in the fire that will keep me busy across the fortnight.
0:45.2	Irons in the fire? What do you mean? When did you become an ironmonger?
0:50.5	No, Helen, I'm not an ironmong I am because that could be great. I saw a lovely
0:55.8	wrought iron bed in a shop in London but it was too expensive. Perhaps with your new I ammaking skills you can make me one instead. I definitely don't have any iron-making skills
1:08.6	But you said you had a few irons in the fire Oh, I suppose you mean that you have got lots of ironing to do.
1:18.0	You do wear a lot of different clothes, so I suppose it could take a long time to iron them more.
1:24.0	No that's not what I meant.
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