Like riding a bike

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🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Learn an English expression about skills we never forget.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English we speak.
0:09.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.0	Hello and See learning English.
0:17.0	Hello and welcome back to the English we speak. I'm Fay Faye.
0:18.0	And I'm Neil. Hello everybody.
0:20.0	So Neil, word round the office is that you had quite an exciting weekend.
0:25.8	That I did.
0:27.3	I went away this weekend to do some rock climbing.
0:30.1	How exciting!
0:31.6	I didn't think that would be your kind of thing.
0:34.4	What are you saying, Fay Faye? That I'm not in good shape?
0:38.0	Okay, fair point. It has been a long time since I've been rock climbing, but I used to go all the time.
0:44.4	I may not have the stamina anymore, but I still have the technique.
0:48.4	It was like riding a bike.
0:50.2	What? You rode a bike while climbing? Or did you carry the... What are you talking about Neil? No, I was struggling?
0:53.0	Or did you carry the bike up with you?
0:56.0	What are you talking about, Neil?
0:58.0	No, I was struggling to pull myself up the rocks, never mind a bike.
1:03.0	What I meant is that it's a skill I will always have and always remember.
1:07.5	So we can say it's like riding a bike to mean that once you learn how to do something you never forget it.
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