No ifs or buts

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Stop making excuses and learn this expression!

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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.
0:05.6	This is the English we speak with me Faye Faye
0:09.5	and I'm Rob.
0:10.5	Hey Faye, you know this is the program where we teach an authentic English phrase?
0:16.0	Yes Rob.
0:17.0	Well I just wondered if today we didn't we did something else.
0:21.0	No we have to teach an English phrase. No if so buts. But if we sang a song for a change, it might be more fun.
0:29.6	No if so buts, we're here to teach English and that's the phrase we're teaching this time.
0:35.2	Oh, but couldn't we just... No ifs or bats, Rob, no compromises. When we say to someone,
0:41.8	no ifs or buts, it means there is no negotiation, no compromise and no excuses.
0:48.0	It just has to be done.
0:50.0	It can also mean there is no doubt.
0:53.0	Hmm, and do we have to have some examples?
0:56.0	No ifs or buts, we do.
0:58.0	No ifs or buts, we do.
1:02.0	No ifs or buts, you have to be in bed by 10 o'clock. We've all got to work really hard to complete this project by the deadline. No ifs or buts. this is
1:13.0	butts. No ifs or buts. No ifs or buts. This is the best restaurant I have ever eaten
1:18.7	at.
1:22.4	In this the English we speak from BBC Learning English, we're talking about the phrase
1:27.7	no ifs or buts which can be set to mean no negotiation compromise or excuses.
1:34.4	What has been said has to be done.
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