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Hello and welcome to the English we speak.

I'm Fay Fay.

And I'm Rob. Now for this program we're going to need two

sounds a slap and a bang. Very strange. A slap and a bang.

Yes, it's a clue for our authentic English expression.

Slap-bang, is that an expression?

It is when you want to describe something that is directly or exactly in a particular place. It's often used with a short phrase in the

middle of something. Very precise. So the expression slap bang is an informal way of saying exactly in a certain place.

So not a bit to the left or a bit to the right.

No slap bang means exactly. And we are slap bang means exactly.

And we are slap bang in the middle of this program.

So let's have some examples.

He scored an amazing goal. The ball went slap-bang into the middle of the net.

I couldn't find my phone anywhere, and there it was, slap-bang in the middle of the table.

If you take the train to Edinburgh, you'll see the castle slap-bang in front of you when you come

out of the station.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the

expression slap bang which means exactly or directly in a particular place.

And you don't need to make the slap or bang sound every time you say it.

Well Rob I'm off to meet some friends at a pub which is slap bang in the middle of town.

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