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BBC LearningEnglish.com. Hello and welcome to the English we speak, where we explain phrases

used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Faye Faye. And I'm Phil,

and I'm a bit out of breath. Really? Why's that?

I've just cycled into the office. It's a beautiful day. I sailed past all the traffic jams. I didn't

have to pay a train fare and they got some exercise. It's the best way to get round London. No two ways about it.

Okay, I believe you, but I'm not sure if I want to get a bike.

But I do want to learn the idiom you used. No two ways about it.

Okay, yes. No two ways about it is an idiom we use to say that there's no doubt about something. We use it to

emphasize that something's true or that we believe it is. Yes. So I could say,

if you're cycling to work and it rains, you'll get very wet. No two ways about it. And that's

why I'm not going to get a bike. Okay, well, I don't think we're going to agree on this one. So let's hear some other

people using No Two Ways About It.

The cafe at the end of my road has the best coffee in town. No Two Ways About It.

Summer is better than winter. There's no two ways about it.

This book is the best book I have ever read. No two ways about it.

We've been learning the idiom no two ways about it to emphasise that something is definitely true.

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