To know your onions

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Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2013

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Rob gets Li to help him with some quiz answers. Does she know her onions? Find out more about this phrase here.

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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.
0:14.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:17.0	Hello, I'm Lee and welcome to the English we speak and today I'm here with Rob. Hi Rob
0:26.7	Hello Lee now come on Lee concentrate because I need you to help me finish this quiz in the newspaper
0:32.4	if I get all the questions right, I might win a holiday.
0:36.2	Oh right! I love quizzes, especially if it means you can win a holiday.
0:41.6	Okay, Rob. What's your next question right okay well it says here what is
0:46.9	the capital city of Chile easy San Diego good Good, excellent.
0:53.0	Right next, what is the name of the world's largest ocean?
0:57.0	The Pacific.
0:58.0	Of course.
0:59.0	Wow, Lee, you're good.
1:01.0	You really know your onions.
1:02.0	I know my onions. Was there a question about
1:06.6	onions? No, Lee. Good because that is one thing I don't know anything about.
1:12.3	Onions, except... That is one thing I don't know anything about.
1:13.3	Onions except that they make me cry.
1:16.5	Oh, don't cry, Lee, don't cry, it's a compliment.
1:21.2	If someone says you know your onions, it means you are experienced in something or you know a lot about a
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