Apprendre dix expressions idiomatiques anglaises par semaine pour parler comme un anglais !
Comment améliorez vous votre anglais quotidiennement ?
Utiliser des expressions idiomatiques, va permettre d’améliorer votre niveau d’anglais, l’élever.
Comprendre ses expressions simplement, va vous aider dans votre compréhension linguistique.
Acid test
- To refer to something as ‘the acid test’ means something that shows the true worth or value or something or someone.
« We think the product is great, but the acid test will be when we launch it next week : will people actually buy it ?
Acquired taste
- Something that you dislike at first, but that your start to like after you have tried it a few times.
“Red wine is an acquired taste for many people”
Act of God
- This term refers to an natural event or accident, for which no person is responsible (such as an earthquake, or tornado and similar acts of nature).
« The insurance company refused to pay for the damage because it was caused by an act of God. »
A slip of the tongue
- If you make a slip on the tongue you make a small mistake when you speak.
« I accidentally called Isabelle by her mother’s name, it was just a slip of the tongue »
Get your act together
- If you tell someone to get their act together, you mean to start to organize oneself in order to do things in an effective way.
« If he does not get her act together, he will risk losing his job. »
Add fuel to the flames
- If you add fuel to the flames, you say something that makes a difficult situation even worse.
« Screaming at her will only add fuel to the flames.”
To (make) much ado about nothing
- When people make much ado about nothing, when too much enthusiasm or excitement is shown over things that are of little importance.
There was a meeting to discuss the name for the new building « Much ado about nothing » said my friend! »
Afraid of one’s own shadow
- A person who is afraid of his/her own shadow is very nervous or easily frightened.
« You don’t know how Yannick can be a security guard. The guy’s afraid of his own shadow. »
After the fact
- If something is done after the fact, it done too late, after something has actually happened, especially a crime or an accident.
« She said he realized he had put people in danger, but that was of no help after the fact. »
Against one’s better judgement
- If you do something even though you feel it is not a sensible thing to do, you do it against your better judgement.
« Lucie persuaded her to go by car, against her better judgement, and she regretted it as soon as she saw the heavy traffic. »
Against the clock
- If you do something against the clock, you are rushed and have very little time to do it.
“Lucie was racing against time to file the documents before the deadline”
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