English Colours!

English Idiom Once in a Blue Moon

Ok, so a couple of weeks ago we wrote a long list of English idioms with colours. But then we found this Sesame Street video and had to share. It’s a great way for beginner’s to learn English, or to show little children if you’re a teacher. Quiz A yellow streak: “You can see James’ [...]

ABA’s 99 English Idioms

barking up the wrong tree idiom

  Let’s begin by saying that there are thousands of idioms in English. According to Wikipedia, there are at least 25.000. Put that in your pipe and smoke it! This idiom is used to tell someone that they must accept what you say is true even though they might not like it or agree with you. [...]

Interesting Idioms: Safety, Danger and the Rolling Stones

Hi everyone! Time to learn some more idioms. As we have said before, idioms are very important because they are part of everyday life, so they are essencial if you want to communicate with native speakers or travel abroad. Today we will do idioms related to safety and danger: Play with fire - to do something [...]

Interesting Idioms – With the Word “Hand”

This elephant is really a hand, can you see?

Idioms and expressions make language more interesting and vibrant. They are a very important part of speech and native speakers use them frequently. So in order to improve your English and have fluent conversations, it’s essencial to continue studying vocabulary and expressions. Today we will look at common expressions using the word “hand”. They are [...]