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Episode Synopsis
Today, carrying on from yesterday's theme, we're looking at ways we can talk about being full, full of food and...full of alcohol!
Vocabulary
Idiom - I could eat a horse! - For when you're really really hungry.
*Cultural note: as I mentioned in the podcast, we don't eat horses in the UK...but there are lots of other animals that we do eat.
Idioms and phrases for when you've eaten too much and are full
Idiom - full up to the gunnels (gunwales) - can also be used to describe a place or situation (My Mum often uses this to describe the feeling in your sinuses when you have a cold.)
This one is commonly misspoken and misspelled by native speakers because we no longer understand the word 'gunwales'. Gunwales are the top part of the sides of the ship.
History and Definition
Phrase - I couldn't eat another bite
Phrase - It'll slide around the edges - I've eaten enough, but I would like some dessert.
Idiom - fit to burst
Alcohol! All of the phrases and idioms below mean someone is drunk.
Idiom - He's had a skinfull
Phrase - They're wasted
Phrase - She's plastered
Idiom - He's well oiled
Idiom - They're three sheets to the wind - Another ship reference. When all of the sails are out of control because you forgot to tie the ropes (sheets).Definition
Idiom - She's as drunk as a skunk.
Do you have any idioms in your language that have old words that nobody knows anymore?
Vocabulary
Idiom - I could eat a horse! - For when you're really really hungry.
*Cultural note: as I mentioned in the podcast, we don't eat horses in the UK...but there are lots of other animals that we do eat.
Idioms and phrases for when you've eaten too much and are full
Idiom - full up to the gunnels (gunwales) - can also be used to describe a place or situation (My Mum often uses this to describe the feeling in your sinuses when you have a cold.)
This one is commonly misspoken and misspelled by native speakers because we no longer understand the word 'gunwales'. Gunwales are the top part of the sides of the ship.
History and Definition
Phrase - I couldn't eat another bite
Phrase - It'll slide around the edges - I've eaten enough, but I would like some dessert.
Idiom - fit to burst
Alcohol! All of the phrases and idioms below mean someone is drunk.
Idiom - He's had a skinfull
Phrase - They're wasted
Phrase - She's plastered
Idiom - He's well oiled
Idiom - They're three sheets to the wind - Another ship reference. When all of the sails are out of control because you forgot to tie the ropes (sheets).Definition
Idiom - She's as drunk as a skunk.
Do you have any idioms in your language that have old words that nobody knows anymore?
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