Let’s TOUCH BASE! 15 English idioms to use at work
Learning English Idioms can feel like a steep learning curve! Don’t bite your tongue! Let’s practise 15 useful idioms to use at work!
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00:00 English Idioms at work
01:00 Get your foot in the door
01:56 Show someone the ropes
02:32 Throw (someone) in the deep end
03:16 A steep learning curve
04:14 Hey Lady! Online Speaking Community
05:03 (do something) by the book
05:27 Cut corners
06:00 Have (one’s) work cut out
06:28 Make short work of (something)
07:11 Touch base
08:04 Cut to the chase
09:15 Bite your tongue
09:57 Rock the boat
10:49 Put out fires
11:50 (to be) in hot water
12:17 Call it a day
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Studying with Emma teacher is very very happy, easy, good and nice.And today's chapter is very useful to me.👍👌🙂🙂
Hi Emma, I’m happy to watch your video, I’ve been just get my foot in the door of travel industry, it’s totally new for me so I hope someone can show me the ropes in first month’s work, otherwise I’ll be thrown in the deep end, I hope colleagues can touch base with me on the work if possible,let’s call it a day, thank you so much for your support.
@andreafixes
Жыл бұрын
Great writing!
Your lessons are always awesome and that helped me a lot to become fluent in English speaking Love from India
@selmafernandes4079
Жыл бұрын
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@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
I'm so happy to hear that, Madivalappa! Congratulations on becoming fluent 😁
@dennisenglishjournal498
Жыл бұрын
My greetings and big respect to India! 🇮🇳 I've been there twice, in New Delhi and Vizag (Andhra Pradesh). Mind-blowing country, I really like your culture. I make fun English videolessons and live vlogs, and I'm also going to create travel vlogs from India 😊
Dear Emma, thank you very much for your classes. They are very useful.
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them, Mila! Which idioms were new for you from this lesson? 😊
One of the most effective English instructional channels on KZread. Very easy to follow and also enjoyable to use.
Thank you Emma ...!! Another winner ... You explain them so easy and thorough .. thanks again. !!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Hooray! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed my lesson
Studying English with Emma is light work absolutely. Thanks for this lesson.
thank you very much Emma. for your effort in teaching your native language. you do a fabulous job. Blessings Emma. I love learning with you.
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
🥰
Thank you again Emma for another helpful lesson. To me, there are something new and something old. But, to keep them my own is to PRACTISE.
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, I GOT MY FOOT INTO THE DOOR WITH YOUR VIDEOS AND I'M IN THE LEARNING CURVE OF ENGLISH NOW ALL THANKS TO YOU
Great lesson, as usual! Your videos are so well done and easy to understand even if the topic is difficult. Thank you very much.
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome, Gabriella. Thanks for your message 🙂
Emma, you wouldn’t believe how much you showed me the ropes in managing my English skills! Hope you stay active and inspired. I will work hard as a teacher and not cut corners with every lesson I have to teach them coz I want my pupils to learn a lot from me. Now I feel sleepy writing this comment, let me call it a day!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Love your example sentences, Kriselle! Nice work 👏👏👏
@krisellebonifacio4624
Жыл бұрын
@@mmmEnglish_Emma 🥹😊
Dear Madam Teacher Emma,thank YOU so much for this so important lesson!Btw,my first job was a kettelsmith(locksmith) and I was working with very heavy sections from castiron in building industry.After shift I was fully,completaly exhausted(for example - spasms,cramps in muscles). I was in hot water!! Thank YOU again and have a nice day and time,please!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
It sounds like you were *stuck between a rock and a hard place*! You had two tough choices; to quit your job or keep suffering! I hope you have fully recovered now, that sounds awful!
@malehuseng8196
Жыл бұрын
👻 t it ghicor
Hi dear Emma! Your lessons are very helpful . I'm so thankful to you!
Thank you so much Emma, you cannot imagine the benefits you give me. All love.
Hi Emma, Thanks for this wonderful class. All these idioms are really useful & I can use it more frequently in my daily communications at office.
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
🤩
Thanks for this idioms.
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
Thank you ma'am for this lesson, 😍
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
Great job. Thank You Emma.
Thanks a lot Emma. This lesson is much helpful.
Thank you for charing that idioms..merci pour vos superbes leçons🥰🌹👍🌟😊
Thanks, thanks! It is time to cut some corners in learning English 🤗
Thank you for everything, you show us the rope.
*Hey there Emma! Catch a first thumbs up from me now!👍👍👍* *And surely, a big thanks for the fascinating lesson, I'm always enjoy learning English idioms and phrasal verbs as* *well so that to sound as most naturally and confidently as it's possibly in general!💙💚❤*
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Hey Dave! 👍 What's your favourite English idiom? One that you use most frequently....?
@davesmith6436
Жыл бұрын
@@mmmEnglish_Emma Grateful for your feedback, dear Emma! You mightn't believe me but most of these expression are actually new for me! I'm shocked, frankly speaking!.. On the other hand, I could possibly forget about them because of I didn't use them for ages, maybe it's so... What I really know firmly and use it are "call it a day" and "cut corners". The rest of idioms are new for me in fact, imagine??!😳😳😳 Anyhow, I'm delighted to get such an awesome chance to remember or even learn new vocabulary for me, it's exactly what I really need and try to perform every single day! My life has become completely in English!
@malehuseng8196
Жыл бұрын
ตื่นเช้าไปทำบุญ. กินพัดบญทีกรุงไทย. สายเลือมองบูญเช็ง
The idioms are very useful in communication Thanks for the explanation
I am in love with This Channel,I can undertand everything in english,and she teaches Very well.
@mmmEnglish_Emma
7 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😃
your lesson always gives energy of wanting to practice English regularly especially imitation
Hello Emma this lecture is definitely useful for work place and working with co-workers! thank you so much and I like you!
I have heard most of these idioms and yes they mean exactly what I understood them to be. Thank you. Well done.
@andreafixes
Жыл бұрын
That's wonderful!
I'll be cutting straight to the chase and just say: "Another great lesson!" Thank you very much for all your awesome videos, Emma!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Nicu ❤️
Very useful to me. My English language skills are a bit slept so l am trying to wake them up theough your platform. Thank you for being there!❤❤❤
I've been missing this topic. Thank you so much Ms. Emma.
Excellent lesson, thank you
@mmmEnglish_Emma
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
I'm waiting lots of time your video . Thanks Emma mam.
Great! Exactly what I looked for... Waiting for a continuation...
Thanks, Teacher Emma. This wonderful lesson taught me a lot. You showed me the ropes on how to improve my English skills.
Thank You, Emma!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
8 ай бұрын
You're so welcome!
Great work!!!!! Kisses from a teacher in Argentina!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
🇦🇷 ❤
@dennisenglishjournal498
Жыл бұрын
My greetings and big respect to Argentina! I really dream about visiting your beatiful country someday. 😊 Have a great day! 🙌
@zulemavadillo1860
Жыл бұрын
@@dennisenglishjournal498 Thanks for your comment! You will be really welcome when you come! Have a great day, too!
@dennisenglishjournal498
Жыл бұрын
@@zulemavadillo1860 Thanks for your kind words! 🙌😊 I'd be glad if you check out my vlog here on KZread 😊 I recently published a new fun English videolesson based on "The Simpsons" show 😁
fertile words . Excellent lesson. Handsome teacher. Words with cut corner but mean a lot. love and respect.
thank YOU so much your explanations are very interesting and detailed, as always! 😊 your lessons are always awesome
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Mohammed 🥰
Hi Emma,thank you so much for this lesson,it's very important to me because it going to help me get my foot in the door,I have never know how to use idioms, but you showed me the rope, from the beginning of the lesson I was thrown in the deep end,but gradually it can be steep learning curve,let call it a day,thank you so much, Ma'am,I pray I will be fluent English speaker with your help.
Hi, Emma An interesting and informative lesson about Idioms related to work. I sincerely appreciate your efforts 👏👏. This lesson is truly useful to all learners for improvement their English communication skills. Thanks and regards,
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Manish! It means a lot to me 🙂
@ManishSharma-sk2zh
Жыл бұрын
@@mmmEnglish_Emma my pleasure Emma
😍 splendid lesson, fascinating teacher! Thank you so much ✨
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🥰
Thanks alot
Hey Emma... Thanks for showing us the ropes in this English learning journey. if not for your help we might have been thrown into the deep end. Learning English is a steep learning curve but you are taking us by the book without cutting corners. let me cut to the chase & call it a day. BYE BYE. Lots of love.
Thanks my teacher, you're the best one👏🏻👏🏻😊😊
Like you teacher I Love you
Another great lesson. Thank you very much.
@mmmEnglish_Emma
8 ай бұрын
Thank you and see you in the next one!
You are only teacher for US tq
Decades ago, I started working for an airline in Hong Kong and was pleased to have some experienced coworkers showed me the ropes. In fact, I had on job training for a month before I worked by myself.
Excellent explanation and could you please teach simple ,compound and complex.
I love Idioms videos sooo much 💕Thank you It’s so great when you can remember them because of other languages you can speak hahah
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I love finding similarities! Tell me, which idioms are similar in your native language?
@rina.1799
Жыл бұрын
@@mmmEnglish_Emma Hey Emma There are a lot similarities but the almost same ones are the first one and bite your tongue 💕 . I’m Albanian
What useful phrases they are! Thank you, Emma!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
You're so welcome, Kenta! Which idioms were new for you from this lesson?
@kentafujii8941
Жыл бұрын
Make short work, bite your tongue, in hot work, and thrown in the deep end are completely new for me!
You are a great teacher
Hi Emma! many thanks for these 15 idioms. As far as I'm concerned, I was thrown in the deep end with my first teaching job too, I have never taught before, but my friend showed me the ropes when she saw that I had difficulty.
@hannahenglishteacher
Жыл бұрын
I had* never taught before ... (Use the past perfect to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past.)
@arymalala2379
Жыл бұрын
@@hannahenglishteacher thank you
Gracias profesora Emma
Thanks for the phrases, of course I took notes!❤️
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
👌
Thanks for very best teaching mathed we are lucky to have this great opportunity i really appreciate it very great job best of luck take care
Today all my doubts are clarified.Thank-you for Emma teacher
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
💕
*Hi Emma, thanks for sharing these 15 cool idioms with your audience!* 🙋♂👍 Your explanations are very interesting and detailed, as always! 😊 Thank you very much for inspiring me creating my own vlogs and podcasts in English! 🙌💖 *Let's boost our English speaking skills together, guys!* 🙏🙌
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Your support and kind words mean so much to me, Dennis ❤❤❤
Thank you for your time.. it's a very difficult idiom.. it's the first time that i learn about it
Thank you for more one good class.
ThanQ Emma!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
You're so welcome, Zoya ❤️
Thank you Emma for this wonderful lesson! I will surely use these idioms🤩
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Great!
@shreyasharma9549
Жыл бұрын
@@mmmEnglish_Emma thanks Emma teacher for replyy I was not expecting this BTW I really love your name❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
respected madam you are great motivation n inspiration for us to learn language in much sofiscated way
@khalidmustafa8
Жыл бұрын
Indebted
@khalidmustafa8
Жыл бұрын
Sophisticated*
Thank you for these useful idioms.
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome! What were some new ones that you learned from this lesson? 🥰
Love lessons on idioms! Thanks, Emma! :)
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
You're so welcome! 🤩
Hi teacher Emma , thank you for didactic videos . I am from Turkey and l am trying learning english so these videos are very beneficial for me
Thanks,This is very useful
I follow you before covid-19 that's awesome EMMA
I think these idioms will be very useful in the near future. Thanks for the lesson 😌👍
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
You're so welcome, Ibrahim! Do you use English in a professional setting?
@ibrahimnagy9722
Жыл бұрын
@@mmmEnglish_Emma well, it's not in actual work environment ,but for now only academic purposes . Hope to be able to get a job at my major or an internship in the future🙏
Yes, I was once thrown into the deep end when I was given an assignment at work that my colleague could not complete in a month, and they gave me only 4 days! But I did it. I fixed all bugs in the program code. It was a really steep leaning curve.
Please, add more business english videos! They're great!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
More to come! 🥰
É Emma ótimas sua aula .
usefull lesson from great teacher. thanku m.s Emmmma🌹
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Timsah! What were some new idioms that you learned from this lesson?
@timsah8428
Жыл бұрын
ilearned some idioms similar make light. touch base. cut to the chase. bite yur tongue. rock the boat. put out fires. in hot water.i well learning reminder idioms. thanku again and again♥🌺🌹
I just wanna say that Miss Emma you are the best.💝💝💝
Hi, Ms. Emma! I know, you fed up with the gratefuls, but you are the best all over the world from teachers !!!
Great video Thank you Emma Have a Good Day 👌
Hi Emma, you're AWESOME! The best one! I've just started a new job in a world wild company and your videos are helping me a lot! Thank you very much for sharing all of this precious knowledge!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on the new job! I hope it's not a steep learning curve 😁
@brenooandraderox
Жыл бұрын
@@mmmEnglish_Emma Emma! :) Ohh, unfortunately it's a very steep learning curve, because I need to communicate in a foreign language and I have my work cut out to learn everything, but watching your videos and following your tips I'm more confident to do it! Thank you very much!
Informative❤
Hi Emma. Thanks for the video. It’s really great to learn these idioms :) just a quick question - when watching the video, I keep repeating after you, but it’s hard to memorise to come out of my mouth instantly when I have this situation. What would be the quickest way to absorb these? 🤔
@mmmEnglish_Emma
7 ай бұрын
To create the opportunity to practise in real conversations regularly with other people. The more you use English in context, the more the words stay in your mind. You can also try writing the words as you say them. At the end of the day, if you don’t use it, you lose it!
Thanks emma
Your tips are very helpful and new youtubers like me learn a lot from you Thank you
Thanks !!!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome! ❤️
Thank you, Emma.
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
great course
Hi Emma ! All your lessons are interesting and well explained. I want to thank you very much and to know if you practice teaching in a school. Go ahead and good luck !!!
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I don't teach in a school but I have some online courses here that you may be interested in ❤️ mmmenglish.com/studywithme
Let's call it i a day. I am so Excite about this work .
Thank you so much Emma 💕 U r doing such a great job ♥️ I had a request .. can u please make a video on practicing University admission interview 😊
Super lesson. Ioved it💐
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Muneeb! Which idioms were new for you from this lesson?
@MrMuneebmt
Жыл бұрын
@@mmmEnglish_Emmaall except cut corners
Unique class
🌹🌹🌹gift for you from yosif from IRAQ ... THANKS🌹 A LOT
Thank you, Emma, I'm new here and already subscribed. Thanks for showing me the ropes for using idioms at work and how to relate. it is very useful!! Wish you have an amazing day! :)
I love this lesson as usual Emma 😄😄
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Alvaro 🥰
I love her lessons especially this one. 🥰❤️🎶
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Ashim!
@ashimmalhotra7034
Жыл бұрын
Sure 👋
It's my second day of my internship this video is gonna be so handy to me thank u so much
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Amazing! All the best with the internship ✨
I didn’t know the most of these idioms.This video was great.
Hello dear teacher from Buenos Aires Argentina. Thanks for this lesson 😊 Writing about teaching English, I think you show your subscribers the ropes and no teacher is thrown in the deep end. We try to do everything by the book and don't want to cut corners. We also feel we sometimes make light work of teaching English.🌹😘💝
@englishtothrive
Жыл бұрын
Hey! Fellow South American!
I was looking for something on this topic and in the recommendations I found what I need thanks
Hi Emma, this video is amazing!! My teacher tell everybody in class to subscribe you and I like your channel. Thanks for making it Emma !!! Hi from the UK
@mmmEnglish_Emma
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Ching ❤❤❤