BEP 393 – English Idioms about Body Parts (1)

BEP 393 - English Idioms about Body Parts (1)

Witamy ponownie w Business English Pod na dzisiejszą lekcję angielskie idiomy related to different parts of the body.

Now you probably already know that when I said “head over to” the website, I meant you should go look at the website. Even if you didn’t know that particular expression, you could probably guess the meaning from my sentence. “Head over tois a kind of idiom, and English has a lot of idioms, as you’ve probably noticed!

In fact, there are many common sources of idioms. And one interesting source is the human body. There are a few body parts in particular that have generated a lot of idioms. English has dozens of idioms just with the words “head” and “hands.” But there are idioms using all different parts of the body, and that’s what we’re going to learn about today.

In this lesson, we’ll listen to a conversation between two friends and former colleagues: Maria and Trevor. They’re meeting for coffee and are eager to catch up after not seeing each other for a while. Maria and Trevor talk about their different work situations. Podczas rozmowy, they use many angielskie idiomy related to the human body. Sprawdź, czy możesz dostrzec niektóre z nich, gdy przechodzimy przez okno dialogowe, i wyjaśnimy je później w podsumowaniu.

Listening Questions

1. How does Trevor agree with Maria’s assessment of her old boss Roger?
2. How does Maria describe her ten years of working at Trevor’s company?
3. What does Maria say about the attitude of the people she works with?

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