English Idioms Level 2 - Lesson 8 | Idioms 22 - 24

Hello, hello, welcome to this week's episode of Weekly English Idioms with me, Teacher Tiffany. Now, as always, we're gonna learn three new English idioms, so let's jump right in. Here we go. First, we have my cup of tea. Now, this is used to describe something that is either liked or disliked. And the example sentences are gonna help you a lot. So the first one is, that administrative system related to owning a business is just not my cup of tea. So basically, the individual is saying that he or she, they really don't like the system. It's not their cup of tea. Make sense? All right, so let's look at the other examples. Here we go. Daytime television is not my cup of tea. Again, I don't prefer to watch daytime television. And finally, this is not my cup of tea. So again, remember, this idiom is used when you want to describe something that you like or don't like, okay? All right, now moving on to our next idiom, we have elbow room. Again, elbow room. Now remember, these are your elbows. If I go like this and move around, there's kind of this sphere around me, like a bubble. Well, you can think about that as being the elbow room that we're referring to. So this actually means to require adequate space to move or work in. So here's the first example sentence. This car has plenty of elbow room. Again, so I'm sitting in the car, but I don't feel tight. I feel okay. Feel very, you know, very comfortable. A lot of elbow room, okay? Next we have, with five people in my little car, there won't be enough elbow room. And finally, they gave them plenty of elbow room. So again, space, okay? All right, now moving on to our next idiom, our final idiom we have, no bed of roses. Again, no bed of roses. Now, this means to be a challenging and or unpleasant situation. Now, here's the first example sentence. Being around my ex-boyfriend is no bed of roses. So I want you to think about this situation. Imagine that you broke up with your ex and it really was a bad breakup, but then suddenly you see him or her. You feel a little bit uncomfortable, right? So it's not really a pleasant, it's not really a good feeling. You don't have a good feeling when you're around him or her. So being around my ex-boyfriend is no bed of roses, okay? All right, next we have, being in a relationship is no bed of roses. It's not easy at times. And finally, teaching high school kids was no bed of roses. Many teachers have said that it's quite difficult for them to teach high school students because usually those students are going through puberty and there are a lot of things going on in their lives so they can be a little bit difficult in class. Now, we learned three new English idioms. And what I want you to do is in the comment section, make one sentence using the idiom. So for example, there are three idioms. So I want you to make three sentences and put it in the comment section. I'll see you in the next episode.