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For today’s English lesson, let’s have a look at six idioms that relate to being lazy. The idioms are slack off, lazybones, slug, get off your tail, bum around, and deadbeat.
Here are the example sentences. To get the details of this English lesson, you need to listen to the podcast or check the transcript for the details:
- Near the end of the school year, Sally began to slack off, and her grades showed it.
- Hey lazybones, get up from the sofa and help me with the dishes!
- Joe! Stop being a couch potato. Turn off the TV and do your homework!
- I had a bad hangover so I was such a slug yesterday.
- The boss told Tommy to get off his tail and finish his report on time.
- We spend the day bumming around on the beach.
- There are a lot of deadbeats hanging around in that park these days.
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I have a suggestion. How about starting the conversation with a slower speed and then repating it with a normal speed at the end of the video? I must admit that this is Jeff McQuillan's approach in his podcast.
That said, I'm satisfied with the fact that your podcast is usually short. This makes me concentrate better.
Great Podcast! Thank you!
Thanks Natalie! Glad you like it!
Hi Mohamed…Thanks for your suggestion. I'll see how I can work that in.
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Thank you Michael,I am a bit lazy sometimes and I woud love to bumming aound on the beach,but is winter time in my country and I have to keep working,love your podcasts!
Thanks Claudia. I'm glad yo hear that 🙂
Every time, Learning more from this site, that means I am not a lazybones.To be active in this site :we, the learners have to get off our tails or Stop bumming around home!
Michael, Are deadbeats usually Lazying around Parks and Squares? thanks!
Hi Nestor, Yes. You can usually find deadbeats around parks, squares, and other simiar places. Thanks for asking.
These are very useful , thank you too much
Thanks a lot!