British English Slang Expressions

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If you find yourself having difficulties following conversations between two native speakers, then learning some simple, common slang expressions will really help you understand. So, let's do it.

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OK, let's have a look at these must know slang expressions that I taught my Daily Quick Fix students in the group last week. Oh, and as always, this class comes with a PDF which you can download in the description.

OK, number 1: We're going to have to start from scratch. This is a mess. Start from scratch. If you start from scratch, it means you basically begin from the beginning. You could be doing a project or doing a piece of work. Let's imagine you're writing an essay in English and you write, write, write, write two pages and then you think, this is rubbish, I'm going to start from scratch. So you put it in the bin and you start again from the beginning. When I was at university, I learned Italian from scratch. That means that I had no previous knowledge of Italian. I learned from nothing. I learned Italian from scratch.

Number 2: Thanks for taking me to work this morning. I owe you one. I owe you one is an expression which basically means I owe you a favour. Thank you for doing me a favour. I owe you a favour. The next time I need to do a favour to you, to say thank you for the favour that you've just done for me. Thanks. I owe you one.

Number 3: What's up with your eye? It looks like you've been in a fight. What's up with your eye? What's up with ... Means basically what is the matter with? What has happened to your eye? OK, imagine it's black. It's got a cut. It's huge. What's up? What's up? What's the matter? What's up with your eye? It looks like you've been in a fight.

Number 4: Are you ready? Let's get this show on the road.

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