Hello and welcome back to 'Learn English with Teachify' for another episode of English expressions from our Instagram page, there are 4 of them with a little quiz at the end to finish off.  Ready?  Here you have a short transcript of the expressions, however not everything is included below, so make sure you listen till the end.

1.     The first expression is to call the shots, which is a nice way to say to be in charge or to make the decisions.  If you’re the boss then you call the shots, if you’re the manager of a sports team, you call the shots, if you’re my student in class then I call the shots.  

2.     Next up, we have the second expression which is fairly common at this time of the year as it’s all about being ill.  The expression is to be under the weather, this week I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather, I’ve got a cold and I can’t stop coughing and sneezing…don’t worry, it’s not COVID but I think it’s because I went out for a run last week when it was raining so I got very wet. 

3.     The third expression is related to parties, in particular when speaking about someone who always ruins the mood and kills the fun.  In Spanish you might say aguafiestas, while in English we have a couple of options…spoilsport and party pooper.  Come on, don’t be a party pooper, come out with us, we’re going to a karaoke bar.  

4.     Following the third expression we have our fourth expression which is, each to their own, this is used to show that different people have different interests, hobbies or tastes.  In Spanish you could translate it as, cada uno a lo suyo.  You want to go hiking this weekend, but my other friend can’t stand hiking, well, each to their own. 

5.     Finally, the fifth expression is to run errands.  Any guesses what it might mean?  To run errands is like to go and do a few simple things that you have to do, such as going to the post office, buying some bread, going to the chemist and so on.  Basically to do some little, necessary tasks.  In Spanish, hacer unos recados.  I’ll be back in about an hour, I’m just going to run some errands first. 

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