Name: 15 English Expressions & Idioms using 'ALL'
Uploaded: 2020-11-07T19:35:11.000Z
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So, E, I'm going to read this passage to you and...

Today I'm going to use "all" in phrases and idioms, and teach you how you can use them

And I'm going to try and put them into sections that you will find most useful to help you

Is saying right now: "He's all ears", and I bet you want to know what that means.

I'll explain that to you, and I have another seven other idioms.

Before we even start, let's talk about: What is "all"?

Well, generally, it means as much as possible, or it can mean complete or whole.

Now, we understand that, what does an "idiom" mean?

It could be a phrase or a clause, but it's a bunch of words that are together that when

you hear them, they don't actually make sense by themselves; but if you have the history

One of my favourite ones to tell people is: "It's raining cats and dogs."

Clearly, dogs and cats don't fall from the sky, so you have to say: "What does that mean?"

From, like 1600/1700s that there would be so much water coming down that dogs and cats

might, like, float away or, you know, be swimming down the streets, so that's: "It's raining

What does that have to do with what we're doing now?

Well, today, we want to look at "all" and how "all" can be used in different idioms

You probably won't know what they mean right away; but by the time I'm done, it shouldn't

So, let's look at the number one, the first one: I want to talk about emotional states.

So, it's a mental state or an emotional state; how you think or feel.

So, number one is: "It's all in your head."

If something's all in your head, you go: "Oh, I think I have, like", I don't know.

I don't want to say it because I don't want to give myself a disease.

People might say: "Oh, I think I'm growing four heads."

Oh, I think Beyoncé is going to leave her husband and meet me, because she was on a

It's in my head; it's not going to happen.

Before we go here, we'll go here: "All shook up".

Those of you who like Elvis, that's an Elvis song: "All Shook Up".

In this case, to make it extremely excited.

You could be extremely excited if you win the lottery.

If I won 20 million dollars, I'd be all shook up, I'd be like: "What am I going to do?

I can also be very worried or disturbed when I'm all shook up.

My baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, they lost again - I'm all shook up; I'm emotionally

"You're all shook up", it means as much as possible you've been disturbed.

So, we talked about mental state, your emotional state; let's look at knowledge - how much

So, if "somebody's not all there", you're not all there, it means it's not working properly.

Imagine if you had a car with four wheels, but only three tires.

They're not all there; something's missing.

You need one more tire to make four tires, four wheels.

When somebody's not all there, something's wrong in the cabeza.

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15 English Expressions & Idioms using 'ALL'

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