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  • Hello everyone!

  • Welcome to Idiom 100, where we learn 100 commonly used idioms by native English speakers.

  • All of the explanations are in English, so it might be challenging for you,

  • but just try to imagine the meanings in your head and study hard and soon you'll be able to use these idioms in your conversations.

  • Is everyone ready? Let's begin.

  • Hello everyone!

  • Today's idiom is: all in a day's work.

  • All in a day's work.

  • Alright, so let's imagine you have a piece of paper and you're going to list down what you have to do.

  • So let's see... wake up, take a shower, eat breakfast... eat lunch, watch TV, go to work, eat dinner, go to bed.

  • And you make this list and you think, 'What shall we call this?' Well, this is a day and this is my day's work, what I have to do.

  • Okay, this is all in a day's work, what I'm going to do.

  • Alright, so let's listen to the examples and think about this idiom.

  • How was your day today?

  • It was all in a day’s work, nothing special!

  • Alright, so he just did his regular work today, nothing special, so he said, 'All in a day's work.'

  • Alright, let's listen to the other example.

  • How would you describe your best day?

  • For me it would be, all in a day's work, no problems and nothing new.

  • Alright, so if you guessed it, this idiom means kind of a normal day, okay? Nothing special happened.

  • And you can also use it to emphasize that you had a normal day.

  • Yeah, maybe someone thinks you worked very hard, yeah?

  • You had 2 meetings and a conference call and many things and you were so busy,

  • but you say, 'Ah, no, no, no, no. It's all in a day's work.'

  • It means, I'm fine. It was a normal day for me. Don't think it's special.

  • Alright, so next time you're talking about your busy day or something

  • and you don't want someone to worry about that you were too busy or worked too hard,

  • you can tell them, 'Ah, no, it's all in a day's work. It's fine.'

  • And I'll see you again next time.

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