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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 266 The idiom today is up a storm.

  • Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. This idiom is used as a modifier. So a

  • modifier always means to describe. something. We especially use it to

  • describe verbs. In this case so it's almost like an adverb phrase meaning to

  • do something with a lot of enthusiasm intensity or energy. So you kind of see

  • where it comes from. Where the idea comes from, the origin. You know , because a

  • storm has a lot of intensity or a lot of energy. So if you do something up a storm

  • you'll also do it with a lot of energy or enthusiasm or intensity. Okay. Let's

  • continue here. It is often used with verbs such as talk, gab, cook, sing, dance

  • etc. So of course you could talk up a storm. Gab up a storm. Cook up a storm.

  • Sing up a storm. Dance up a storm. We often use it with verbs like this. These

  • are some of the most common ones. All right. And let's just look at several

  • examples we have here. She hadn't been in contact with her good friend for years.

  • When she realized ... When she received that call, she talked up a storm for over three

  • hours. So she was on the phone for three hours talking. Yeah. She talked up a storm.

  • Okay. Number two here. My mother cooked up a storm

  • for our Thanksgiving Day meal. Yeah. Probably made you know countless amounts

  • of dishes. A lot of dishes. Yeah. Maybe in Asia during Chinese New Year

  • they will you know, a family will cook up a storm to get many, many dishes prepared.

  • All right. And number three here. She danced up a storm at a party on

  • Saturday night. She stayed on the dance floor for over four hours without taking

  • a break. So she really danced up a storm. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. i hope it is

  • clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 266 The idiom today is up a storm.

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