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Introduction
Welcome to Advanced Presentations and Idiomatic Expressions
Persuading and sharing opinions
Practice using powerful key words
The power of certain words
Moderating and participating in discussions and debates
Present your position
The importance of listening
Quiz: Persuading and sharing opinions
Writing and storytelling
Practice using different writing styles
Using different writing styles
Telling a story
Practice: tell your own story
Quiz: Writing and storytelling
Adding flavor to what you say!
Fun with idioms!
Talking about money and finances
FYI: Using common acronyms
Adjusting your tone, register and intonation
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Quiz: Adding flavor to what you say!
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More examples of idioms
I don’t always like going dutch I enjoy paying for the people I love
- Go dutch.
- Cost an arm and a leg.
- Brings home the bacon.
- Makings ends meet.
WORKSHEET
- I honestly can’t believe the deal I got on this car, it was brand new and I didn’t pay a lot for it at all! It was such a steal.
- I want to get my grandparents something very special for their 50th anniversary. I think I’m going to ask the whole family to chip in so we can buy them a ticket to go on a cruise.
- After my friend lost his job, it took him a while to get back on his feet.
- I loved that dress until I saw the price tag, highway robbery I tell you!
thank you
I share some extra idioms:
**Pull the plug: ** To stop an activity, especially by no longer providing the money needed to allow it to continue.
A small leak will sink a great ship: Unchecked spending of small amounts of money can erode your funds over time.
I think this last one is a phrasal verb but it’s related to:
Go under: Bankrupt. To fail financially.
- My family has always been poor, they can not make ends meet.
- I have been working since I am 14 years old. I was the only ne who used to bring home the bacon until I decided to leave home.
- (I was going to pay all the whole bill, then I saw my wallet) Me: I think we are going to go Dutch.
- Having been saving money for a while, I decided to buy a new car but I never though it would Cost me an arm and a leg!
Tell me any suggestion please!
what’s the meaning of to treat my friends?
- When I decided to leave home at the age of 18 and started living on my own, I had trouble making ends meet.
- When I was a little girl, it was my father who brought home the bacon.
- I remember eating out and going dutch with my university friends to celebrate the end of a course.
- My neighbor’s new car cost an arm and a leg. That’s why his wife is angry with him.
- Extra idiom about money:
Money doesn’t grow on trees. Meaning: money is limited. Example: - We can’t afford that luxurious hotel. You know, money doesn’t grow on trees.
-> When I came to Lima to work I could barely make ends meet.
-> When I move to Cusco someone will have to bring home the bacon.
-> When I go out with my friends, we always go dutch when we eat at a restaurant.
-> I want to build my country house and that will cost an arm and a leg.
- Paul needs to get a job soon otherwise he won’t make ends meet.
- Sara is focused on bringing home the bacon for that reason she’s working a lot now. She got three jobs at the same time.
- The true friendship is when everyone hang out have a good time and go dutch.
- My nephew asked me to buy him the new fornite skin. It costs an arm and a leg!
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We should go dutch with the lunch, but I want to treat you the dessert.
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The new smartphone is incredible, but it may cost an arm and a leg.
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Right now my father and I are bringing home the bacon.
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Sometimes, making the ends meet is not an easy task.
- I can’t decide if I want to treat my firneds to lunch today or if we should just go dutch.
- We really want to get a new sewing machine for our grandma but it may cost an arm and a leg, I think we’l have to save up for it.
- In my family my mom is the one who brings homw the bacon, she has a successful career.
- My friend was havig trouble to make the ends meet so she got a second job as an after school tutor.
AT ALL COSTS
"We need to get to the end of the month with this quotation ready at all costs!"
- It is normal to go dutch, every time I have lunch with my work colleagues
- In my country, acquiring a department in front of the beach of approximately 80 m2 costs an arm and a leg.
- Currently, I live in my aunt’s house, she is a health professional and brings home the bacon.
- It is not a mystery that a high percentage of South American countries’ populations do a great effort to make ends meet.
- I can’t decide if I want to treat my friends to lunch today or if we should just go dutch.
- We really want to get a new sewing machine for our grandma but it may cost an arm and a leg, I think we’ll have to save up for it.
- In my family my mom is the one who brings home the bacon, she has a successful career.
- My friend was having trouble making ends meet so she got a second job as an after-school tutor.
- They run out of money, they need a new investor ASAP.
- Her family only can make ends meet.
- At my aunt’s house, she’s who brings home the bacon.
- When I hang out with my friends, we always go dutch.
- The new Mackbook Pro cost an arm and a leg.
I want to contribute with the list of idioms adding one of the classics: “back on your feet”.
“I am going to take care of my brother, who lost all his money in a bad investment, until he’s back on his feet”
-Alicia works 2 jobs but her apartment expenses are too high and she can barely make ends meet.
-She’s brought home the bacon for 20 years straight and it’s time for someone else to pay the family bills.
-My group of friends prefer to go dutch every time we eat at a fancy restaurant.
- Wish I could get a new professional camera but they cost an arm and a leg nowadays.
at the moment it's very hard makes end meet in argentina. The situation is challenging and stressful. But I and my girlfriend are doing every as possible to keep going.
\- When I was studying I was making ends meet
\- I want this job because I need to bring home the bacon
\- I don’t whant to pay for him, lets go dutch
\- The new iphone cost an arm and a leg
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She tells me that she's interested in me, but she's back with her ex, actions speak louder than words.
\- Having a baby is something I cannot describe, its beyond words.
\- A word to the wise, doubt everything
\- I have the last word in this argument
\- Ask your mom, she has the last word
\- Trying to be 100% productive all the time is like biting off more than you can chew.
This lesson explores the uses of idioms related to money and finances, it is well known that idioms are some sentences that reflect reality
but use examples that can be humorous, peculiar, or straightforward. Each country and culture has its idioms; commonly, the main idea exists in each idiom and country, but the used sentence
could be different, e.g. this lesson uses the idiom "It cost an arm and a leg", in Spanish is a common to say "This cost an aye form the face", both refering to something
expensive. There are two main points to consider about idioms,
\- Idioms can be used to describe a situation and enrich communication.
\- Each country has its idioms, sometimes describing the same but using a different samples.
It is necessary to consider that exists idioms for several kinds of situations, being necessary to read and study most of them to have an English conversation
avoiding confusion and describing situations more easily using idioms and having smooth communication.
idioms related to finances:
- Cutting corners
- Hit the jackpot
**My examples of the idioms seen in class:**
After paying rent and bills, Ana barely has enough money left to make ends meet.
Without his wife's job, Carlos would struggle to bring home the bacon for his family.
Let's go Dutch for dinner tonight; I'll pay for my meal, and you pay for yours.
Traveling during peak season can cost an arm and a leg; it's much cheaper to go during the off-season.
**Other idioms about finance and their examples:**
**Pinch pennies:**
We're pinching pennies these months to save up for our vacation next summer."
**Break the bank:**
Going on a luxury cruise would be amazing, but it would break the bank for us right now.
**Hit rock bottom:**
When the company's stocks plummeted, they hit rock bottom financially and had to lay off many employees.
**Rainy day fund:**
It's important to save money for a rainy day so that you're prepared for unexpected expenses.
**Penny pincher:**
Some people see her as a penny pincher, but she's just careful with her finances to save for the future.
1. I watched a movie where you have to earn enough pay to **make ends meet** because if you don’t, you die.
2. My friend is overwhelmed by work and wants to quit his job, but he can’t because he is the one who **brings home the bacon**.
3. When my coworkers and I go to lunch, we always **go dutch**.
4. She wanted to buy a new house in the suburbs but it **cost an arm and a leg**, so she had to rent it.
* **Money doesn’t grow on trees**: it means that there’s not an endless supply of money with which to buy whatever one wants.
* I can’t buy you a car, a mobile phone and a computer, **money doesn’t grow on trees**! I can only buy you a new dress for your graduation.
Since I was a kid I understand the difficult of bring home the bacon. Now I am growth I can touch how hard is make ends meet. I came the conclusion that go dutch is an intelligent way to be fair, however when you share your things with others that help you to be generous and not become a stingy person. I remember a day when I invited my aunt a meet, it cost me an arm and a leg, finally I feel pretty good on account of she deserved it.
I dont know if its correct to say it in english, but when I requested something expensive my parents used to say “do you think money grows on trees” or “does my face look like a bank” very funny anecdote.
When I got my first job, I only made ends meet with my pay.
My neighborhoods never can travel to anypart, the earn in his jobs barely make ends meet.
Answer
- I can’t decide if I want to treat my friends to lunch today or if we should just go Dutch.
- We really want to get a new sewing machine for our grandma but it may cost an arm and a leg, I think we’ll have to save up for it.
- In my family my mom is the one who brings home the bacon, she has a successful career.
- My friend was having trouble making ends meet so she got a second job as an after school tutor.
My examples
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My father and mother used to work really hard, however it was not enough to make ends meet, till my father found a better job in an international company.
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Now I am the person who brings home the bacon in my family since I studied at Platzi and get a great job!
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Unfortunately, when I was traveling from the UK to Quito, my laptop and drone got seriously damaged because accidentally I threw away my backpack when the airplane was landing. Getting it repair will cost me an arm and a leg.
Platzi suscriptions cost an “arm and a leg” 😃
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This family needs to work more to make ends meet.
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Now he has a successful career, he brings home the bacon.
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I’ll invite you to an expensive restaurant, but we’ll go dutch.
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Remember that car I told you about? Well, It seems it may cost an arm and a leg.
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I’m trying to save money, you know what they say: ‘A penny saved is a penny earned’.
I always go Dutch Immer wenn ich gehe einkaufen
cost an arm in a leg in Spanish is cuesta un ojo la cara, at least that one is the expression in El Salvador.
Funny how some expressions have a weird translation to Spanish
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