Idioms! Big Wheel and Bite The Bullet! American English with Billgreen54

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Would you like to help support better English around the world? You can support this podcast and more with a small contribution at https://ko-fi.com/billgreen54 American English grammar review with Billgreen54. Idioms! Another fun part of English. Hey, today let's start out with the idiom big wheel, an important powerful or influential person, all the big wheels get the use of company cars and parking spaces right next to the door of the building. Another example, Janet says she doesn't want to become a big wheel in a company because she doesn't want so much responsibility. I've talked before about big wheel in some of these synonyms that can be used the same way. Big wig, big shot, Big Cheese head honcho and heavyweight, big wig, an important powerful or influential person. Fred likes to think he's a bigwig, but he really doesn't have much power outside his own department. A second one. Did you see all the expensive cars in the parking lot outside, there must be a meeting of company bigwigs today, you've probably noticed that these two examples are a little bit negative. The term big wig is usually applied to a person high up in a corporate structure, but very often used in a negative way. Some synonyms could be big wheel, Big Shot Big Cheese head honcho, bird's eye view, a broad view or overview of something or some place. This outline will give you a bird's eye view of my new book. In other words, just a general outline of what I have written. It's a bird's eye view. Another example, the flight attendant said if we sit on the right side of the airplane, we'd get a bird's eye view of the Grand Canyon. Remember that idioms can both be literal and idiomatic. But I need to tell you that most of the time they're idiomatic here in this case, the second example I gave you, where the flight attendant told people if they sat on the right side of the airplane, we'd get a bird's eye view, it means a very good look at the Grand Canyon, bite off more than one can chew to take on more work or responsibility that one can accomplish. Here's an example, Sue plans to oversee the construction of our new house at the same time that she's taken on a lot of volunteer work at her son's school. I think she's bitten off more than she can chew. So in this case, she has a couple of projects. Here's a second example. They can't keep up with the number of classes they're taking at the university, they bit off more than they can chew. In other words, they are trying to bite the bullet to face a difficult or unpleasant situation. With our credit cards. We've been spending more money than we have. We're going to have to bite the bullet and figure out a way to pay for everything we've charged. Another example. The doctor says you're going to have to change your lifestyle unless you want to become very sick. It's time to bite the bullet. Take a look at what you're doing to yourself and change before it's too late. Some examples face to music, grin and Barrett. Take the bull by the horns. In other words, make a decision when you have a very difficult or challenging decision to make. Hey, I hope you enjoyed today's lesson American English grammar review with Billgreen54. Thanks for listening! Would you like to help support better English around the world? You can support this podcast with a small contribution at https://ko-fi.com/billgreen54 ESL Teacher Billgreen54 shares American English at its best! Pronunciation, Intonation, Spelling, Grammar Rules! It's all here in this special podcast! Our English lessons are easy to understand! Our podcast is created for Native English speakers as well as ESL students! Whether you are studying English as a second language or as a refresher! Have fun with English! Would you like to help support better English around the world? You can support this podcast and more with a small contribution at https://ko-fi.com/billgreen54 Watch and learn from our channel at https://www.youtube.com/americanenglish2020 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-grammar-review/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-grammar-review/support