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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! Of course there are many ways to express yourself in English. Idioms are just a part of the English language. One of the main reasons why you should study idioms in English, so that you know what others are saying. Blow off steam to express one's anger usually noisily in harmlessly, thereby relieving one's tension. An example my BA, forgive me for yelling at you. I guess I just had to blow off some steam. In other words, somebody may be shouted at, they seem to be a little bit angry, made a mistake and shouldn't have said what they said. Another example, hey, when my mother needs to blow off steam, she slams the cupboard doors. A couple of synonyms to blow off steam would be Hey, blow one's stack or fly off the handle. The expression suggests the noise created when a steam boiler releases excess pressure. Another idiom to remember is that often we use words in many ways in English, the word may have started as an adjective, but now when we use it, it means something completely different than what we learn at the early stages of English, the word blue can also mean sad. Here's an example. Rachel seems pretty unhappy these days. I wonder why she's feeling blue. So that term blue can relate to depression. Some kind of sadness. Another example might be Hey, let's try to cheer up the children. They've been pretty blues since their pet dog died. That would make anybody sad. Couple of synonyms might be down in the dumps and down in the mouth. Here's an idiom that we don't use every day, but it's out there. blue blood, a person or animal that is an aristocrat or from a normal family. The old man's parents did not want him to marry the woman he'd chosen because they considered themselves Blue Bloods and thought their son was too good for her subject for another day. Another example, the race horses raised on my father's horse farm are bluebloods. They come from a long line of Kentucky Derby winners blue law, a law which regulates personal behaviors such as going to certain movies, dancing or gambling. In the United States. In 1920, a blue law was passed prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, it was later repealed, that period of time was also called prohibition. Another example, some cities have blue laws that limit or prohibit such activities as dancing, and gambling. Here's another idiom: Blue Ribbon. This can be used a couple of different ways as someone or something that is very famous. It might be used for a first prize in a special event, maybe at the fair or something like that. Here's an example. The President assembled a blue ribbon panel of experts to study the problem. In other words, a very special panel of people. Another example, Sally's science project one the Blue Ribbon because it was the best in the contest. You see that could be an affair at school, something like that, where somebody won top prize. The expression originates from the blue ribbon that is often presented to the best entry in a contest. 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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-grammar-review/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-grammar-review/support