- Do you like shopping like I do?
Because if you do, I have some new shopping idioms for you.
Today's lesson, I believe, is very useful
because we are talking about shopping idioms.
Because this is a very, very common subject,
you are going to hear these idioms all the time.
What I'm going to do is I give you the idioms,
a little bit of an explanation,
like how and when they're used and then an example sentence.
Our first idiom is window shopping.
To window shop means to just look in the window of a store
without buying anything and just look and see what is there.
This is probably the one I like the least.
The reason is because when you window shop for something,
You don't actually go inside the store and buy stuff.
You just look, which I guess it can be fun sometimes,
but most of the time, I think it's more fun
- We've got a lot of window shopping to do.
- [Jerry] Plus, this is the perfect time
to catch up on my window shopping.
- I'm very well aware that there are many people who like
to window shop and the only thing I like to window shop for
is I think furniture and interior design stuff.
What do you like to window shop for?
Do you like it, is it annoying?
The next idiom is rip-off, a rip-off.
This is used as a noun or a verb.
So, something can be a rip-off or somebody can rip you off.
Either way, it's not a good thing
because when something is a rip-off,
it means that it costs way more than it should, way more.
- What?
- A rip-off is an informal way
to say that somebody's stealing from you.
So, if something's a rip-off, you almost feel like
somebody was trying to steal money from you.
That's how much you're paying for this particular item.
The next idiom is shop till you drop.
You might have heard this one.
I hear it in movies all the time.
how they like to shop till they drop.
I think it's a catchy idiom because it rhymes.
It just means to shop for a really, really long time
If you have ever shopped till you dropped,
you know that feeling of the end of your shopping day
when you're just tired and ready to take a nap or something.
The next idiom is retail therapy or shopping therapy.
You could say either one, they mean the same thing.
What this means is to shop to make yourself feel better,
This is just something that we do if we've had a bad day
or if you've had a rough time.
Sometimes, you just need a little retail therapy
The next one is bargain hunting.
When you bargain hunt, you are looking for deals.
That is what a bargain is, is a deal.
Bargain hunting means actively searching
for really, really good deals on things that you shop for.
- Anyway, now, we are going bargain hunting.
- I'm not gonna blow this by bargain hunting.
but I don't think I have the patience
The next idiom is to shoplift.
This is a little bit of a bad one
because it involves a crime, which is never good.
To shoplift means to steal something from a store.
If you take it and hide it and walk out with it
without paying for it, it's not a good thing.
Fit like a glove is our next idiom.
We usually use it for clothes or some article of clothing
because when something fits like a glove,
it means it fits you perfectly.
It looks like it was meant for your body.
It's the perfect size, the perfect shape for you.
- 58 years since I wore this uniform,
- Everyone loves to find something that fits like a glove.
Our next idiom is like a bull in a China shop.
I know it sounds like a mouthful,
but it's a very specific idiom.
What it is, it's what you imagine it to be.
If you imagine a bull in a China shop,
he would destroy everything because everything is breakable.
It's porcelain, so they break.
- I'm obviously gonna have to go talk
- The idiom means the same thing.
If somebody behaves like a bull in a China shop,
they are acting recklessly, they are acting clumsily,
Our next idiom is a shopping spree.
The shopping spree is a short period of time
in which somebody buys a lot of things.
The word spree, it just means a short period of time
and it shows a lot of things that are happening
Our next idiom is pay through the nose.
This one's really funny for me for some reason.
I just imagine taking our money out of our noses.
It's actually not that funny in real life
because when you pay through the nose,
it means you end up paying a lot of money for something
usually more than the fair price.
- Make them pay you through the nose.
- PAC, they'll pay through the nose for it.
- It's not really a fair price that you're paying.
You're paying a lot more than that.
Okay, I hope you have a better understanding
of these 10 idioms, but now comes the most important part.
I have some questions for you using these idioms
and in the comments, I'd like you to answer them.
You can choose to answer one of these questions or two
The more you answer, the better it will be
because you get to practice more idioms.
Or do you have something that fits you like a glove?
Let me know the answer to any of these in the comments
and be sure to write in full sentences using the idiom
Remember, idioms are an amazing way
to improve your English fluency
and if you're looking to further improve your fluency,
It's linked in the description.
Thank you for joining me today.
learning some new English idioms.