Are you allowed to wear whatever you want?

If someone is given the sack, they lose their job.

The English language is constantly changing.

In the past, when a sailor was ill, he was sent down below the deck of the ship.

If someone is doing well, they are winning or being successful.

The expression comes from the sack that workers left with their employers until the job was finished

Hang a new blind and hang some pictures on the wall.

An idiom is an expression whose meaning isn't obvious from the words.

Here are some common idiomatic words and phrases.

The Boeing 747 jumbo jet is an unusually big jet.

The Boeing 747 jumbo jet is an unusually big jet.

If someone is doing well, we say “Well done – keep it up!” to encourage them.

If you know the ropes, you understand how a system works.

The expression “under the weather” has nautical roots – it's to do with ships and sailing.

Could you help me to put up some shelves?

I don't like the colour of the door. I'm going to repaint it.

We're going to replace the sink because this one is too small and old-fashioned.

The expression comes from the days when workers carried their tools in a bag or sack.

The shelves will be put up tomorrow.

The shuttlecock is the thing you hit in the game of badminton.

But now wicked is being used by young people as slang for very good or fantastic.

Workers used to carry their tools in a bag or sack.

He was injured when he was playing football and he twisted his ankle.

The Boeing 747 jumbo jet is an unusually big jet.