English sayings

Learning the English language with its grammar one might already have enough difficulties. Anyway, one also crosses with frequency common English sayings that don’t seem to make much sense and cause confusion. Therefore, I’d like to list some English sayings I found in the Internet and explain their meaning so that you are prepared for the next time when you come across one of the following sayings.

“When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane”. Sometimes in life you may feel absolutely exhausted by all the things you have to go through at once. Nevertheless, it may not be your bad luck but more the wrong things you choose to do that have brought you into this situation. In this case the saying would fit perfectly.

“To bite off more than one can chew”. This saying with its metaphorical character can be easily understood. It means that one might agree to do a lot of things without finally being able to accomplish them. During my studies I’ve noticed that this quote perfectly fits…

The last saying I want to present you today, which many of you probably encounter from day-to-day, is:

“Beat around the bush”. Most of the people have already made this experience but as non-native speaker the saying may not sound familiar to them. When a person beats around the bush, the person fails or avoids confronting a subject directly because the subject is related to something unpleasant.