Our website is for those who understand the importance of idioms and realize that it is useless to learn them through dictionaries. It can be done, however, watching them being used by native speakers in the news, movies, songs and even cartoons. There are transcripts and explanations for all videos. Mobile apps are available too.

"Idiometer" is the feature which gives you the opportunity ‘to hunt’ for idioms in raw videos and gauge your rate of memorized expressions.
This feature is also a good proof that idioms are very common in English language. more…

Just one example: how many idioms are in this episode?



There are 3 idioms in the episode: “work cut out”, ”long shot” and “state-of-the-art”
‘To run out’ is a phrasal verb, but what’s the point of having a discussion about what an idiom is? Our goal is to provide living examples explaining the use of ‘strange’ words and constructions. So don't be surprised that we provide examples not only of idioms, but also sayings and quotations of famous people, and even just exotic words: ‘bellwether’, ‘doldrums’. Этот сайт для тех, кто понимает, что без знания идиом не будет полноценного владения языком. Для тех, кто осознает, что учить их с помощью словарей и справочников бесполезно. Фразы легко запоминаются в конкретных ситуациях. Мы снабдили все видеофрагменты текстами и объяснениями.