The English We Speak

Last updated at 10:22 BST, Tuesday, 14 May 2013

A baby

I wasn't born yesterday

Were you born yesterday? Probably not, but this is a useful expression if someone's trying to fool you.

Recent programmes

- Six-pack
  7 May 2013
- To cook the books
  30 April 2013
- On the up
  23 April 2013

Previous programmes

- LOL!
  16 April 2013
- Makeover
  9 April 2013
- A white elephant
  2 April 2013
- Finger on the pulse
  26 March 2013
- Cut the mustard
  19 March 2013
- To miss the boat
  12 March 2013
- To take (something) on board
  5 March 2013
- The writing is on the wall
  26 February 2013
- Every Tom Dick and Harry
  19 February 2013
- Act your age, not your shoe size
  12 February 2013
- Go to town
  5 February 2013
- Over the moon
  29 January 2013
- To know your onions
  22 January 2013
- Take with a pinch of salt
  15 January 2013
- Not rocket science
  8 January 2013
- Go down a storm
  1 January 2013

2012 programmes

- Chuffed
  25 December 2012
- Hit the ground running
  18 December 2012
- Language of the blogosphere
  11 December 2012
- Irons in the fire
  4 December 2012
- Man flu
  27 November 2012
- Drop dead gorgeous
  20 November 2012
- Celeb (Celebrity)
  13 November 2012
- Emoticon
  6 November 2012
- Keep your chin up!
  30 October 2012
- Cost an arm and a leg
  23 October 2012
- Hunky-dory
  16 October 2012
- Things are looking up
  9 October 2012
- My mind has gone blank
  2 October 2012
- Shut up
  25 September 2012
- Throw the book at somebody
  18 September 2012
- A finger in every pie
  11 September 2012
- Finding your feet
  4 September 2012
- The skin of your teeth
  28 August 2012
- No-win situation
  21 August 2012
- Plain sailing
  14 August 2012
- Down with the kids
  7 August 2012
- Quids in
  31 July 2012
- Sheepish
  24 July 2012
- Keep me posted
  17 July 2012
- To go bananas
  10 July 2012
- Not give someone the time of day
  3 July 2012
- Put your money where your mouth is
  26 June 2012
- Fly by the seat of your pants
  19 June 2012
- To bend over backwards
  12 June 2012
- It's a joke
  5 June 2012
- What's the damage?
  29 May 2012
- Why the long face?
  22 May 2012
- To murder something
  15 May 2012
- To catch your eye / eye-catching
  08 April 2012
- No strings attached
  1 May 2012
- A spanner in the works
  24 April 2012
- Call it a day
  17 April 2012
- Take the weight off your feet
  10 April 2012
- Comfort zone
  03 April 2012
- Knickers in a twist
  27 March 2012
- To let the cat out of the bag
  20 March 2012
- To paint the town red
  13 March 2012
- Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
  6 March 2012
- Wake up and smell the coffee!
  28 February 2012
- Have your cake and eat it
  21 February 2012
- Happy Bunny
  14 February 2012
- Get your hands dirty
  7 February 2012
- Don't get me wrong!
  31 January 2012
- Dragon
  24 January 2012
- Easy tiger!
  17 January 2012
- Stuffed
  10 January 2012

2011 programmes

- Bubbly
  31 December 2011
- All the trimmings
  25 December 2011
- Cheesy
  20 December 2011
- Work for peanuts
  20 December 2011
- Sinking Feeling
  06 December 2011
- Head over heels
  29 November 2011
- Nailed it!
  22 November 2011
- Lairy
  15 November 2011
- Sponger
  8 November 2011
- The creeps
  31 October 2011
- Smoothie
  25 October 2011
- Get Lost
  18 October 2011
- Playing up
  11 October 2011
- Heavy
  4 October 2011
- Changed your tune
  27 September 2011
- Hold your horses
  20 September 2011
- Yob
  13 September 2011
- To jump the gun
  6 September 2011
- Mind-boggling
  30 August 2011
- Brownie points
  23 August 2011
- To nick
  16 August 2011
- In the nick of time
  9 August 2011
- On a roll
  2 August 2011
- Do
  26 July 2011
- Glamping
  19 July 2011
- To blow your own trumpet
  12 July 2011
- To nip something in the bud
  5 July 2011
- Teetotal
  28 June 2011
- Phrases for festivals
  24 June 2011
- Two phrases about fatherhood
  17 June 2011
- Hullabaloo
  7 June 2011
- Bounce
  31 May 2011
- The special relationship
  24 May 2011
- Baby Talk
  17 May 2011
- Gatecrash
  10 May 2011
- -gate
  3 May 2011
- The Big Day
  26 April 2011
- Touchy-feely
  19 April 2011
- Two Ticks
  12 April 2011
- Swizz
  5 April 2011
- Sick
  29 March 2011
- Savvy
  22 March 2011
- Anorak
  15 March 2011
- Awesome
  8 March 2011
- Wee
  1 March 2011
- Green
  22 February 2011
- Loved Up
  15 February 2011
- Chillax
  8 February 2011
- Rabbit in the Headlights
  1 February 2011
- Tastic
  25 January 2011
- Icebreaker
  18 January 2011
- Good Egg
  11 January 2011

Podcast

Download or subscribe to The English We Speak podcast

Latest Grammar, Vocabulary & Pronunciation

Barbie house protest
Words in the News
The spitting image
Today's Phrase
Eating insects
Video Words in the News
I wasn't born yesterday
The English We Speak
Pope creates new saints
Words in the News
Haiti cholera victims threaten UN
Words in the News
The hairdryer treatment
Today's Phrase
Print your own gun
Video Words in the News

Local Navigation