Ten ways to say funny and very used English

All the people who study a foreign language come across, sooner or later, in some "way of saying" of that idiom: already constructed sentences that have a metaphorical or figurative meaning, and that therefore at first sight may seem meaningless if not you still have a good command of the language.

To help you improve and make your English more natural, here are five nice common sayings in the wonderful language of Shakespeare. Learn them to begin to express yourself as true native speakers! Good luck!

1) To be full of beans.

It means "to be full of energy" and can be used as in the Italian expression "having quicksilver on him", so for example to describe lively children or boys who can't stand still.

2) It’s raining cats and dogs.

Use this funny expression to indicate that it rains, pouring, in short, a lot! Particularly useful for describing the weather if you are traveling in the rainy United Kingdom.

3) Bob's your uncle!

This is an exclamation that can be overlooked when you are faced with something that is extremely simple to do, to learn, to develop .. It means precisely "But this is easy!"

4) He is the apple of her eyes.

And here is a true romantic way of saying! It means that he is the love of his (in this case: her) life. A similar expression is "He is the love of her life".

5) To have a skeleton in the cupboard.

The meaning of this saying is simpler to guess than the previous ones, in fact it is the English equivalent of the Italian saying "having a skeleton in the wardrobe". Indeed, it is practically the literal translation!

6) To have a real pig of a day.

When a day is crooked, but just crooked without a remedy, here you can use this expression to describe it. But it must be a bad day, even if the expression is nice.

7) It made someone’s day.

To compensate for the pessimism of the previous example, here is a way of saying with a smile: "It made my day" is in fact said of something that has given a positive impression to the whole day, which made the day special .

8) To drive somebody up the wall.

This expression is used in a similar way to the Italian way of saying "getting out of the crowd", that is, making someone very angry.

9) To let the cat out of the bag.

Ups! A secret just revealed by mistake? Here is the right situation to use this English idiomatic expression! In fact, "To let the cat out of the bag" means missing out on a secret or even a surprise.

10) To laugh your socks off.

And we close this article on the English ways of saying with a good laugh, or if you prefer with this last expression that in Italian might sound like "laughing out loud".