It should be clear now that what the abusers do mostly to idioms is that they distort them – transposing some elements, removing words or letters, and adding unwanted elements. Essentially, they ...

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's idiom is 'to nip something in the bud'.

Coming Up Next now playing BBC Learning English BBC Authentic Real English: Pain in the neck A bilingual programme explaining the use of a common idiom associated with neck pain 2 mins Cymraeg ...