that you need to know when you're visiting the beach.

And just before we dive into those nine hot phrases I want to say a huge thank

you to these two beautiful girls from Love English who are helping me with

today's lesson. Their link will be down in the description box below so make

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A drop in the ocean so this means an insignificant amount, imagine one tiny

drop of water going into a huge ocean it's quite insignificant and isn't going

to make much of a difference. So for example imagine one person giving three

pounds to a charity that needs millions of pounds it's not going to make that

much difference, it's a drop in the ocean, but if we all give three pounds it's not

a drop in the ocean anymore and maybe they'll make a million.

The coast is clear. The coast is clear means that your way

ahead is available, it's clear, you're not in danger of being caught. To look like a

beached whale. To describe somebody as looking like a beached whale is really

not very nice, in fact a beached whale is well, as you guessed it, a whale that has

perhaps washed up on shore, very often they die not great, and if

someone is rather large perhaps with a big belly maybe with good reason you

might describe them as a beached whale. They might not be able to move around

very easily or get up.

Plenty more fish in the sea. So have you ever had a broken heart?

Most of us sadly have, now when we're nursing a broken heart

our friends often want to comfort us and when they do they might say this

expression "don't worry there are plenty more fish in the sea". Now this means

don't worry you can find someone new, there are many other choices out there.

So the fish represent people or future romantic partners. Life's a beach. This is

the completely opposite to a very similar sounding phrase Life's a (swear word)!

We won't say because it's not family-friendly. if life is a beach then

everything is wonderful just like if you're on a beach. The tide is turning. So

the tide is turning simply means there is a change or reversal. Now let me give

you the example of sport perhaps that you support a football team and they

might not be winning many matches. All of a sudden they start to win and they're

doing well. In this case you could say the tide is turning.

To bury your head in the sand this means to refuse to face or deal with a

difficult situation.

It's not the size of the ship it's the motion of the ocean

Many people think this is a little bit naughty, a bit fruity because you're

saying it's not about the size of your tool but about how you use it,

but this can be used for many other things.