LOS Idiomania Podcast

Whether you're a tech enthusiast or passionate about language, this episode offers valuable insights and learning opportunities. So, let's dive in and together uncover the fascinating intersection of technology and colloquial English!

Can we borrow you for a minute? It won't take ages and it will be worth your while. In fact, it's no stretch to say that the 'Time' idioms awaiting you are second to none!

You watch too much TV and way too many movies! Or is that just us? Either way, the moving image plays a central part in 21st century life, so building up a relevant vocabulary is essential, even if only to understand what the bores are talking about.   

When English sings, what joy it brings. This episode gives an insight into how rhyming creativity can inject fun into the majority of situations. Give it a go. You may be a poet and just don't know it!

Are you familiar with 'alliteration'? If so, perhaps productivity and performance have played a part. Maybe managers have made it meaningful. Whatever, this episode will combine creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking to cultivate your competencies.

What phrase do you use when giving approximations? 'More or Less'? This makes Angels cry. 'Give or Take'? Better, but the Angels are still unhappy. Want to make them smile? This podcast tells you how.

Is someone the centre of your Universe? Or maybe they live on a different planet? Perhaps they need to be brought back down to Earth. More importantly, will the Metaverse be a Betterverse? Listen in to the podcast which kicks off the conversation.

Let's keep this real. Or should we? What language should we use when we're not sure? The most relevant Idiomania to date explores what it means to be in the here and now. Or not. You decide.

Are you strategic or reactive? Is your thinking conservative or free-ranging? Irrespective of your current mindset, you'll benefit from the idiomatic language of innovation within this episode, so important to any kind of debate.

Do you sometimes engage your feedback mouth before your feedback brain? Just say what's on your mind before factoring in the recipient? This episode gives some great tips on how to deliver the same information in different ways to different audiences.

Are you paying attention to the art of communication? You need to lend us your ears, and understand how those organs are regularly used in English idiom. You won't be sorry to have given this episode a fair hearing.

We all think home is special, right? No wonder, then, that language tends to reflect this importance in idiom. English certainly does, and this episode highlights some examples that we are sure you'll enjoy. In fact, we'd bet our house on it!

Are you hungry to learn English? Then feast right here on some food-inspired idioms which will invoke the Idiomania Paradox. You'll be left satisfied yet wanting more.

Are you the spitting image of someone, or cut from the same cloth as anybody? Same difference, perhaps? Personal and professional comparisons are a feature of everyday life, and this episode will help your confidence in expressing these in English idiom.

English words crop up in many other languages, with varying degrees of acceptance, but the reverse is also true. Check out this episode to see if any of your native vocabulary has made it into the Lingua Franca. Ciao Bella!

Frightened of kicking the bucket or popping your clogs before you bite the dust? This episode looks at some of the less reverential ways to talk about death, whether of mice, men ... or parrots.

Have you ever made a song and dance about singing and dancing? Maybe when you weren't on song? This episode injects some music into your idiomatic repertoire.

What do old dogs and sucking eggs have in common? Or grandmothers and new tricks? Listen in to find out, as we turn the mirror on ourselves with a look at some regularly-used teaching idioms. 

Are there any phrases in your native language that are so well-known that you only need to say part of them to be understood? English is full of proverbs like that, and this episode will teach you how to play around with some fun ones that are in everyday use.

What are maxims? They are well-known phrases that express something that is usually true or that people think is a rule for sensible behaviour. In this episode you're going to take it to the max. 

Is your word your bond, or are you as bent as a nine-bob note? You will love this episode. Trust us!   

Is it hard to say how a cat can look like it's got the cream? Only if you can't pronounce 'Anthropomorphisation'! In this episode we're going to take another look at the impact of animals on language. 

Is punctuation a neglected art-form? You will be astonished how one little dash, or the lack thereof, has the power to make or break the meaning of written English. In this episode you're going to learn and practise a number hyphenated idioms. 

How do you emphasise that something is legally binding? Or express your frustration with pettifogging regulations? This episode will show you what a native speaker would say in these and other situations; maybe even to a bigwig!

Do you fancy a few minutes' escape from the humdrum into the fantastical, whilst simultaneously improving your English? Then this episode is for you! You'll learn and practise a number of idioms relating to the spooky.