Benjamin’s English · engVid | Improve Your Vocabulary: 24 ways to complain in English @engvidBenjamin | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
In England, we love to complain! We moan and grumble all the time, and we have many expressions we use for all this moaning and grumbling. In this lesson, I will show you informal ways to complain as well as formal expressions for complaining at work. You’ll learn expressions such as "a botch job", "a bit miffed", "all gone a bit pear-shaped", "bog-standard", and many more. Complain about this class in the comments, and take the quiz at: engvid.com/improve-your-vocabulary-13-ways-to-complain-in-english
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In this video:
00:00 Moaning & grumbling in English
00:51 I mustn't grumble but...
01:57 a few sandwiches short of a picnic
02:36 bog-standard
03:04 a botch job
03:29 a dog's dinner
04:07 gutted
04:30 a bit miffed
04:44 to overegg the pudding
05:25 It's all gone a bit pear-shaped.
05:38 a shambles
05:54 a spanner in the works
06:38 It really takes the biscuit.
07:14 doing my head in
07:57 To be honest, I'm not really getting much out of this.
08:58 I've gotta say, this is testing my patience.
09:29 I think I've probably reached my limit now.
09:43 It just hasn't lived up to my expectations.
10:00 I have to say, I was expecting a bit more.
10:26 It's just not up to scratch.
10:52 I'm sorry, I'm not very happy with this.
11:13 I don't really see the point of...
11:31 Look, I'm sorry -- I'm just finding it a bit frustrating.
11:58 Is that really necessary?
12:22 That's ridiculous!
12:29 Review
In England, we love to complain! We moan and grumble all the time, and we have many expressions we use for all this moaning and grumbling. In this lesson, I will show you informal ways to complain as well as formal expressions for complaining at work. You’ll learn expressions such as "a botch job", "a bit miffed", "all gone a bit pear-shaped", "bog-standard", and many more. Complain about this class in the comments, and take the quiz at: engvid.com/improve-your-vocabulary-13-ways-to-complain-in-english
On Saturday May 14, I'm running a live business English bootcamp! Space is limited, so register right away: https://tiny.one/getfluent
More English vocabulary:
30+ adjectives to describe people in English youtu.be/QxjsWwgPjwM
26 ways to say "I don't care" youtu.be/DcIwRsWiMp4
In this video:
00:00 Moaning & grumbling in English
00:51 I mustn't grumble but...
01:57 a few sandwiches short of a picnic
02:36 bog-standard
03:04 a botch job
03:29 a dog's dinner
04:07 gutted
04:30 a bit miffed
04:44 to overegg the pudding
05:25 It's all gone a bit pear-shaped.
05:38 a shambles
05:54 a spanner in the works
06:38 It really takes the biscuit.
07:14 doing my head in
07:57 To be honest, I'm not really getting much out of this.
08:58 I've gotta say, this is testing my patience.
09:29 I think I've probably reached my limit now.
09:43 It just hasn't lived up to my expectations.
10:00 I have to say, I was expecting a bit more.
10:26 It's just not up to scratch.
10:52 I'm sorry, I'm not very happy with this.
11:13 I don't really see the point of...
11:31 Look, I'm sorry -- I'm just finding it a bit frustrating.
11:58 Is that really necessary?
12:22 That's ridiculous!
12:29 Review
