Episode 230 English Big Day Birthday Idioms and Phrases

Today it's my birthday! So we're covering some common idioms and phrases you might hear people use when talking about birthdays. Today's VocabularyOver the moon - to be very happy about somethingBig day - another way to refer to a birthdayThe icing on the cake - the best thing about this event/day/situationTo have a blast - to have a great timeAge is just a number - said to make people feel better about aging, just means age is not important.Full of beans - to have a lot of energy or excitementMake my day - the best part of the dayCrown jewel - the best thing or best bit about somethingPaint the town red - to have a party, usually a wild party with alcohol*It turns out, it wasn't Arnold or Sean who said 'Make my day', it was from a much older movie, in the 1983 film Sudden Impact, Clint Eastwood says, "Go ahead, make my day".Let me know in the comments, what sorts of things would make your big day special?#emmaseslenglish #english #englishspeaking #englishvocabulary #englishlearning #englishidiomsandphrases