Before diving in to British politics and the latest saga surrounding Boris Johnson, we started with some idiom practise (see below and take the test to see how well you do…).
My goodness…what IS going on with Boris Johnson and British politics right now?
This was just one of our topics of discussion during todays ELunch.
After months of scandals, lies and ‘Corona parties’ and also after having lost two recent ‘by-elections’, things got even worse for Boris last night (05.07) as two senior ministers (Rishi Sunak – Chancellor, and Sajid Javid – Health secretary) both resigned.
What happens next? Can he weather the storm? What do you think? Comment below if you like!
Short history of ‘BoJo’: Born in New York City to English parents and returned to the UK in his early childhood. As a student, he was awarded a Scholarship to study at Eton College and later he studied Classics at Oxford. He was the mayor of London from 2008 to 2016 and became prime minister (PM) of the UK in July 2019.
Idiom Practise (you should be getting good at these by now!)
Fill in the gaps by choosing the right word from the list given below.
We (probably I) had a lot of fun doing this – I especially liked one of the answers “To spill the bucket”!
To spill the _______
To weather the _______
To kick the ______
To chew the _______
To have a ______ to pick
“What, _____ got your tongue?”
I escaped by the skin of my ______
Under the ______
Over the _____
Barking up the wrong _____
Choose from these words: Tree, moon, weather, teeth, cat, bone, fat, bucket, storm, beans
Hope you can join us next week!
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