1. Do you know these idioms?

Felix: Hmm, I'm not sure, but I feel like it comes from a song. Does it come from a song?

Tony: Shakespeare.

Lena: I think it's William Shakespeare. I know that there's a Shrek song that's similar – that's 'All that glitters is gold' – but, no, the original one is definitely Shakespeare.

Kirk: 'Have a glow up.' I'm pretty sure we don't say that in American English. So I'm guessing it's British English, but I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that. Maybe it's a new thing.

Tony: Oh, I don't know. It's, that's a younger generation thing. I've never heard that expression.

Felix: 'Glow up' is, I guess, when somebody looks better than they did before, like, they improve their looks.

Lena: 'To have a glow up' I think means to go from one look to another. So whether you've had a new hairstyle or maybe a change of clothes or maybe you've just started working out and doing some sport and you feel like you look nicer than you did before, that's to have a glow up.

Tina: You know what, 'elephant in the room'. I know what it means, but I find it really hard to explain, and I'm terrible because I'm quite a visual person, so I actually think of a big elephant sitting on an armchair in a room and it's really out of place, but it's probably not the meaning. So I don't know how to explain it. Sorry.

Kirk: The 'elephant in the room' is the subject that no one is speaking about in a situation, but which is very obvious, which is certainly apparent to everyone there. But people are not discussing it because it's uncomfortable for some reason. Often it's because it's just, it would be rude to speak about it.

Felix: I think it means just to go for it, kind of thing, and if you're dreading something to just do it.

Lena: To 'bite the bullet' is just to stop overthinking and just start. So if you want to start a new hobby or start something, you could just say 'I'm going to bite the bullet' and do it.

Tina: Something that I say all the time – I think I'm pretty famous for it actually, especially at work – is 'it is what it is'. And I guess, I guess, the last couple of years, you know, things have been thrown at me, not necessarily good things, and I often say 'it is what it is', you've just got to get on with it. Take what comes and, yeah, you know, deal with it and move on.

Felix: I quite like the one 'better late than never', because I'm often late to events and gatherings, and better for me to be late than not come at all, so it's pretty useful.