Channel: Benjamin’s English · Learn English with engVid

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Description: 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: 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