Useful Expressions

1. Lit (when something is very good, enjoyable,

or exciting)
E.g. This party is lit.
The hat with an American flag is lit.

2. GOAT (Greatest Of All Time)

E.g. This movie is GOAT.
Nay Toe is GOAT.
3. Snatched (very fashionable, looks really good)
E.g. Her dress is snatched.

4. Salty (to be upset or angry over something)

E.g. I am salty to cancel my trip to Singapore during
summer holiday.

5. Fit (short term for outfit in U.S)

E.g. Your fit is really great today. The people are
looking at you all the time.
6. Dead (something is so funny it’s forced you to be
hyperbolic=exaggerated)
E.g. The movie was so funny and we laughed a lot.
We were dead!

7. Fire (really cool and amazing)

E.g. This fashion show is fire that I have ever seen.

8. Low – Key (quiet, modest)(do something in

simple way)
High – Key (opposite of low – key)
E.g. I want to keep my party low-key.
9. out of the question (impossible, unacceptable)
E.g. Because I don't have enough money, buying a
new car is out of the question.

10. out of the blue (unexpectedly)

E.g. Out of the blue, she told me that she was
moving to New York.

11. out of line (inappropriate,disrespectful,rude)

E.g. His behaviour was completely out of line last
night.
12. out of nowhere (suddenly, unexpectedly)
E.g. The car came out of nowhere and we almost
had an accident.

13. out of order (not working properly)

E.g. Let's take the stairs because the elevator is out
of order.

14. out of place (to feel or look different from other

people in a specific place)
E.g. He looked out of place wearing a suit and tie at
the beach party.
15. out of shape (not physically strong, not fit, not in
a healthy condition)
E.g. I need to start exercising because I am out of
shape.

16. out of the loop (uninformed, not having the

information that everyone else has)
E.g. Tell me why he got fired. I'm out of the loop.

17. out of breath ( difficulty breathing after

exercising)
E.g. I ran so fast and now I'm out of breath.
18. out of character (behaving differently than usual)
E.g. His impolite behaviour last night was completely
out of character.

19. out of the way ( inconvenient,far away, difficult to

get to)
E.g. Let's meet somewhere closer because that
restaurant is out of the way.

20. out of this world (amazing , fantastic, great)

E.g. Her mother's cooking is out of this world.
21. out of practice (skill level is down because of lack
of practice)
E.g. Please don't ask me to play the piano tonight. I'm
out of practice.

22. out of the picture (no longer involved, not there

any more)
E.g. She's dating a new guy. The old guy is out of the
picture.

23. out of my budget ( too expensive for me)

E.g. I need to find a less expensive car because this
one is out of my budget.
24. out of frying pan and into the fire (bad to worse
situation)

E.g. I know you hate your job but if you quit you'll be
going out of the frying pan into the fire.

25. out of control (no order, no rules are followed,

chaotic=extremely disorganized)

E.g. The new teacher didn't know how to discipline

the students. They were out of control.