English with Pete and Rebecca Series 2

(#2#15) Day and Night expressions

Rebecca Yates & Pete Carter Season 2 Episode 15

Peter and Rebecca have gathered once again to talk about different expressions related to the words "day" and "night".

Podcast notes:
Idiom: To be like night and day (literal translation): Like chalk and cheese 
Parts of the day:
- in the morning / afternoon / evening --- at night
- at midnight vs at midday
- breakfast time, lunch time, dinner time
- good evening vs good night
let's lay this one down - guardar/apartar
morning: 00:00 - 12:00
afternoon: 12:00 - 18:00
evening - 18:00-21:00
night - 21:00-00:00
- noon = midday
- sunrise / sunset
- sunrise = dawn = daybreak
- sunset = dusk = golden hour
- broad delight - a plena luz del día
- early bird - madrugador
- dew - rocío
- night owls - noctámbulo
- twilight - crepúsculo
- encourage - animar / motivar
- nighfall - anochecer
- starry night - noche estrellada
- nightcap - la última copa de la noche
- gig - evento, concierto, función
- witching hour - la hora bruja
- small hours of the day - altas horas de la madrugada
- night-night - goodnight - (nanight / n'night*)

Idioms:
- burning the midnight hour - trabajando hasta muy tarde (de noche)
- day in, day out - día tras día
- make hay while the sun shines - aprovechar la ocasión
- early bird catches the worm - el que madruga dios le ayuda
- crack of dawn - las primeras luces del día / a primera luz
- red sky a night, shepherds delight - el cielo rojo por la noche es señal de buen tiempo
- red sky in the morning, shepherds warning - aviso de mal tiempo
- it's always darkest before the dawn - dios aprieta pero no ahorca
- as clear as day - claro como el agua
- once in a blue moon - de higos a brevas
- working around the clock - trabajar noche y día

That's a wrap - se acabó

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