how was the movie it was bad how was your exam it was bad and what about the new book you picked up it was not good time to get some advanced vocabulary and yes there are some fabulous words that we can use instead of bad like terrible awful and horrible but i will not give you these words why because they’re easy and you probably are already bored of using them instead what i will give you today are 12 advanced expressions and phrases which will make you sound like an advanced english speaker in your daily english casual conversations
so let’s get going and don’t forget to press that like button before we begin this article hey this is Gujju and you’re reading a Job In Bhavnagar and yippee it’s a friday so here is our brand new article once again with 12 vowtastic words and expressions to say instead of saying the boring it’s bad to someone so try to use them this entire week and leave me a comment below and next friday tell me about how you felt about using your brand new vocabulary words
not up to scratch
at number one is not up to scratch use this when you want to say something is not as good as expected basically it’s not up to the mark example i’m afraid this product is not up to scratch peter a similar phrase is not up to snuff or not up to the mark be careful it’s not up to scratch and not up to the mark the candidate i interviewed today was not up to scratch
leaves a bad taste in the mouth
word number two leaves a bad taste in the mouth let’s say some unpleasant incident happened that left a bad memory for you you could say the holiday was good otherwise but the incident of my wallet getting stolen left a bad taste in my mouth example you make a friend at school and the first few days you enjoy being with them but soon you find out that they are lying to you you can say the fact that she lied to me left a bad taste in my mouth and before moving on to
gimcrack
word number three i want to give a shout out to moonlight starix for leaving this super awesome message under my last video which got so many likes for you and you know the drill if you want a shout out in my next video just leave me a comment below with a hashtag jet chatters and now for word number three gym crack let’s say you go into a store and you see these very attractive mugs but as soon as you pick them up you realize that they are made of cheap quality your parents will be very impressed if you tell them that those were gym crack mugs attractive on the surface but badly made are of no real or permanent value that building is a gym crack and the construction is unlikely to last beyond 10 years that product at the teleshopping network is a gym crack looks nice but of extremely poor quality
slip shot
slip short now slip shot is something you can use if somebody’s work is kind of shoddy and it slipped a bit from the mark and it’s not as good as you expected it to be and you don’t want to say it’s bad so you say it’s slip short let’s say you hired a carpenter and he made a table for you but it wasn’t so good you can say the carpenter’s work had been slip shot and by the way if you’re also looking for some fabulous words to use instead of using the word good then check out this article
nothing to write home about
the next word is nothing to write home about not very interesting or exciting the museum was nothing to write home about it had very few exhibits
rough around the edges
the next one is rough around the edges the interns of the news channel are learning but they’re still rough around the edges which means they’re not yet well polished this is my design for the park but it’s still rough around the edges but i could show it to you
second rate
another word that you’ll find commonly used instead of saying it’s bad is second rate the stuff i bought at the sale was second rate that didn’t last very long this can be used to describe something that has poor quality for example a second-rate movie or a second-rate restaurant
patchy
patchy if someone’s work is good in parts sometimes they do well and on most other days their work is of poor quality you can describe them as being patchy like patches on a wall it means some parts are okay some parts are not the service at the restaurant was patchy public transport in this city is patchy
bummer
the next word for you is bummer this is informal for something that depresses frustrates or disappoints for example not getting a promotion this time was such a bummer or getting detention or having to stay back at school was a bummer hey and don’t forget to leave me a comment below and tell me which of these words was your favorite
not living up to expectations
the next one for you is not living up to expectations for instance you’ve heard a lot about a particular restaurant but when you visit you find out the food was just about ordinary usually we would end up saying the restaurant was bad or it was not good but if you want to impress your friends you can say that the restaurant did not live up to expectations not as good as you had expected
disappointing to say the least
next up disappointing to say the least say you’re all charged up to watch the last episode of game of thrones and there’s so much hype but at the end of it you feel it was terrible you can say it was disappointing to say the least this means you’re being polite by saying disappointing and actually you felt that it was far worse than disappointing
not going to set the world on fire
not going to set the world on fire she sings well but well let’s be honest her voice is not going to set the world on fire which means it’s good but it’s not great you can use this when you’re talking about something being kind of average that new movie yeah it’s not going to set the world on fire for sure so
