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LifestyleBusiness English Idioms (Udemy.com)
Learn business English idioms to improve your professional English speaking skills
Created by: Dylan Gates
Last updated October 2025
What you will learn
- understand a range of English idioms used in the professional world.
- use these idioms to make their communication more natural, effective and engaging.
- feel more confident and comfortable interacting with native speakers of English.
How it compares
Against the other 535 rated Udemy courses in Language Learning on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 41% of them
- Reviews3,829#75 of 536 by number of reviews
- Length5.9 hourslonger than 53% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2025more recently than 68% of them
Course Description
Boost Your Professional English Communication Skills
Master 100+ Essential Business Idioms and Speak English with Confidence at Work
You’ve studied grammar. You know plenty of vocabulary. But when it comes to speaking English confidently at work, you still feel stuck.
That’s because real-life business English is full of idioms—expressions like “dog-eat-dog industry” or “think outside the box”—that don’t make sense if you only focus on individual words. You might understand what’s being said literally, but miss the actual meaning.
If you want to sound natural, persuasive, and professional in your English-speaking workplace, understanding and using idioms is essential.
Why This Course?
This practical, 5-hour course will teach you over 100 commonly used English business idioms, helping you:
Communicate more clearly and naturally
Build stronger relationships with colleagues and clients
Understand what native speakers really mean
Sound more fluent and confident at work
Course Highlights
Short, effective lessons – Each video is just 3–4 minutes, focusing on one idiom at a time
Clear definitions & real-world examples – Learn how each idiom is used in a business context
Memory-boosting questions – Reinforce your learning with interactive thinking prompts
Usage checks – Practice recognizing when idioms are used correctly
MP3 downloads – Take your learning on the go and listen anytime, anywhere
100-page illustrated eBook – Review all idioms quickly with visuals and summaries
Who This Course Is For
Professionals who already understand English but want to sound more fluent and engaging
Non-native English speakers working in international companies
Anyone preparing for job interviews, presentations, or meetings in English
Start Speaking Business English Like a Pro
By the end of this course, you’ll confidently use idioms that help you express ideas more vividly, build rapport more easily, and understand your colleagues more clearly.
Join now and take your professional English to the next level!
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Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
3,829 Reviews
Dylan Gates
My name is Dylan Gates and I am a freelance teacher / teacher trainer / materials designer and English language coach.
Learning English is a challenge. My job is to help you take your English to the next level. Becoming a fluent speaker of English is not just about learning grammatical rules and remembering vocabulary. It's about developing communication skills and becoming a confident speaker. It's about learning how to express your ideas, thoughts, opinions and experiences in English.
My courses are designed to help you become a confident and competent speaker of English.
About Me
I've been a Director of Studies at a British Council accredited school in Central London, Course Director of a Training programme for English teachers (Trinity TESOL), and I've also worked as an English for Academic Purposes tutor at King's College (famous university in London) where I prepared international students for post-graduate study in the UK. Now, I am a self-employed teacher / trainer / blogger / course designer and enjoying the freedom.
What other teaching qualifications do I have?
I have an MA in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching, a Diploma DELTA (advanced teaching qualification) and an E-tutoring certificate.
Is there anything else I would like to mention?
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Reviews
By Vera Storck on 3/16/2026
Perfect pronounciation from Dylan, very good explanation for Business English Idioms with using examples. Vocabulary was explained in detail , and the questions encouraged you to think for yourself, reflect your behaviour.
By Sonali Saxena on 5/7/2025
Examples given for each idiom is very helpful to get deeper understanding of the same. Quiz also helps to confirm we understand the usage of idioms with right context. Thank you for putting this together. Even if we may not use these right away, learning these idioms helps to understand what the client wants to say indirectly or when they use idioms to convey their meaning in respectful manner.
By Kanniappan Chandrasekaran on 1/7/2024
Very nice compilation overall. My two little cents 1. You do not have to repeat the same thing over and over again in 90+ videos at the beginning and end of every video. Rather you can add those in header and footer. 2. 'Correct/Incorrect section' on each video - It will be good if you add both Correct & Incorrect statements on the same slide and strike out the incorrect words to understand quickly. I had to go back and forth on the video to understand what was incorrect.
By Vlastimil Vana on 1/25/2023
Very useful online course full of interesting idioms. Every idiom is consideres from different angles which helps a lot to remember it. I really recommend this course.
By Serdar Ersoy on 11/18/2022
He always introduce himself each and every parts which is really boring.. additionally he mentioned one grammar mistake orally in a part but he didnt mark it as before and after…
By Anonymized User on 11/3/2022
I really liked the methodology, the tone, the examples, and the phrases in general... so I would say it was really useful and a very good match for me. However, it was really annoying to hear 48 times the same commercial at the beginning and the end of every single video.
By Naomi Chida on 10/1/2021
I'm not familiar with English idioms. I could learn many distinctive expressions through this course. I would like to have a good command of English idioms in the future.
By Dominik Sęczkowski on 8/5/2021
This course fit best according to my expectations, to be fair lector has nice voice what is paramount to me while learning in this way, moreover course is clear made (I mean that I see every information that you want to give) what is significant in my point of view to catch and keep viewer attention at high level, amazing job keep going! :)
By Duangporn Wilaschaiyan on 11/8/2020
This course is interesting and useful which I could apply to my daily conversation.
By Harshit Gupta on 10/23/2020
smooth and enriching
By Julius Lwanga on 9/23/2020
Its a good course, but already know most of this stuff.
By manoj tyagi on 9/14/2020
it was good for me
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Overall Score : 92 / 100
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5.9h - Price: $13.99
- Provider: Udemy
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