[00:00.72]Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. Rosie and I are doing a salsa class tonight. It's my favourite Latin American dance and I love the music.
[00:10.81]Yes, and it's not easy. One, two, three. Oh, I'm not very good yet. I'm still finding my feet.
[00:18.74]You're still finding your feet? No wonder you're so bad. How can you dance if you don't know where your feet are?
[00:26.81]I do know where my feet are, Helen. When you say you're finding your feet in English, it means you're becoming confident at something.
[00:34.32]So if I say I'm still finding my feet, it means I'm still getting used to a new situation, which might not have anything to do with feet?
[00:43.66]That's right. And when you say you've found your feet, it means you've become familiar with a situation.
[00:49.85]Let's have a look at some examples then.
[00:52.58]Lauren has only been at her new job for four days, so she's still finding her feet.
[00:59.19]My daughter started secondary school two weeks ago. She's already found her feet. She's made loads of new friends and really likes her teachers.
[01:08.38] I've been living in Egypt for a year but I still can't speak Arabic very well. I'm sure you'll find your feet soon.
[01:16.81]So finding your feet has nothing to do with your actual feet. You can use it when you start a new job or when you're doing something new.
[01:25.13]That's right. And I feel like I'm getting quite good at salsa now.
[01:30.79]Really? It looks like you're still finding your feet.
[01:35.32]I might ask someone to dance with me, Helen. That guy over there is pretty good.
[01:42.61]Hi, would you like to dance?
[01:45.33]Oh, OK.
[01:50.60]Oooooh this is fun. One, two, three.
[01:53.50]Oops
[01:54.11]Sorry. Did I step on your foot?
[01:56.40]Ouch.
[01:57.63]It looks like Rosie's doing more than finding her feet. She's finding other people's feet and stepping on them too.