An expression that means including all your imperfections. TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2024/ep-241104 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
Hello and welcome to the English We Speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them as well.
I'm Fay.
Fay, and I'm here with Beth.
Hi, everyone.
And hi, Fay.
Fay, how are you?
I'm very well, thank you, Beth.
We're learning what's and all, which I heard on a podcast about an autobiography.
An actress I like has written about her life.
What's and all she said.
Ah, yes.
What's and all.
It means that we talk about a person or a thing exactly as it is, including flaws and imperfections.
And the person doesn't have to actually have a real wart.
No, a wart is a lump on the skin.
So this actress had some problems a few years ago and she included all the details about that.
So when you talk about difficult or unpleasant things, we can say what's and all.
Okay, I have an example for this.
So recently I was looking through some old photos of me when I was at school.
So me and my friends as teenagers, and those photos were definitely not edited.