English expressions: back to back. Learning expressions in English is just as important as learning basic vocabulary. Maybe you won’t be using the expressions, but your native counterparts will! So, it’s important to know what they are referring to. This is a perfect example. This is how we say ‘seguido‘ in English.
BACK TO BACK
- When things occur one after the other without any breaks or interruptions.
- I have two exams on Monday back to back.
- Baskonia has had back to back victories in the Euro League
- I can’t meet you until late on Friday because I have to doctor appointments back to back and I don’t know what time I’ll finish.
- The literal meaning of back to back is to be sitting close together with your backs touching and looking in opposite directions.
- I asked the kids to sit back to back with their eyes close to start the game.
- The sisters stood back to back to see who was taller.
- Sometimes we do exercises in pairs at gym class and we either face one another or stand back to back and pass the medicine ball to each other.
English Expressions
Now that you have learned about English expressions: back to back, have a look at our Expression Session posts:
Expression Session: shed some light on something
Expression Session: call it a day
