In your element

Idioms | B2

Listening exercises with “In your element”

If you are in your element, you feel very happy, comfortable or in control because you are doing the thing that you are best at.

Imagine someone who is quite shy and awkward, but who becomes incredibly calm and confident when they are playing the piano. When they are performing, they are in their element. They are doing what they do best.

Another example could be someone who is very skilled at organising things – when they are running a complicated project, they would be in their element.

People who are very talented swimmers or divers probably feel like they are in their element when they are in water.

Have a go at these micro-dictation exercises to hear this expression being used in context – how much can you understand?

Accent: Ireland