Saturday, January 5, 2019

he had it coming to him


Today's E-cubed:  He had it coming to him


Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression. Today's expression is very good: He had it coming to him.

Friday, January 4, 2019

bae


Today's E-cubed:  bae


Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression - E-cubed - the video. Today, we're going to learn a word. And that word is BAE, my bae. You will hear it in a couple of different situations, but 98.7% of the time you will hear it referring to my girlfriend, or lady my boyfriend. My bae almost always means my baby, my babe, my baby, my sweetheart. Not my little infant but the person that I love, could be your wife, could be your husband, could be your boyfriend, could be your girlfriend. That's how we use it. Check out the dialog.

- Who was that woman you were with?
- Sally? She’s my bae~
- Since when? I thought you were dating Sue.
- Yeah~ She’s my fun bae. Sally’s my real bae. I like lots of baes~

Oh yeah, not a good idea. Now I know some there are guys out there, and I'm sure women out there too, who have several baes, lots of boyfriends, lots of girls friends right? You're players. I don't know. Personally, I'm a one woman guy and that's the easiest life there is. Remembers, baes can be expensive. They can be financially expensive, they can be emotionally expensive, they can be physically expensive. The more baes you have, the more you will pay. The more baes, the more pay. Have one bae and only pay once. All rights, so that's a little bit of life advice and also an English expression. Now once again, you know I'm not a young guy. I'm a little bit older. And to be honest, me, my generation, I don't really use the word bae very much. I could but I don't. But if you're like in your teen twenties, thirties, definitely you're using the word bae. Thanks guys. Don't forget the free lesson www.LetsMasterEnglish.com/FREE. Get free lessons and join us. And together, let's master English.

Giải thích:

bae ~ gấu, người yêu, bạn trai (bạn gái) ~ my babe, my baby, my sweetheart.

Thursday, January 3, 2019

water off a duck's back


Today's E-cubed:  water off a duck's back


Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression. Today's expression is very good: water off a duck's back. Do you know a duck is, quack quack... They can fly, they can swim.

So imagine if you have some water, and you spray, you throw some water onto a duck. What happens to the water? It immediately comes off the duck, right? So this is the back of the duck. If you put water on a duck, the water just immediately flows off the duck. Right? Sure. So in daily English, if we says it was like water off a duck's back, that means it did not affect me or whoever. So, he said something not nice to me. But, no problem, water off a duck's back. His evil works, his mean works came to me and it was like water off a duck's back. It didn't bother me. It didn't affect me. No problem. That's how we use this expression.

Now, for ESL students, this expression might be a little bit difficult to use. However, I guarantee you'll read it or you'll hear it if you expose yourself to lots of English. Check out the dialog.

- Why are you so mad?
- It’s Trump. We are doing everything we can to destroy him…
- Yeah~ But it’s not working.
- I know~
- It’s like water off a duck’s back~

I don't know what's gonna happen in the future. But in 2018, the end of 2018, if you watch the news, media in America CNN, places like that. They really do try to destroy the image of president Donald Trump. So what's gonna happen? I don't know. But they try. Every week, they talk about some bad stories, some horrible things. Every week, there's something new that they tell us, that they hope will destroy Donald Trump so he resigns, I don't know what they want. They try all the time. All of those bad things, all of those rumors, all of those stories, when they hit Donald Trump it's like water off a duck's back. And it's a perfect expression for Donald Trump because his hair, for some reasons, his hair looks somewhat like, it related to a duck. I don't know why. I don't mind Donald Trump. Yeah, I mean the economy is going good. Anyways, we'll see what happens so far. Everybody tries so hard. But so far, all of those bad things, as soon as they hit Donald Trump, no effect, no effect. It's like water off a duck's back. That's the expression. Go to Google, water off a duck's back in the news sections and you will see many many examples. I want you guys to master this expression. That's it. Don't forget the free lessons at www.LetsMasterEnglish.com/FREE. And you guys have a fantastic day. Together, let's master English.

Giải thích:

Water off a duck's back ~ nước đổ lưng vịt: ý muốn nói những lời khiêu khích, nói xấu, chọc tức không gây ảnh hưởng tới người đón nhận nó, như nước đổ đầu vịt - trôi tuột trong tích tắc.

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

gets the noggin joggin'


Today's E-cubed:  gets the noggin joggin'


Hello, everybody. It's time for Daily Easy English Expression. We've got a very great expression for you. It is something gets the noggin joggin'.

- Oh, that really gets my noggin joggin'.
- This really get my noggin joggin'.

Alright, so really gets my... in this case, get is the same as make. It really makes my... it's the influence. That's the idea. NOGGIN - this is a really old slang word for your head. So my noggin = my head. Especially we're thinking of the brain. JOGGIN' should be jogging. Jogging like running. But if something, in this case, if your noggin is joggin'. Your brain is working. And the idea, the nuance is your brain is working hard, it's thinking hard. There's a problem and you're trying to solve it. So, if something really get your noggin joggin' that something is really difficult and it's a difficult question, you're trying to find the answer. It really makes you think. It makes you think hard. Check out the dialog.

- Where is my towel.
- It’s being washed.
- I wash myself, then use the towel. Why is the towel dirty?
- … Wow~ That really gets the noggin joggin’~

That's a great question, right? You take a bath, or a shower right. After you take a shower, we have a towel to dry ourselves off to remove the water. Our body is clean. The towel is removing clean water. But, why do we wash the towel? That's a good idea. That's a good question. It really make you think. It really gets the noggin joggin'. Yeah, that's kind of silly. That's kind of weird. Here's an other question that really gets the noggin joggin':

- Do fish get thirsty?
- Why is the slowest part of the day called "rush hour"?
- Why do we call this a building if it has already been built?

These questions really get the noggin joggin'. Can you think of some more questions that really make you think? Yeah, we don't need the answers. We just want the questions. You guys have a fantastic day. Don't forget the free lessons - www.LetsMasterEnglish.com/FREE. And together let's master English.

Giải thích:

something gets the noggin joggin' ~ cái gì đó khiến đầu óc phải làm việc, phải suy nghĩ để tìm ra câu trả lời.

It gets my noggin joggin' ~ Cái đó khiến tôi phải nghĩ đấy.

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

E-cubed 1211: rub it in


Today's E-cubed:  rub it in


Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English expression. Today's expression is very good. It is to rub it in.

Now, we actually studied this expression a long time ago. We studied to rub your nose in it, or to rub your face in it. But today, I wanna focus on a short version "rub it in".

- Don't rub it in.
- Please don't rub it in.
- Do you have to rub it in?

So get that pronunciation. Rub it in. And we use the flap T.

So we use this expression, for example: don't rub it in. Don't rub my nose in it. Don't rub my face in it. And the idea is: I did something bad, I said something bad, I wrote something bad, I made a mistake, and you are reminding me of my mistake. You're taking my head and rubbing it in the mistake. Hey Shane, do you remember your mistake. You made a mistake. And you're taking my head, and you're rubbing it in the mistake. Do you understand? That's a good expression.

And once again, the idea: if you've ever had a dog, or a cat. And if the dog or the cat is inside the house and it goes to the bathroom on the floor. You don't like that. So what many people do is they take their dog's face and they show them: No, no. And they put the dog's face right into the poop or the pee, not touching but right next to it. Do you understand? This is the idea.

So to a human, don't put the face to some poop or pee. But if they made a mistake, to remind them of a bad mistake, to remind them of something negative, something sad, something terrible, ok. Hey Shane, you look really good. To bad, your hair is missing. Why did you say that? Why are you rubbing it in? Why are you teasing me? Why are you trying to make me feel bad? Why are you reminding me that I don't have any hair. Check out a dialog.

- Hi, Tommy. Did you have a Merry Christmas?
- Sure did! 
- Did you spend it alone again?
- Hey~ You don’t have to rub it in.

Uh... poor Tommy. Tommy last year 2017, he was all alone during Christmas. It's a kind of sad. You know, the holiday, in America it's the family time you know. Be with your family, if you're married, your wife, your children, mom and dad, you know, aunts and uncles, you wanna be together with your family right? But last year, Tommy was alone. And this year were you alone again? So Tommy said, why do you remind me of something so terrible. Yes I was alone. Yes I'm sad. Yes I'm depressed. Why do you remind me of that sad terrible thing. Why are you rubbing it in. That's the idea.

Giải thích:

Rub it in ~ chỉ việc ai đó khơi gợi lại những việc không hay, những lỗi lầm của người khác ra  khiến cho người nghe cảm thấy buồn phiền, hoặc bực dọc.

Don't rub it in ~ Đừng lôi những chuyện không hay đó ra nữa./Đừng xát muối tim tôi./Đừng đụng vào nỗi đau của tôi.