hey Lindsay how are you I'm feeling solid today Michelle how are you feeling how are things
in the city the big city New York the Big City everything is good over here everything is good
Lindsay do you ever watch TV to practice another language sometimes I do in the past I when I was
traveling in South America for a year everything was in Spanish so I would watch TV sometimes it's
not my favorite way to learn a language but yes I do sometimes yes yeah I I actually I always
encourage my students I always ask them what are you watching what are you what are you consuming
uh TVs or movie TV shows or movies um but today we are going to answer a question from Luca about an
expression he heard on a TV show so this is gonna be a fun one I mean we always say not just for
language acquisition but for idea acquisition I love it for that reason right what are you
watching meaning what content are you taking in so you actually have something to talk about yes
that is one of yes that is one of the one of the big reasons to do it um so yeah this is going to
be fun uh so we have this question coming up and guys uh we've been doing something super fun on
the show which is if you're listening on Spotify you can answer polls we have a poll question for
every show and some of them we really highlight um and today we are going to have a poll question
but you have to listen until the end of the show to find out what it is and this is a great way
to engage with our listeners to find out uh what you guys about certain topics that we talk about
so definitely be sure to answer the question when we give it to you yeah and I think this poll in
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course right good stuff okay definitely go ahead with that and Lindsay could you read the question
for us from Luka this is from Luca and here we go hi Lindsay I started to follow the podcast only
recently a new listener Michelle listen we love it welcome in the last three months and your voices
are the last ones I listen to after the night shift the lessons are blowing my mind amazing
thank you it's really a blessing to get into all the nitty-gritty nuances of the language I love
that term nitty-gritty nuances I thought the only way to become fluent was living on site before
your show okay I guess he means just immersing himself in our show yes all right I'm wondering
if you could clarify a couple of Expressions we're gonna go over one yeah so the expression here is
she couldn't be caught dead right a voiceover says she wouldn't be caught dead wearing a shirt with
with kids faces on it it's clear clear that she wouldn't wear that kind of merch for no reason in
the world but I'd like to know all of the details of this expression I know I should just follow the
flow of the conversations because connection is not Perfection but I'm a stickier guy no stickler
guy guy stick that's my eyes that messed up that not not the listener I'm a stickler guy and I want
to get all the details thank you for all the good stuff oh I love this listen thank you so much Luka
these are fun so the expression is fun as well we can take a look at it but it sounds like Luka is
getting a lot of stuff from TV here um so we're going to go over so yeah so the expression is
wouldn't be caught dead yes that is the expression love it super common and it's really expressive
we like to show you guys ways to be interesting this is one of the ways would you say Michelle
yes for sure so it sounds a little bit like a gloomy expression but it's not really thought
of that it's not really thought in that way of that way when you use it but I'll direct you to
a past episode of all your's English way past uh 1084 was break out the candy corn and celebrate
Halloween with these deathly phrases so we taught some Expressions here including this one we talked
about a little bit but we wanted to focus it on it today and do an update because that's over that's
about a thousand episodes a thousand episodes ago oh my gosh you guys have so much good stuff to
go back and listen to so do that we're going to come back to this topic of dead idioms I'm sure
in the future right because it's it's interesting what you said Michelle and I think this came out
on that episode too a lot of idioms that involve death are not actually that serious they're kind
of light yeah yeah it's interesting right so and then another one uh since we're talking about TV
shows just recently on episode 2100 we did three social gaffs from Seinfeld that you must know so
on the on the idea of TV get learning things from TV this uh this is a really good good episode to
listen to as well yeah I'm loving these episodes this fall bringing in Seinfeld bringing more
grammar guys you know share the show with a friend if you have a friend that believes in connection
not Perfection the way we do share it all right so let's get into it Michelle so what does it mean oh
good question this basically just means something that would never happen in your world if you were
making all the decisions it would never happen yeah yeah it would never happen right so the
example about the shirt um probably means no one would ever catch this person or see her wearing
that kind of shirt it's not her style she probably hates that kind of stuff so that's that's what I
would imagine um what do you think yeah I totally agree especially when it comes to Fashion it's a
great context for this term because we have a lot of choices when it comes to fashion right and we
express ourselves through our choice our fashion choices you know so what what is something that
you wouldn't be caught dead wearing let's talk about that for me it's very high heels that's
I wouldn't be caught dead wearing them and it's funny because sometimes when you say this it's
it's just like oh that's not your style or that's just like you know not comfortable for you but it
could also mean if you say it like oh I wouldn't be CAU maybe you're judging it um I wouldn't be
caught dead in it so you want to make sure that you kind of choose what you're talking about
carefully because it could have a different kind of feel it yeah if you're talking about a piece of
clothing that's maybe out of style I mean high heels are classic you know throughout the the
ages some people love them some people hate them that works because we know that's just about you
but if I say something like I do remember in the ATS when what is it Burberry or like what was that
what was that pattern that you always saw that was really popular I feel like it's kind of gone
out of style now so maybe you'd say like oh in 2023 wouldn't be caught dead wearing plaid let's
say plaid maybe that's in style now I don't know Michelle I don't know um but yeah so it could be
in used in that kind of a way too but it could also just be about your style like oh I wouldn't
be caught dead wearing high heels like they're so uncomfortable for me um limsy what about you what
wouldn't you be caught dead in using either either kind of context yeah I'm gonna use the
context of my own choices because I'm not a very fashionable person right I wouldn't know what what
to be caught and and whatnot to so anyways I would say a long dress I wouldn't be caught dead wearing
a long dress to like a wedding unless I were the bride right because I just don't like long
dresses I like t-length dresses or shorter dresses I don't like the long gown uh it's to formal and
it because I'm not super tall it doesn't really work for my height what like but there are some
long dresses that aren't like I have a long dress that is not that formal it's not like a big or
anything so I I actually like those but it is it is I feel you on the height issue because yeah
for sure for sure I don't know there there's I never mind being short I actually I kind of I
like it I think it's I don't well I don't know I don't have an opinion it's fine um but like some
sometimes there are some times with clothes when I feel oh I could use a few more inches
just to help out with this and you have to kind of negotiate that you know it sounds like we're
more let I know that we're more or less the same height more or less right Michelle T you're you're
like I'm like almost 53 yeah I'm about 5'4 5'4 and a half so around that we're both women yes
and I had to wear high heels but grudgingly had to at the last wedding I went to cuz I was
wearing a t-length dress which is halfway between a short dress and a long dress and with that I had
to elongate my legs so yo difficult we have to navigate these things what do you mean you had
to oh oh you had to elongate them with shoes you stretching out your legs standing on your tiptoes
yeah cuz like the teal like dresses can make you look shorter and already being somewhat short I
just had to think about that Hy yeah yeah um so let's give some more examples here even though I
feel like we could talk about that all day um so here's another example he's so environmentally
conscious he wouldn't be caught dead littering great one yeah that just doesn't mesh with his
identity I think and we're going to have a really fun ident question in the poll to know what kind
of people you guys are right so it's about your identity when you use this expression a lot of
times the boss here is tough he wouldn't be caught dead leaving the office before 11 p.m yeah hard
worker or uh her style is pretty untraditional she wouldn't be caught dead in a regular white
wedding dress yeah interesting I remember when I worked in Japan back in 2006 maybe this has
changed since then but my my colleagues my Japanese colleagues wouldn't be caught dead
leaving the office before their manager right so having to stay and the manager would sometimes
stay very late like midnight or 11 um oh wow yeah and I I don't know maybe that's changed maybe our
listeners could let us know if that work Norm in Japan has changed since then Super interesting
that is interesting that is interesting I mean so Lindsay do you think the Dead part can be too
intense like is there a time not to say this I mean wouldn't I don't know that I would say it
about yeah at a funeral that's what I was thinking yeah I wouldn't say it at a funeral I I wouldn't
really say it about a child or an elderly person I don't know yeah I don't know just like oh she
I can't imagine saying that about like my kids like they wouldn't be cut dead I don't know it
just feels a little funny yeah anything or anyone a little more vulnerable I would maybe stay away
from using this idiom it's not the worst thing in the world but it's just it's meant to be kind of
light and it really does talk about your personal choices and your lifestyle right so like kids and
elderly people like maybe it's not necessarily like lifestyle things as much yet right at least
for kids there haven't been any clear identity decisions made yet maybe right right I mean
and the other thing is that it's a very strong statement like it's it's it's not like saying
oh I don't really like heels it's it's it's very strong so if you're using it about somebody else
especially just be careful because you're making a big statement about that person yeah there's a
time and a place to make a strong statement about ourselves or about someone else but be careful I
love that warning all right let's get into it I love this Michelle we have a key question
important question yes um what is it all right well so Lindsay what wouldn't you be caught dead
doing on a Saturday night I probably wouldn't be caught dead doing an escape room oh tell us
about that I'm not a fan I've never done one well to be fair I've never done one either but I just
don't like the idea of being stuck somewhere and if I can't figure out how to get out I might Panic
so are you claustrophobic in certain in certain conditions maybe and just having like your like
being trapped I don't know if I love that idea so that's my answer what about you Michelle mine
is I don't think I would be caught dead doing a ghost tour late at night o love ghost tours you
do well okay I will I'll be honest I did do a ghost tour once in uh New Orleans um but I it's
it's so I guess I was caught dead doing it no um I don't know but in general I don't like scary
things I don't I mean I barely I barely even like a cute haunted house like I you know with
my uh my sister-in-law wanted to go to something called fright F Fest I think it's said Six Flags
or something like that and I'm like I don't I don't like oh Michelle I'm on Team Ghost T here
I'm going to push you because ghost tour are just history tours which is so cool uh I did one this
summer in Durango and there's so much like Civil War history and just so much history about that
town and that region of Colorado try it again maybe during the day during the day is okay a
daytime ghost tour I don't even know if those exist kind of takes away from the mood that's
okay um so yeah but I mean as far as Saturday nights go I mean Lindsay are you more likely
to kind of do you prefer to like sit and watch a movie get on your jammies maybe bake some cookies
or do you want to be out and dancing and partying oh my God these days I am team pajamas for sure on
a Saturday night yeah I like to stay in you know I mean I like to if I'm G to go out I'd rather be
at like a dinner party not not really dancing that's not really my thing so I would rather
be home watching a movie Michelle what about you same same same because if I yeah this way
I don't have to wear high heels no I remember and and I was always like this I remember in I
think it was freshman year of college I remember going out to some you know dance party that I was
probably not so happy about and that I and that everybody all of my friends were wearing heels
and one of my friends and I was wearing flats and my friend kind of teased me about it a little bit
but guess what at the end of the night I was the only one who feet were on hard oh no no joke high
heels are after that wedding that I just went to in those heels those 3-in heels I literally came
back with a huge sore like bleeding feet oh do you ever like wear socks though sometimes people at
weddings they might change into socks or you know no I kept them on just cuz I liked the look I was
I liked the look but I didn't like the pain at the end of the night it was were they really high oh
yeah they were like three inch heels yeah yeah they were high for sure okay wow yeah anyways we
want to know what our listeners would say right we have a fun poll tell us about our poll today and
why our listeners should participate yeah guys so this is a way to interact we want to know are you
team like Lindsay and Michelle I guess we're on the same team here yeah the question is would you
what would you rather do on a Saturday night this is on Spotify guys would you rather watch movies
in your pajamas or would you rather dance until 3 a.m. let me know uh let us know which one you are
we want to hear from you guys this is so fun to be able to interact with you guys in a new way so let
us know which which side are you on for Saturday night so fun and by the way there's no in between
there's no third answer so you have to choose one or the other so I'm super excited to break down
the results in a couple of weeks and see what are you know what is our audience like what are our
listeners like what are their preferences I'm so excited good stuff definitely love it um should we
continue or should we wrap it up yeah well let's do the role play I let's do the role play okay
let's do the role play here we go so Michelle what are we doing here all right we are waiting
for our friend all right so here we go of course Charlie's late he wouldn't be caught dead showing
up on time yeah but maybe he has a good reason oh come on there's no way he would ever call or warn
us it's so disrespectful try to calm down Lindsay oh you know I'm just teasing there's no way I
would ever stop being friends with him over this okay good good he gets a lot of leeway doesn't he
yeah yes he does yeah so we didn't have time guys to teach the other two expressions because we got
to hop off the mic but what we did use here is of course Charlie is late he wouldn't be caught dead
showing up on time and then the other two Michelle what's the next one well you said there's no way
he would ever call us or warn us so you could say there's no these are that's a little bit
more of a direct way to say it being clear yeah it's less idiomatic right right exactly and then
oh no you know I'm just teasing there's no way way I would ever stop being friends with him so
again using that same expression there's no way something would ever happen good stuff all right
Michelle what's our takeaway all right Lindsay this is a useful expression uh but it packs a
punch um it's it's uh you know it's a very strong statement um you want to make sure and use it in
the correct kind of context and we definitely answer our poll on Spotify because it's a lot
of fun we want to get to know you let us know we want know to do are you team pajamas or team
dance dance party dance club let us know guys and Michelle thanks for being on the mic with
me today all right Lindsay thank you and thanks to Luca for that question talk soon bye [Music] bye