Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adjective Phrase 21.
The Adjective phrase today is on the up and up. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here.
If someone or something is on the up-and-up, it is honest legal or secure.
Or we could say he or she of course is honest, legal or secure. On the up-and-up
could also mean something is reputable. Meaning like having a good reputation or
aboveboard. Aboveboard also meaning you know, legal, honest ... Yeah and so on.
We do have a second meaning, but the second meaning is mostly British. And it
means becoming more successful. Okay. So let's continue with the note here. The
origin of the phrase is unknown, but it is believed to come out of the western
US in the 1800s. So they know that it's been around since like that time. But
there's still not a hundred percent sure where where it came from originally.
All right. Let's continue. We have four examples here to cover these meanings.
Example number one. I am a little suspicious of that company. I don't think
they are on the up-and-up. Yeah. Well maybe you wanted to invest in them or
buy something from them and something just gave you a weird feeling about them.
Or yeah, so you don't ...you're you're suspicious. You're questioning are they
on the up-and-up? All right. Number two. Our client is asking us to do something
that is technically illegal. Yeah. Maybe this is a banking institution or
something. We have to refuse. We must keep all our actions on the up-and-up. So they
want to make sure they don't do anything that might be technically illegal. Okay.
Number three here. There is something about that judge's decision that doesn't
make sense. She dismissed the case. Meaning she closed the case. Even though,
there was a lot of to convict the suspect, They had a lot
of evidence on it and just for some reason you know, she just dropped the
whole case, So maybe they suspect that maybe somebody called her. Maybe somebody
had some connections. Maybe they wanted this case to go away. So she had to come
up with some excuse and she just dismissed it. Even though the police
department may, maybe they had a lot of evidence and they're like huh ?
What happened ? We had tons of evidence. What ? Why did she dismiss the case ? So you
suspect maybe something is not on the up-and-up. That's what we mean. So that's
the last line here. The whole thing doesn't seem to be on the up-and-up.
Yeah. So it seems like there's something wrong. Something suspicious.
Number four. His professional acting career seems to be on the up-and-up. Now
of course, this is for the last one. It is for like the British meaning. Meaning
becoming more and more successful . Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope you
enjoyed it. Thank you for your time. Bye- bye.