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Hi, guys! And welcome to English mania my name is Antonia Romaker
and today we're going to study three very popular very useful expressions in English.
On the table, off the table and under the table.
So let's cut to the chase! The first expression for today is on the table.
So something is lying on the table. What does it mean?
On the table means offered for discussion,
or available for people to read, hear, discuss or consider.
There are several important issues on the table.
So we can discuss them, we can consider them.
You can put something on the table or you can lay something on the table.
You can even put or lay your cards on the table.
This is another modification of this idiom
and it means to be honest about your feelings and intentions.
I thought it was time I laid my cards on the table.
So I told him that had no intention to marry him
So I laid my cards on the table,
I told him about my feelings and intentions openly and honestly.
An example from the TV show Desperate Housewives the fifth season. Carlos says:
I want that job if it is still on a table
So if it is still available
An example from the TV show Devious Maids, the second season. A woman says:
Here's my resume and my references.
So cards on the table I really want this job.
To be honest I really want this job.
So I lay my cards on the table, I am speaking from my heart.
The second idiom for today is off the table.
Imagine that something was on the table, so it was available for someone
to hear, discuss, consider and then it is off the table.
It means that it is no longer available.
It is no longer being considered.
Her! Cheating is off the table, let it go.
So cheating is not possible it's not being considered.
An example from the TV show House M.D. the sixth season.
Dr House is thinking really hard and says:
...and hypertension went away which means it was never a symptom.
We take that off the table
we've got vertical, fever and stress.
So he says if we take that off the table,
if we take this symptom of the table, we no longer consider it.
And the last expression is under the table.
Imagine you are hiding under the table,
it means that you are doing something secretly.
So under the table means as a secret, hidden from others.
Usually, something is done under the table.
She gave money under the table to get the apartment.
And under the table, I'm really hot-tempered.
So it's my little secret.
So that's it for today, I hope that you enjoyed studying these three English idioms.
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