Hello and welcome, everybody, I am Niharika and in today's lesson, we are gonna look at
some phrases to talk about when someone is pregnant. Now probably it's your wife, your
friend, your neighbour or probably it's your girlfriend who's pregnant. So what are the
phrases that you can use to announce the big news? Well, that's what we're gonna learn
today.
So the first one is very simple and very formal, when you say, Oh my wife is expecting or she's
expecting. So expecting is a very formal way of saying, when someone is pregnant. Okay
so if it's your friend who's pregnant, you can say, oh Benny is expecting her first child
or her second child. Okay so if she's pregnant for the second time, then you can say she's
expecting her second child.
Okay, the second one that we have is carrying a child. Now this phrase is also pretty formal.
Okay used by almost everyone. So if your wife is pregnant, you can say she's carrying my
child. Okay so, the a can also be used with a name, so like, if your neighbour is pregnant,
then you can say, oh she's carrying John's child or if it's wife, then you can say, she's
carrying my child or if you don't know who her husband is or you don't know who the father
is, then you can just say that she's carrying a child.
Okay, then the third one, well this is a slang. Well it's an American slang and it's pronounced
as preggers or another word is preggo. She’s preggo or my neighbour is preggo or she's
preggers. Okay, so these are two slang words that you can use for someone who's pregnant.
Pretty simple, right?
Now let's have a look at the fourth one. Now the phrases from here, from here to the end,
all of these phrases are slang terms. They are pretty interesting. So let's learn about
them.
So up the duff, now up the duff is for someone who is pregnant but it's an unplanned pregnancy.
So probably, a couple who's not planning to have a baby. Okay it's an unplanned pregnancy
but the woman got pregnant, so this is the right phrase to use. Hey, you know what; Ben
got Jenny up the duff. So which means maybe it was an unplanned pregnancy and you want
to talk about it, that she's pregnant now. So you're gonna say, Ben got Jenny up the
duff. Okay.
The next one, in the pudding club. Now in the pudding club also means that a woman is
pregnant. Okay, so if my cousin like she called me last night. Well, that's what brings me
to do this lesson today, because she called me to give the big news and that's what she
said, hey Niharika, you know what, well you need to welcome me to the pudding club. So
which means that she's pregnant. Big news, right? So to announce the big news, this is
also a great phrase to use that now; I am in the pudding club, which means I am pregnant,
okay.
The next one, up the spout. Now up the spout again it means a woman is pregnant but this
phrase belongs to Scotland. It’s commonly used in Scotland but of course, since you're
learning English, you can also use this phrase if someone is pregnant, you can say, well
my wife is up the spout again which means she's pregnant again. Okay, or my neighbour
or my friend or my girlfriend is up the spout.
Okay, now let's have a look at another one. Have a bun in the oven. Well, that's pretty
hilarious. Well probably, the mom is the oven and the baby is the bun. So have a bun in
the oven. So that’s again, to be pregnant. It’s quite a funny idiom or a funny slang
phrase, right? So use it, people would find it funny. If you think a woman looks a little
hefty or a little fat. Maybe you can pop the question; hey do you have a bun in the oven?
So which means are you pregnant? Okay, so that's how you can use this phrase.
The next one, knocked up. Oh, my God, my friend got this girl knocked up. Now, this is not
a very nice way of saying, knocked up, okay. So don't use it, it's not considered to be
polite. So please remember, it's not a very polite term but you can use it. Okay remember
the movie, knocked up. Well, the guy didn't use protection and the girl got pregnant.
Sad, right? So she got knocked up, which means she is pregnant, right? So do not use it,
if you’re using it for your friends and family. Okay, not a very nice, polite term.
Just use it if you’re sitting among your friends and discussing it with your friends.
Okay, the next one, eating for two. Well, a very traditional, old traditional advice
given by people, especially your grandmoms. They’ll be like honey, you're pregnant,
you need for two. So eating for two means the woman is pregnant. So for example, you're
with your family, okay and you want to give this big news and you say, oh you know what,
my daughter-in-law is now eating for two. So immediately people will know that your
daughter-in-law is pregnant, okay. So that's how you can use this phrase and now let's
have a look at the last one, in the family way.
Well again this is a very, very old idiom, okay and it's been used for several years
but these days it's just dying out. So please do use it, okay. In the family way, it's a
very formal way of saying that my friend or we are in the family way. So which means that
you as a couple are expecting your child. Okay, so that's how you can use this phrase.
Okay, so this brings me to the end of this lesson. These phrases are really simple and
funny too. So go ahead, use them if your friend or your family member or your girlfriend is
pregnant. I'll be back with a new lesson, till then you take care and have a great day.