Hi everyone. I'm Jennifer from English
with Jennifer.
They say that laughter is the best
medicine.
Do you agree? Well, you can't laugh at
everything in this world,
but I do think it's easier to get
through life
if you have a sense of humor. I also
think that knowing some idioms about
laughter
will make communication easier for you,
so that's what we're going to focus on
in this
lesson.
[Laughter]
Idioms are a colorful way of speaking.
You can't take the words
literally. For example, if someone laughs
their head
off, it doesn't mean that their head
falls off.
That would be like a scene from a horror
movie. To laugh your head off
simply means to laugh a lot, to laugh
loudly,
and laugh uncontrollably.
Some comedies are so funny you spend the
whole movie
laughing your head off. Can you recommend
any movies like that?
Note there is a slightly vulgar version
of this idiom:
laugh your --- off, but you can't use that in
polite company.
Okay?
Have you ever faced doubt from other
people?
If someone didn't believe in a plan you
had
and then you actually succeeded and even
profited from
it, then you might be laughing all the
way to the bank.
I read about a guy who invested money in
lottery tickets.
Many would say that's a waste of money . 48 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,200 But he used
math to calculate lucky numbers, and he
won millions of dollars!
He was laughing all the way to the bank,
and I bet all the skeptics
wished they had him for a friend.
Another way we can express that success
came despite other people's doubts
is by asking the question, "Who's laughing
now?"
Think of all the gamers and artists
who've made a good living
on YouTube or another social media
platform.
Others might have questioned or even
laughed at their career choices,
but who's laughing now? Some top creators
make
thousands of dollars a day.
Sometimes we're the ones with the doubt.
If you don't think that something is
true or possible, you can say,
"Don't make me laugh." This means you
believe the idea is ridiculous.
For example, someone suggests that your
friend might end up
marrying her older neighbor. You don't
think this is true.
Your response: "Don't make me laugh. First,
of all, the guy is 20 years
older than her. Second, she only talks
about him to complain.
She hates the guy."
Okay. Wuick review before we go on. Number
one.
If you're able to laugh at all things,
including yourself,
you have a sense of
humor. Wou can have a sense of humor.
You can lose your sense of humor. You can
develop a sense of humor.
Two. Many believe that laughing is
healthy.
That's why they say that laughter is the
best
medicine.
Three. If you find something hysterical
and you laugh
uncontrollably, you could laugh until you
cry,
which is what I sometimes do, or you
might
laugh...
you might laugh your head off.
Four. If you profit from an action or a
plan that others had doubts about,
you can say that you're laughing all the
way to
the bank. Of number five. You can ask the
question,
"Who's
who's laughing now?"
Six.If something sounds absurd, it's
unlikely or completely ridiculous,
you might comment, "Don't make...
don't make me laugh."
All right. As I mentioned, I can actually
cry if I laugh too hard.
Do you ever laugh until you cry? It's
like
laughing until it hurts.
This happens when the situation is
extremely funny
and we laugh out of control.
But there are situations when laughter
is not appropriate.
Sometimes our initial reaction to a
situation
is to laugh, but then someone explains
why the situation
is actually serious.
At the office, Owen got stuck in the
elevator with his ex-girlfriend.
He didn't want to spend any time with
her, so he tried to open the
doors with his bare hands. It's no
laughing matter.
He ended up hurting his wrist and
breaking a finger.
The expression here is, "It's no laughing
matter."
In surprising situations, we may not know
how to react.
If the dog steals your phone and buries
it somewhere in the front yard,
you may not know whether to laugh or cry.
Here's a true story. One time I showed up
at the wrong dinner party.
Really. Not only did I show up uninvited
at the wrong restaurant, I was missing at
the party where I was invited!
Honestly, I didn't know whether to laugh
or cry.
Thankfully, no one at either party took
offense.
It's nice when things work out despite
difficulties. Right?
You already know the idiom "be laughing
all the way to the bank."
That's mainly for financial success. In
general, if you achieve success
despite other people's jokes and
laughter, you can say that you had the
last laugh.
Did you know that the first movie with
talking in it wasn't expected to be a
success?
But the movie studio had the last laugh
because soon after
all the movies had talking in it and
audiences
said goodbye to silent movies.
Speaking of movies, did you know that
Steven Spielberg
applied to film school and got rejected
twice? Well, he had the last laugh because
he ended up becoming a famous
director, producer, and screenwriter. And
he's won countless awards.
How about another quiz. Let's see how
much you remember.
Number one. Sometimes you laugh really
hard.
You can laugh until you
cry or until it
hurts.
Two. If the situation is rather serious
and there's no humor to be found,
then we say, "It's no...
it's no laughing matter."
Three. If you're extremely surprised and
you're feeling a range of emotions,
you may not know whether to
laugh or cry.
Four. People initially laughed at the idea
of a horseless carriage,
but those who made the first automobiles
had
they had the last laugh because today
everyone around the world drives around
in cars.
Few people ride around on horses.
Let's end with some lines from a poem by
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
She was an american poet, and the poem is
called
"Solitude." Listen. And if you wish, you can
tell me what you think the poet meant
in the comments. Laugh,
and the world laughs with you; /Weep,
and you weep alone;/ For the sad old earth
must borrow its mirth,/ But has trouble
enough of its own./
Sing, and the hills will answer;/
Sigh, it is lost on the air;/
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,/
But shrink from voicing care./
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