hi guys and welcome back to english like
a native with me anna english today
because most of you are men I decided to
do a lesson all about phrases for men to
help me with this lesson I've got two
very special guests two very manly men
here we go good you came over very very
quickly we heard you're in need I am a
woman in need and you adjust the men for
the job are we manly enough for you you
are definitely looking very manly today
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found out about these manly phrases so
boys I've got these manly phrases I want
you to help me to explain what they mean
to our viewers okay race number one is a
man after my own heart I don't use this
one personally don't do the people
around me from what I've seen but from
the words I would say well you don't you
don't know this one can we get it okay
go ahead so I would say it's someone
who's deserving of your love and your
affection someone who you think oh no it
got on who's cheating yeah someone who
no that's not it again the beauty of
English is that it's so varied that even
us natives are learning language every
day tell you all a man after my own
heart means it's someone who loves
something in the same way that you do so
for example if I say to you guys I love
playing a squash you might say to me ah
you're a man after my own heart because
you also love squash even though you're
a woman even though I'm a woman I mean
you probably would only really use it
for men but saying hammer okay yes if he
said I like squash I'd say oh you're a
man of my own heart you're a man after
my own heart
you're a man after my own heart like Oh
Charlie I love teaching
ah you're a man after my own heart I
guess you can also say no a woman after
my own heart
you could also say it's generally man
but you could change it to a woman so
you say your own okay phrase number two
I'm certain that you boys'll know it and
it is a man's gotta do what a man's
gonna do yeah we know this real real men
in the real moment so if a man says that
does he mean what does a man have to do
I'm gonna give an example because I saw
a film last night called American sniper
okay so this guy was in a relationship
with a girl and she was broken up about
him leaving again and he wants to go on
tour to kill this other guy so he could
have said a man's got to do what a man's
got to do I need to go and fight for my
country I can't leave you so if a man
has a job something he feels duty-bound
to go and do then he would say a man has
his duty a man's gotta do what a man's
gotta do I'd say say okay phrase number
three is a man's man where the men's men
are me well I think you're more of a
man's man than I am
would you say I'm more a man that what
it means to be a man's man is to be a
lad and a geezer yeah I think so someone
who like I've been invited onto a stag
do recently which is a bachelor party
and I don't feel very comfortable going
I'm gonna go I'm not a real man's man
you know maybe so just to make this
really really clear if you don't know
what geezer or an lad is in the way
we're turning it is a man's man is
someone who's like really macho probably
quite muscular lots of band lots of
fighting okay like behavior yeah yeah
yeah engaging predominantly male
activities with other guys and Harry
you're more of a man's man than Charlie
apparently so yeah yeah I mean I
frequent pubs to watch football now and
then that's a man's man activity it's
definitely an activity of a man's man
maybe I could consume more alcohol than
Charlie so perhaps that's a man's man
activity if you would class yourself as
a man
do let us know in the comments box below
all right so the next phrase it's not so
much about men but it uses the word boy
and it is all work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy Wow
all work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy wow that's very elongated I know
I've always heard the half meeting
version is it is that is that the
official that's the official full phrase
because we normally say all work and no
play yeah yeah if I said oh sorry I've
got to work all weekend you would
probably report it back to I'd say to
you all work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy Jack being charlie boring boys
yeah it basically means that if you
don't give yourself time to have rest
and relaxation and have fun then you'll
become a very boring person so you'll
become a dull boy number five is boys
and their toys
mmm this is the phrase used often Oh
boys and their toys I never hear people
saying girls and their toys so what is
that about it's talking about guys who
have grown up but they're still wanting
to play with things like motorbikes and
and fast cars or like gadgets gadgets
yeah yeah like a drone or some noise and
their toys yeah so boys might not like
men behaving like boys playing with
gadgets and things that that in a
stereotypical world us women wouldn't be
interested in yes
yeah and that's important because it
normally would come from a woman saying
it wouldn't it yeah like maybe they'd
see their husband and his mates fixing a
car or playing with a new gadget
building lego building Lego she'd come
in boys and their toys phrase number six
is dead man
okay so if I refer to someone as a dead
man walking do I mean literally a corpse
has gone up under started walking around
somebody not littering
this one reminds me of western films
yeah
I've recently been watching some Clint
Eastwood films okay
nearly always the main part of the plot
is that there's a bounty on someone's
head so a bounty for those of you who
don't know means when you offer money to
either bring someone in alive or to kill
that person
yeah dead or alive on the post yeah want
it validate 5,000 and a typical
expression from those movies is when
they'll say oh you're a dead man walking
you are going to be killed sometime soon
but in other contexts could we use it as
well say if a man has done something bad
to his wife or he hasn't washed up he
was gonna kill you the season yeah yeah
oh you're down the pub too many times
and you've mate says you're dead man
walking mate get home need to do the
dishes yes in an office scenario yeah
when someone has made a huge mistake in
the office and all the toppings ex are
onto them and everyone in the office
knows that that person is gonna be
sacked kicked out and you might say he's
a dead man walking meaning he's going to
lose his job not his life yeah we're not
that strict in the UK yes imagine yes
I've done a bad job it won't be dead for
planetary men phrase number seven is
every man for himself
hmm let's say um we are we're running a
race and we're doing like a commando
kind of assault course and I'm stuck at
one of the particular obstacles and
you're passing me by and I say please
help me you might turn to me and say no
every man for himself
hmm meaning you're not gonna help me
because it's every man is looking after
their own
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their own like existence their own
wanting to win their persistence they're
looking out for themselves
yeah yes a reason to refuse to help
someone is because you're selfish and
you're looking after your own interests
it's what I want to say that let me up
your own interest yeah
yes good freedom rate the little boy's
room if I'm talking about the little
boy's room do I mean a room where very
little boys go sometimes but they would
be usually they would usually be
accompanied by their father to go for a
little week
oh so a little boy your room is where a
little boy sweet and bigger men wee
so it's basically the toilet but it's
the gentlemen's toilets absolutely yeah
and then this can be used for women as
well we just say the little girl's room
phrase number nine boys will be boys
well my authority how dare he
boys will be boys so we're very much
under Authority so what if I let's say I
probably am walking past seeing boys
behaving badly probably fighting like in
the pub maybe we've gone for a nice
drink and some boys are having a play
fight being very boisterous and I'm
saying boys will be boys what's it what
army you're saying that all boys fight
yeah being very sexist but it is a sexy
yeah yes it's suggesting that a certain
type of behavior is is attributed to men
and men only and that phrase just kind
of excuses bad behavior we say yeah all
these boys usually its mothers of the
boys that say it isn't it when their
boys are behaving badly to say don't
worry about it boys will be boys yeah it
definitely always comes from from girls
I think Oh
so maybe when you're going out with your
girls are you talking about your
partners and then one of you explains
about him doing something like badly
communicating his emotions with me or
never
cleaning up after himself or never doing
the washing up never put the laundry out
all right all right we can let it go
boys yeah so he's a boy - a boy so it's
just a way to excuse bad male behavior a
little bit sexist but we do use it
regularly the next phrase is never send
a boy to do a man's job
hmm yeah I get told this a lot I don't
use this know what yeah I actually but
it's quite obvious from the sound of it
so maybe say it after a guy fails to do
a typically manly job like leaving a
radiator
radiators because I just found out how
to do it or maybe fixing the boiler
things like that
no manly jobs and he fails and you say
ah
never send a boy to do a man's job
that's a pretty good explanation but I
think it can also just it doesn't have
to be just manly jobs I think it just
means don't send someone inexperienced
to do an experienced job a job that
needs a more experienced person okay so
you know don't send a junior hairstylist
to go and like appear on a big hair show
and do the top hair styles because I'll
probably make a mess of it yeah so just
to recap those phrases that we looked at
we had a man after my own heart
we had I'm gonna have to keep looking
down my notes here boys maybe you can
help me we had and man's gotta do what a
man's gonna do a man's man
all work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy thank you but we do use it shortened
as well yeah that's why you just did
that
we have boys and their toys dead man
walking every man for himself
the little boy's room boys will be boys
never send a boy to do a man's job
absolutely and do with that we conclude
today's lesson and if you are absolutely
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very much Anna who is delightful another
cup of tea I look around for one more do
you want one
fantastic I'll put the kettle on phrase
number one is a month
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