Hello everyone!
Welcome to Idiom 100, where we learn 100 commonly used idioms by native English speakers.
All of the explanations are in English, so it might be challenging for you,
but just try to imagine the meanings in your head and study hard and soon you'll be able to use these idioms in your conversations.
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Hello everyone!
Today's idiom is: bottom line.
Bottom line.
Alright, so let's picture many lines and on each line is going to be a sentence.
Okay, and we'll start from the top.
And we'll say on the top line is, 'I'm hungry,'
and the next line is, 'I'm tired,'
and 'I'm sick,'
and on the bottom line, it's a big line and it says, 'I'm not well.'
Alright, so 'I'm tired', 'I'm hungry', 'I'm sick' and on the bottom line, 'I'm not well'.
Alright, so let's imagine this picture of the lines and the bottom line and try to think of what the idiom 'bottom line' might mean.
Let's listen to some examples.
What are you saying?
Well, the bottom line is that I don’t think I can pass the English exam in only one month, even if I study every day.
Alright, so his bottom line is that he can't pass the English exam.
Okay, let's listen to the second example.
Did you understand what the bottom line to his speech was?
No, he wasn’t speaking his mind so I don’t know what he wanted to say.
Alright, so he listened to the speech, but he couldn't understand the bottom line.
Okay, so could you understand what bottom line means?
Well, it means the main thing or the point, the focus of the conversation or the main idea.
Okay, so if you wanna talk about a conversation or a topic and you say many things, okay,
but there's maybe one main, most important thing you want the person to understand and that is your bottom line.
Okay, so in the example I gave you in the beginning, yeah,
'I'm hungry', 'I'm tired', 'I'm sick', the bottom line is, 'I'm not well', right?
So, let's try using 'bottom line' next time you want to kind of point out the most important thing that you want to say.
Alright, and I'll see you again next time!