What kind of a person are you? Are you always happy like me? Or are you always complaining
and crying about certain things? We are going to find out that in this lesson. Yes we are
going to analyse your personality and not only that; you will also learn some interesting
idioms that you can use to talk about your personality type. So stay with me. My name
is Michelle and let’s start with the first phrase here.
Cry baby. What do you think this phrase might be? Does it talk about a person who is happy?
No it talks about a person, who is sad or maybe crying. We are not just talking about
crying with tears. We are also talking about complaining here, yes that's the focus. So
if you know a person, who is always complaining then you can of course use this idiom for
them that they are or he or she is a cry baby. And if you’re also scared about not complaining
at your work place. Maybe you feel that you are a cry baby, you will be looked upon as
a cry baby then you can talk about it to your friends also that I don't want to keep complaining,
because I don't want to be looked upon as a cry baby. So please refrain from complaining
too much. Complaining here.
Here we are at the next phrase.Barrel of laugh.What is barrel? It's here for you, this is a barrel,
yes it's like a container inside which there is something. But for this case, what is inside
that barrel? There is laughter; yes it talks about a person who is very, very funny. I
also have a friend like that, whom I always see she always makes me laugh really, really
about everything, she jokes and her expressions they are just so funny that even if she's
talking about something very casual. She really makes me laugh and I keep telling her, you’re
such a barrel of laugh. Somebody who’s very funny. But over the years the use of this
term has slightly changed. This also may refer to a person, who is a bit annoying with their
jokes. People who crack slightly poor jokes, they don't really make you laugh they are
trying to be funny, but they're not successful at it and you don't laugh at it so much. So
those people can also be called as a barrel of laugh. It's your choice, you can use it
for a person who’s really funny or maybe you can use it for a person, who tries to
be funny. Slightly annoying for you, annoying means that person irritates you maybe.
Coming to the third one, cheap stake. What do I mean by cheap? Something that does not
cost us too much money. This is all related to money. Do you know any person this, who's
very rich? I know a couple they are very rich like really super rich, but the man whenever
they go for shopping like the couple. The man would always look for the cheapest thing,
because he's stingy. That's his character, let's not judge him, whatever he likes. But
that's how he is, so we have a word for people who are stingy, we have an idiom for them
and that is cheap stake. People who are stingy.
With this we come to the next idiom, Odd ball. Odd, do you know about odd and even numbers?
What are the odd numbers? 2, 4, no, 1, 3 yes the numbers that are not in same order. That's
what odd means. Somebody who does not fit well in the surroundings that person, who
is very strange. Please don't mix it with stingy, stingy is a person who does not like
to spend money and strange is a person, who does unexpected things or who has really strange
ideas. Has anyone ever told you to add salt to your desert? That person is an odd ball.
Yes very, very strange, coz nobody would want to do that, If you now anyone like that, you
can always say in a very funny and light way that you’re an odd ball. Ball yes ball for
you strange person. We have another word for strange and that is weird.
Moving forth to the next one, Trouble maker. Do you know anybody who causes trouble? Who
is the first person to cause trouble in a party maybe or when you’re in a meeting?
That person will have unwanted questions just to trouble everybody and to waste time. That
person is called a trouble maker. There's another idiom for that person and that is,
Class clown. Clown means somebody who's a joker. Why do we use this term? Because these
people who are trouble makers also make us laugh sometimes, so that's why we can also
call them class clown. Either it can be someone who makes you angry and also laugh, because
of their stupid activities.
The next one here, Dare devil. Dare means somebody to take some risk that's what daring
means to take a risk or to do an activity that involves some risk. And devil I'm sure
you already know, If you know a person, who thinks that it is thrilling to drive in a
rash manner then that person is a dare devil. Because they are not afraid and they want
to take risks just for the fact that it's enjoying, they enjoy taking risk. For that
reason they take dangerous risks. Dare devil, people who take risks.
Now we move on to the next one, Old as the hills. How old are the hills? Do you know?
They are so old that even we don't know, maybe you know centuries and they were formed when
the earth began. They are so old. Do you know anyone who's like the oldest person in your
family? My grandpa is, he's very old. He's 90, which you know what? He loves driving
even at this age. He's dare devil too. I must say that, but he's still as old as the hills.
This is also a simile that you can use, As old as the hills, because we are using two
as here. I hope I can be like my grandpa, when I'm ninety, someone who is very old.
The last phrase, Nutty as a fruit cake. What does the fruit cake have? It has a lot of
nuts, which are crunchy and cranky. Can you relate to the word cranky? Yes cranky. Cranky
is a person, who is very crazy and who has crazy ideas. They are fun also, you like to
be around them because they are crazy and they do activities, which are thrilling and
exciting. But please remember, Nutty as a fruit cake is very different from dare devil.
They take, you know they get into dangerous thing and they take risks. But nutty as a
fruit cake these people do not take risks, but they do crazy activities. Like you know
just dancing, having fun and enjoying. Those are the kind of people, who are called nutty
as a fruit cake.
With this we come to an end of this lesson. Now you have a lot of idioms to talk about
the people around you, but my challenge to you is, choose one of these idioms and write
in the comments, which idiom suits you best. I'm not going to tell you the one that's suits
me best. Maybe I'm nutty as a fruit cake. What about you? Do leave me your comment.
Thank you so much for staying with me. See you very soon with another video. Till then
you take care. Bye, bye.