Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adjective Phrase 18. The adjective phrase today is
between jobs. Okay, Let's take a look at the note here. Technically speaking,
the phrase between jobs was supposed to mean someone left one job and was going
to start another job in the near future. Now this could really be. I mean maybe
you actually got another job in another company, but it's probably not
going to start until maybe next month and maybe you know you're leaving your other
job maybe three weeks early, or a month early. And then in that sense you are
truly between jobs. However, today it's used mostly in
another way. So that's basically what I what it meant. It meant leaving one job
was planning to start a new job in the near future.
However, today is mostly used as a euphemism. Remember, when we say
euphemism that's a word we use that's just a nicer word. It's it's a nicer word
instead of saying ... instead of saying another word. So it's a used as a euphemism for
unemployed . Unemployed doesn't sound good. It sounds negative. It sounds like you're
out of work. I don't know, maybe you're not ambitious enough. I don't know but
anyway between jobs sounds much nicer than unemployed. So sometimes ... a lot of
times people will use between jobs. What are you doing right now ? I'm between jobs.
A lot of people, they don't want to say I'm unemployed. I haven't worked for
a long time. No. I'm between jobs. It sounds more inspirational. It sounds more
like , you know maybe something's going to happen pretty soon. So this is why it's
used. So let's take a look at a few examples here. Example number one. what
does her husband do for a living ? Remember that's a very common way that
we ask what is somebody's job ? it's a very formal way. It is one of the most common
ways to ask what someone does for a living . What someone does for their job. And this
of course is an a/b part. So B says, he is between jobs.
He got downsized from his last company six months ago.
Basically he got fired. Downsized doesn't sound quite so bad. It sounds like it
wasn't your fault. It probably means the company was running out of work. They're
not doing as well. So they'll let people go. Maybe they let a lot of people go at
the same time. So he got downsized, but still it's been a while. Maybe it's been
six months, but still he's saying he's between job. Or maybe the wife or
somebody else is saying he's between jobs. It sounds much nicer. And number two.
Well it's this again is an a/b part. Now A would probably be the interviewer. So it
might actually be on an interview And the interviewer may say what is your
present employment ? And of course you're probably not working. You probably are
unemployed. So B would answer, I'm between jobs at the moment. Again it's a nicer
way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment. I don't have a job at this time.
Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.