Today, we're going to kill two birds with one stone.
You're going to watch a really fun video, and I'm
going to teach you six different idioms at the same time.
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Today we have a super exciting lesson.
We are talking about animal idioms, specifically pet idioms.
So if you have a pets, or like pets, or want to know about
pets, or just want to improve and expand your idiom vocabulary, keep watching.
You can use these idioms at any time. Just keep in mind
that idioms should not be used for essay writing
or academic writing in general.
Are you ready for the pet idioms? Here they come.
Number one - Catnap.
Oh, I love this one because I take so many catnaps.
Catnap means a very short nap that you take throughout the day. Like cats do.
That's okay. I can get plenty of catnaps here at the office.
If you've ever seen a cat, they sleep all the time throughout the day.
All the time. You look around. Where's your cat?
It's sleeping. It's taking a catnap. And you can take a catnap too.
The second idiom that I wanted to talk to you about
today is to kill two birds with one stone.
And this means to get two things done at the same time.
You can do two things at the same time you are killing two birds with one stone.
Perhaps we can have the Pharaoh solve the problem of Solomon.
And kill two birds with one stone.
In addition to giving you kids a lift. I'm also on my way to a funeral. Killing two birds with one stone.
I don't know where it comes from. It's a little cruel
to kill two birds with one stone but also if you think about it...efficient.
You only use one stone to kill two birds, so...yay.
The third one... the third pet idiom is pull a rabbit out of a hat.
It means to do...to surprise everyone by doing something very clever.
And this one is very cute. It reminds me of kids' magic shows.
Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of a hat.
See! Nothing up my sleeve.
So if you've ever seen a magician pull a rabbit out of a hat, they take out
a little rabbit, and everyone is surprised, and the kids have these amazed faces.
That's actually where the idiom comes from.
Do you like guinea pigs? I hope you do because this next idiom is...guinea pig.
And what it means is to use someone or something as a subject of an experiment.
He's using patients as guinea pigs.
My first guinea pig.
So many times we say that someone or something was used as a guinea pig.
Or we use someone as a guinea pig, or you were used as a guinea pig.
It just means as an experiment
Number five - dog eat dog world.
This pet idiom has a little bit of a negative connotation.
And we use it when we try to explain that somebody will
do anything and will stop at nothing from getting what they want.
The view of the marketplace is that it's a dog-eat-dog world of hostile competitors.
I come from like the dog-eat-dog world of show business, man.
I mean, it's like every man for himself getting parts or movies and number one and all that kind of stuff.
Our final pet idiom for today is for all of you fish lovers
out there because it is fish out of water.
Somebody who is a fish out of water is someone who is
uncomfortable in a certain situation.
I'm a fish out of water, lion out of the jungle.
He a fish out of water, lion out of the jungle.
And I think it's safe to say that we have all been fish out of water at some point in our lives.
Okay, wonderful. So we've learned these great pet idioms, but now it's time to practice them.
I want you to use one of the idioms from this lesson
and write a sentence in the comments below.
Go ahead. Do it! I'll wait.
You could also tell us about any pets you have
or any pets you'd like to have.
For example, I would love to get a cat and we could take catnaps together.
How great would that be?
Oh my god. I want the cat so bad.
I love animals. I'll be looking forward to reading your comments.
I hope you learned some new idioms today.
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Also, if you like animals please share this video with
all of your friends and everyone you know who loves animals
and maybe wants to learn some idioms too.
Thanks for watching and we'll see you next time.
Bye.