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Welcome to Idiom 100, where we learn 100 commonly used idioms by native English speakers.
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Today's idiom is: meet me halfway.
Meet me halfway.
Alright, so halfway, we have the whole way and halfway.
Meet me halfway.
So, let's imagine you are in Tokyo and your friend is in Los Angeles.
Yeah, and you offer, 'Please come and visit me in Tokyo,' and she says, 'Oh, it's far.'
And then she says, 'You can visit me in Los Angeles,' and you say, 'It's too far. Okay, meet me halfway. Let's meet in Hawaii.'
Right, it's halfway. Meet me halfway.
Alright, so let's imagine this in our heads as we listen to some examples of this idiom.
I need you to watch the kids, make dinner and do laundry because I have to go pick up your mother at the airport.
What? Well, meet me halfway. I'll do laundry and dinner, and you take the kids and get my mom, fair deal?
Alright, so they're kind of compromising, right?
I'll do the laundry and dinner, you pick up my mom and watch the kids.
Yeah, meet me halfway.
Alright, let's listen to another example.
How about we meet halfway? I'll do the dishes and dry them and you put them away and clean the table.
Okay, fair enough!
Alright, so they're sharing the duties, the house work.
Yeah, I'll do the dishes and dry them, she'll put them away and clean the table, meeting halfway.
Alright, so if you guessed it, 'to meet halfway, meet me halfway', means to make a compromise, right?
So, if one person does all the work, it's not fair, so they have to meet halfway and share the work.
Alright, or maybe you're having an argument, an argument about something,
and you're going to give and take and make a compromise, make an agreement.
Okay, meet halfway.
So, next time you're having an argument or trying to decide who's going to do what jobs, then you can suggest to meet halfway.
Yeah, 'I'll meet you halfway' or 'please meet me halfway' and you can make a compromise together.
Alright, that's all for today. I'll see you next time.