Hello, everyone. I'm George.
Let's talk about "Phrases with unexpected meanings, part 2."
As you can see now, I'm still in this setting. It is not a new setting.
It's just that I'm still in Tokyo. I'm trying to take advantage of this setting
as much as possible. Actually, I like it here. So I'm gonna make a lot of videos here.
English is a very interesting language. A lot of times this word means
something here, but when you put it in phrases, they don't necessarily mean the
same thing. And we have already covered some in the previous video. If you're
interested, you can check out the link. And today we're gonna cover 10 more of
those phrases that have unexpected meanings. When you see them, be careful!
Let's go. Number One. Moonlight.
Literally, moonlight means the light that comes from the moon.
Of course it does not mean that here. Moonlight is
used as a verb. It means to work at an extra job, especially not telling your
main employer. Sometimes it might be illegal. Let's just take a look at the
example sentence.
And Number Two. Pull it off. It does not really mean that you're
pulling something down. The meaning of pull is to drag something toward
yourself. But here, to pull off means to be successful in doing something. Let's
just take a look at the example sentence here.
And let's move on to Number Three. Cut it out. To cut it out here has
very close meaning to the original word "cut." To cut it means to make an end to
something. So to cut it out means to stop doing something, especially something
that is annoying. Let's take a look at the examples sentence here.
And Number Four. Stay put. To stay
means to remain where you are. But "put" here does not really have the meaning of
to lay something somewhere. Stay put here means you're asking people not to worry,
to wait there, calm down. You don't have to do anything. Let's take a look at the sentence.
And Number Five. Way to go. Here "way to go" does not
have anything to do with asking you to go away or go anywhere. When people say
"way to go" to you, it means "great job." You do something excellent. When you
accomplish something, people want to say nice things to you, they would say "Way to
go!" Let's just take a look at the sentence.
And Number Six.
Seal the deal. "Seal" has two meanings. One is the kind of animal. I don't know how
to describe the animal, but I'll put the picture here. That! Yes, exactly. It is
called seal. And the other meaning for seal is to close something tight so that
no one can open it. At least not without force.
So here "seal the deal" means you have the deal and then you want to close it.
You want to make sure that you can make the money, or you both sign the contract.
That means there's no more changes. Let's just look at the sentence.
And Number Seven. Get it covered. When you hear this, it does not mean that you want
anything covered literally. It means to have something taken care
of. So if I say "to get something covered," it means you don't have to worry. I'm
gonna take care of everything. Let's just take a look at the sentence.
Number Eight. Crack up. To crack here does not mean the
zigzag line on the wall. The original meaning for "crack" is to open something
by force, so that there might be something that is broken. But here "to
crack someone up" does not really mean to break someone. That's scary. Here "crack up"
means to make somebody laugh. It's actually a compliment if people use it
on you. Let's just take a look at the sentence here.
And let's move on to Number Nine.
Hold the phone. I know what you're thinking, it of course does not mean
that you're gonna hold your phone in your hand. To hold the phone here means
"Don't do anything. Is there anything wrong? Wait." When somebody says something
that is surprising or probably without thinking, you can interrupt that person
and say " Hold the phone!!" So next time when you hear this, don't start looking for
your phone. Let's just take a look at the sentence here.
And the last one. Number Ten. Hit it off. To hit it off does not mean that
you're gonna hit something. It also does not mean that you're gonna break
something off, of course. Here to hit it off means to get along with someone very
well. Really unexpected, right? When you are having a very nice talk with someone
or you hang out with someone, you just realized that you could be very good
friends. You can use this phrase. Let's just take a look at the sentence here.
So these are the 10 unexpected phrases that I introduced this time. Are there any more that you
want to know about? Please leave some comments below. If you liked this video
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