you know sometimes you have a
conversation and it goes like this got
this inspection right here you should go
to the doctor nip it in the butt nip it
in the butt your door before it gets
worse
I’m pretty sure it’s nip it in the bud
not the butt or well today we’re looking
at five expressions that you’ll
definitely possibly may be using wrong
nip that’s what crabs do and your butt
well that you we know what your butt is
so a crab nips your butt that’s not
right a bud however is like a baby
flower if you nip it it doesn’t grow so
this expression is basically saying you
have a small problem deal with it now so
it doesn’t grow into a big problem
so nip it in the bud not the butt next
two champ at the bit or is it chomp at
the bit she’s chopping up a bit we are
not being a champion champing what is
the challenge well a bit is what you put
in a horse’s mouth and a champ
needs to bite or chew noisily when a
horse gets impatient and wants to move
it starts to champ at the bit like this
so if you’re super excited to start a
project or to start work on something
you are champing at the bit this is
where it gets weird outside of this
idiom – champ is the kind of dead verb
no one really uses it now now we just
say chomp so makes total sense that now
chomp at the bit is the more common
expression but let’s not forget the
original – champ at the bit for example
so for a question like is he excited to
start University the answer could be oh
yeah he’s champing at the bit or
chomping like now is fine I suppose the
next one a mute point where is it a moot
point or is it a zalem or point a Moo
point it’s like a cow’s opinion doesn’t
matter you’re arguing with your partner
where should we go on a holiday the
beach or the mountains both are amazing
but you work all the time anyway you
can’t take time off work so you can’t go
on holiday
therefore this argument it’s irrelevant
it’s pointless
the argument is moot it’s a moot point
the argument the debate is moot
pointless irrelevant a moot point
I like that actually I prefer that
version can we change it can we call the
Oxford Dictionary people the next
expression is it in one foul swoop or
one fell swoop this expression comes
from the best Shakespeare made this
expression up apparently
spoiler alert in Macbeth Macduff just
finds his wife and children murdered all
at the same time and obviously he can’t
believe they’ve all been murdered at the
same time what all my pretty chickens in
there damn it one fell swoop he’s
comparing this killing to a bird of prey
swooping in and killing his family like
a bunch of pretty chickens all in one
swooping motion so the next time you
hear one foul swoop you can confidently
correct that person with your new
Shakespeare knowledge an example for
real life could be
for example if a boss fires everyone in
the company at the same time someone
might say oh my god he fired everyone in
one fell swoop and for the final
expression this is me every year every
year when Game of Thrones ends this is
me oh my god what happens next in Game
of Thrones I can’t wait I need to know
what happens next I’m on tender hooks
the mistake here is it’s not tender it’s
tender tenterhooks and the expression
means to be in a state of suspense am i
good you want to know what happens next
which expressions are you not sure about
using correctly let me know in the
comments try to use some of these in the
comments and I’ll see you in the next
class
you
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conversation and it goes like this got
this inspection right here you should go
to the doctor nip it in the butt nip it
in the butt your door before it gets
worse
I’m pretty sure it’s nip it in the bud
not the butt or well today we’re looking
at five expressions that you’ll
definitely possibly may be using wrong
nip that’s what crabs do and your butt
well that you we know what your butt is
so a crab nips your butt that’s not
right a bud however is like a baby
flower if you nip it it doesn’t grow so
this expression is basically saying you
have a small problem deal with it now so
it doesn’t grow into a big problem
so nip it in the bud not the butt next
two champ at the bit or is it chomp at
the bit she’s chopping up a bit we are
not being a champion champing what is
the challenge well a bit is what you put
in a horse’s mouth and a champ
needs to bite or chew noisily when a
horse gets impatient and wants to move
it starts to champ at the bit like this
so if you’re super excited to start a
project or to start work on something
you are champing at the bit this is
where it gets weird outside of this
idiom – champ is the kind of dead verb
no one really uses it now now we just
say chomp so makes total sense that now
chomp at the bit is the more common
expression but let’s not forget the
original – champ at the bit for example
so for a question like is he excited to
start University the answer could be oh
yeah he’s champing at the bit or
chomping like now is fine I suppose the
next one a mute point where is it a moot
point or is it a zalem or point a Moo
point it’s like a cow’s opinion doesn’t
matter you’re arguing with your partner
where should we go on a holiday the
beach or the mountains both are amazing
but you work all the time anyway you
can’t take time off work so you can’t go
on holiday
therefore this argument it’s irrelevant
it’s pointless
the argument is moot it’s a moot point
the argument the debate is moot
pointless irrelevant a moot point
I like that actually I prefer that
version can we change it can we call the
Oxford Dictionary people the next
expression is it in one foul swoop or
one fell swoop this expression comes
from the best Shakespeare made this
expression up apparently
spoiler alert in Macbeth Macduff just
finds his wife and children murdered all
at the same time and obviously he can’t
believe they’ve all been murdered at the
same time what all my pretty chickens in
there damn it one fell swoop he’s
comparing this killing to a bird of prey
swooping in and killing his family like
a bunch of pretty chickens all in one
swooping motion so the next time you
hear one foul swoop you can confidently
correct that person with your new
Shakespeare knowledge an example for
real life could be
for example if a boss fires everyone in
the company at the same time someone
might say oh my god he fired everyone in
one fell swoop and for the final
expression this is me every year every
year when Game of Thrones ends this is
me oh my god what happens next in Game
of Thrones I can’t wait I need to know
what happens next I’m on tender hooks
the mistake here is it’s not tender it’s
tender tenterhooks and the expression
means to be in a state of suspense am i
good you want to know what happens next
which expressions are you not sure about
using correctly let me know in the
comments try to use some of these in the
comments and I’ll see you in the next
class
you
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