0083 FB Video Title: From Couch Potato to Break the Ice – English Words That Don’t Mean What They Sound Like! (Part 2) - video Dailymotion

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Why does “kick the bucket” mean dying, or “hold your horses” mean waiting? English is full of strange idioms! In Part 3 of this series, Sonia and Deepak decode 6 more expressions in a fun conversation style—sometimes with wrong guesses, sometimes with silly confusions.

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00:00hello viewers welcome back to truth and trends after part one we got so many comments asking

00:14for more funny english words so here's part two i'm excited sonia last time i thought ghosting

00:20meant real ghosts let's see how many mistakes i make today first one couch potato isn't it so easy

00:28a lazy person puts potatoes on the couch not quite it means a lazy person who spends too much time

00:37watching tv or being inactive oh no then half of my cousins are couch potatoes next under the weather

00:44means standing in the rain or hot sun right no it means feeling sick or unwell like i couldn't come

00:50to office today i was under the weather so not climate report just health report now elephant

00:56in the room the elephant in the room means unbelievable or big li is my conclusion correct

01:02it's an obvious problem that everyone ignores like a family in debt but nobody talks about it

01:08so the elephant is the problem people pretend not to see next break the ice a person who doesn't have

01:15the patience to wait for the ice to melt and breaks it with a hammer that is a person who has no patience

01:22sonia am i right no it means starting a friendly conversation to ease awkwardness

01:28oh so jokes in a new office are basically ice breakers here's one you'll like burnout must be

01:34when someone literally gets angry at workplace not really burnout means extreme exhaustion from stress or

01:42overwork mental fire is worse than physical fire sometimes last one hit the sack it seems to be

01:49something related to frustration or to indicate a useless action i think hitting the sack is something

01:56like that no it means going to sleep long ago beds were sacks of hay wow english always tricks us

02:06hitting the sack just means good night so viewers these were six more english words that don't mean what

02:12they sound like which one surprised you the most comment below and let us know and don't forget to like

02:19share and subscribe to truth and trends stay tuned for part three with even crazier phrases jahind

0083 FB Video Title: From Couch Potato to Break the Ice – English Words That Don’t Mean What They Sound Like! (Part 2)

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