00:00dear viewers welcome to truth and trends today we're back with more strange english idioms that
00:13sound literal but actually mean something else and i'll try to guess their meanings spoiler i'm
00:19usually wrong but you'll have fun learning first one once in a blue moon deepak what do you think
00:26maybe when the moon actually turns blue pollution eclipse related to romance logical guess but no
00:35it means something that happens very rarely a blue moon is when two full moons happen in one month so
00:42meeting my cousin who lives abroad after five years is once in a blue moon next spill the beans that
00:48must be being careless at lunch and dropping beans everywhere not really it means revealing a secret
00:54accidentally long ago beans were used in voting jars spilling them meant revealing results early oh
01:01so if i tell everyone about your surprise plan i'm spilling the beans yesterday the office team
01:08asked me to join the cricket match honestly it's not my cup of tea come on sonia your cup of tea is
01:15right there on the desk my cup i took already no this idiom means something i don't enjoy or i'm not
01:22good at cricket is not my cup of tea got it dancing in public is not my cup of tea then another one under the weather
01:52two in person and i'm not flying around so i don't glaria yetiende to fly the
01:59아 scholarships go listening toаете that because i remember looking at mine so incredibly
02:05pleasure if you have worked on my channel right this is not my advantage of guys
02:08the congenius and i'm happy i'll work on where you talk about sports where i in the
02:15world lost my喝 up you know i no good you can't take or you get i laugh you don't you got up
02:17Next, hit the nail on the head.
02:45That's obvious. Hammering nails properly. Maybe it's about sincere job.
02:50Literally, yes. But idiomatically, it means describing something perfectly or making the exact right point.
02:57Like when I said a office Wi-Fi is slower than a bullock cart, I hit the nail on the head.
03:02Exactly. Last one, the ball is in your court.
03:06Must be a cricket or tennis reference when the ball comes to your side.
03:10Yes, but idiomatically, it means it's your turn to act or make a decision.
03:15Then Sonia, the ball is in your court to close this video.
03:19Today we decoded once in a blue moon, spill the beans, not my cup of tea, hit the nail on the head and the ball is in your court.
03:27These idioms are fun. Strange at first, but with history and culture hidden in them.
03:32Exactly. That's why English feels tricky sometimes.
03:36Thanks for watching Truth and Trends. Comment your favorite idiom, like and share.
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03:44Until next time, Jai Hind.
