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hello

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everyone welcome

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back in this video we're going to learn

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six idioms with

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friends let's

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begin the yium drop the ball means to

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make a mistake fail to do something

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important or neglect a responsibility or

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Duty

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examples don't worry I won't drop the

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ball on this I'll make sure everything

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is completed on

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time the government dropped the ball on

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addressing the environmental crisis

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resulting in widespread

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damage they dropped the ball when they

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forgot to double check the

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calculations we can't afford to drop the

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ball on safety procedures it's a matter

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of life and

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death hello Joey it's a steal I'm sure

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you're wondering why I didn't get you an

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audition for that TV movie yeah actually

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I am I guess I dropped the ball

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there actually we are buying the house

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next door what

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why I don't know why I was on the fence

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but knowing that you two would be our

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neighbors now we have to get

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it actually we are buying the house next

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door what

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why

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I don't know why I was on the fence but

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knowing that you two would be our

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neighbors now we have to get

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it the idiom sit or be on the fence

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means to be unsure and not make a

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decision in a particular

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situation

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examples when it came to choosing a

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career path she was on the fence and

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couldn't decide between medicine and

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Engineering he's still on the fence

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about buying a car as he's taking into

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account the insurance

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costs the politician decided to sit on

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the fence and not choose a side on the

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controversial

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issue actually we are buying the house

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next

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door

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why I don't know why I was on the fence

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but knowing that you two would be our

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neighbors now we have to get

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it isn't Joey's agent a sto Leonard yeah

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she died you're kidding that's terrible

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Joy's going to be so upset but we cannot

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tell Joey about this he's already

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flipping out about everything that's

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changing this this will push him over

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the edge seriously you don't think we

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should tell

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him isn't Joey's agent esto Leonard yeah

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she died you're kidding that's terrible

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Joy's going to be so upset but we cannot

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tell Joey about this he's already

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flipping out about everything that's

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changing this this will push him over

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the edge seriously you don't think we

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should tell

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him the idiom pushed someone over the

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edge means to cause someone to become

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extremely angry or upset to the point of

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losing control or breaking down

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emotionally

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examples Sophia had been pushed Over the

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Edge by the separation from her husband

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feeling completely

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shattered the loss of a loved one pushed

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him over the edge and he fell into a

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deep

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depression the constant criticism from

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his boss pushed him over the edge and he

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finally decided to quit his

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job isn't Joey's agent Estelle Leonard

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yeah she died you're kidding it's

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terrible Joey's going to be so upset

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well we cannot tell Joey about this he's

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already flipping out about everything

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that's changing this this will push him

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over the edge seriously you don't think

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we should tell

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him avoid this little thing in the

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future let's just say you and me never

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having sex again sex is off the table I

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am never having sex with you

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again to avoid this little thing in the

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future let's just say you and me never

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having sex again sex is off the table I

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am never having sex with you

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again the idiom to be off the table

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means that something is no longer being

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considered discussed or available as an

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option or

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possibility in other words when

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something is off the table it means it's

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not on the list of choices

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anymore

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examples the option to buy a new car is

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off the table for now as we need to

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focus on saving

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money the plan to start a new business

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is off the table until I gain more

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experience and knowledge in the

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industry the idea of a vacation this

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year is off the table due to our

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financial

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situation avoid this little thing in the

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future let's just say you and me never

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having sex again sex is off the table I

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am never having sex with you

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again we decided to name the girl baby

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Erica oh my God that's just like my name

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son of a gun it

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is we decided to name the girl baby

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Erica oh my God that's just like my name

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son of a gun it

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is

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son of a gun is a way of talking about

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someone often in a joking or friendly

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way it can be used to describe a person

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usually a man and can show surprise

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admiration or annoyance depending on how

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it is

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said it's also a polite phrase for son

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of a

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examples that son of a gun just won the

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lottery can you believe it

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I'm tired of dealing with that stubborn

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son of a gun he never listens to

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anyone hey you old son of a gun it's

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been ages since we last saw each

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other we decided to name the girl baby

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Erica oh my God that's just like my name

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son of a gun it

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is

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we don't know that it's him I mean it

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could be the football guy honey it's us

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of course it's the shovel killer all

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right well all right let's say that it

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is him would we not want the baby no

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would we treat him any differently I'd

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keep an eye on

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him we don't know that it's him I mean

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it could be the football guy honey it's

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us of course it's the shovel killer all

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right well all right let's say that it

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is him would we not want the baby no

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would we treat him any differently I'd

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keep an eye on him

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keep an eye on someone or something

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means to watch someone or something

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closely paying attention to their

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actions or

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behavior it can also mean to take care

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of or be responsible for someone or

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something's well-being or

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needs

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examples can you keep an eye on the

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children while I prepare

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dinner please please keep an eye on my

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bag while I use the

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restroom the teacher kept an eye on the

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students during the field trip to ensure

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their

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safety we don't know that it's him I

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mean it could be the football guy honey

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it's us of course it's the shovel killer

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all right well all right let's say that

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it is him would we not want the baby no

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would we treat him any differently I'd

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keep an eye on

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him

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