About this lesson
Full video: Improve Your English Idioms with Friends: What is with someone or something?
Video Lesson
Full video: Improve Your English Idioms with Friends: What is with someone or something?
Download the app
Open this lesson in Sublex to translate subtitles, save new words, and track your progress.
Learn English in the Sublex app with subtitles, saved words, and lesson progress.
English subtitles
0:00
hello
0:01
everyone welcome back in this video
0:04
we're going to learn a common English
0:06
idiom used by Chandler in season 10
0:09
episode 13 of friends in this episode
0:13
Monica and Chandler invite Erica to
0:15
visit them in New York City they take
0:18
her to famous places like the Statue of
0:21
Liberty and the Empire State Building
0:23
even though Chandler doesn't like big
0:25
crowds surprisingly Chandler ends up
0:29
having fun in seeing the city
0:31
differently when they return home Monica
0:34
apologizes to Erica for Chandler's
0:36
earlier Behavior explaining that she
0:39
didn't anticipate it then Chandler
0:42
suddenly says New York is
0:44
awesome Monica is surprised and asks
0:48
what is with you Chandler explains I've
0:51
been to these places before but I've
0:53
never really seen them you know now
0:57
let's talk about the meaning of this
0:58
idiom
1:02
the idiom what is with someone or
1:04
something is an informal way to express
1:06
confusion or curiosity about why someone
1:09
is behaving strangely or something is
1:12
not as
1:13
expected it's like asking what's going
1:16
on with them or that and wanting to
1:18
understand the reason behind their
1:20
unusual behavior or the unusual
1:24
situation New York is
1:28
awesome what is with you yeah I've been
1:31
to these places before but I've never
1:32
really seen them you
1:34
know let's see more
1:38
examples you used to be so patient but
1:41
lately you've been losing your temper
1:44
easily what is with
1:48
you the printer keeps jamming every time
1:51
I try to print what is with this
1:57
device she's been acting really dist and
2:00
Moody I don't understand what is with
2:08
her thank you for watching this
2:11
video make sure to subscribe to my
2:13
channel for more exciting
2:16
videos goodbye and take care
Full video: Improve Your English Idioms with Friends: What is with someone or something?
Keep exploring
9 video lessons
10 video lessons
8 video lessons
8 video lessons
More to learn
Upper beginner
Upper beginner
Upper beginner
Upper beginner