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In this episode, Kevin and Jack discuss talk about three idioms using body parts. a rule of thumb 👍🏻 to keep your chin up to find your feet 🦶🏼Website: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/?p=1813Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes.Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/  Full Transcript:Jack You are listening to the A-Z English podcast. Kevin Welcome to A-Z, English idioms from A-Z. Today we're going to talk about three different English idioms, where first we'll have a quick example using them, and then we'll try and define and explain and give you some more examples of how you can use. Kevin Them as. Kevin Well, remember to check our website. Kevin Or study guides and more. Kevin We also have links to our WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media, so you can come and use these idioms together with us. Jack So, Kev, how's that new job treating you? Kevin It's alright. Kevin It's a little hard. Kevin Still trying to find my feet. Jack Well, keep your chin up. Kevin Yeah, you know, that's that's a good rule of thumb. Kevin Thanks, man. Kevin I'll remember that. Jack No problem. Kevin OK, so again, we had the three, we went back and forth, so maybe this was a little easier to to hear for everyone we had. Kevin Find your feet. Kevin Keep your chin up and then, uh, rule of thumb, and you'll notice that all of these idioms, all three of these, are using your body parts, right? Kevin So feet, your chin, your thumb. Kevin We've all body part idioms and finding your feet. Kevin What does that mean? Kevin I mean, it's very easy to find my feet. Kevin I know exactly where my feet. 발표자 1 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kevin I can touch them. Kevin So So what does it mean to to find your feet somewhere? Jack So the idiom find your feed, so finding your feed means. Jack Figuring figuring something out or getting used to something. Kevin Yeah, getting used to it. Jack So in in a dialogue I was asking you I. Jack Said. How is your new? Jack How is your new job treating? Kevin Right, right, right. Jack You like how is? Jack How is. Jack Your new job going. Jack And you said I'm still finding my feet, so that means you you're not comfortable yet, you're still learning, you're still figuring out how the company works, you'll still figuring out. Jack What your job duties are and so you're not 100% comfortable, yet, you're still finding your feet. Kevin Yeah, I think, I mean, you can maybe even picture this like a baby learning how to walk, right? Kevin Like when babies are young, any animal or human babies when they're young, you know, they they. Kevin When you first start. Kevin Walking you're not very good at it. Kevin Yeah, you know, you you know what you want to do. Kevin The baby looks around and they see Mom and Dad walk. Kevin Thing and it's like I want to walk in so they try and try and try, but it takes them a little while until they find their feet until they get used to it. Kevin And then they're able to walk and it's the same thing in a company or a new anything. Kevin It takes a little while to get used to it. Jack Yeah, it takes a little while before you feel stability or stable, you know? Kevin Yeah. Nice. Yeah. Until. Jack And so being honest, yeah, unstable is not finding your feet yet, but stability is. Kevin You really feel? Jack I found my feet. Jack I'm comfortable, I'm stable. Kevin Yep, yeah. Kevin So you could even say, like, how's the new job? Kevin Oh, I've been there for a while. Kevin I've really found my feet now I'm very comfortable now I know what I'm doing. Kevin Up here. Kevin So what about keeping your chin up? Kevin Your chin? Kevin It's on your face, so I want to keep my chin up. Kevin Like, what am I doing? Jack Yeah, keep your chest. Kevin Where am I pointing my chin? Jack Yeah, well, when your chin is up, you feel, you feel proud, you feel confident. Jack And when your chin is down and your head is down, you look defeated. Jack You look down sad. Kevin Right. Jack So keep your chin up just means. Jack Cheer up, you know. Jack Put your head up. Jack Don't be. Jack Don't be ashamed. Jack Don't be shy. Jack I keep your chin up your you know you're doing fine. Jack You're doing a good job. Jack So yeah, I. Kevin Mean there's a lots of this, like even if you're feeling a little bit sad, right? Kevin And you're having some problems and it's like, if you're feeling sad, just keep your chin up and and just doing that will help you to feel a little bit more, you know, happy or comfortable. Kevin Even if you're just faking it out, don't don't act sad. Kevin Don't look sad. Kevin Like, just keep trying. Kevin Just keep your chin up and act happy, and then you'll feel better from doing that. Jack Yeah, exactly. Jack I yeah, I have one more example I can use. Kevin Yeah, so. Kevin Oh, nice. Jack Like when a when a team loses a game and they played really, really hard, but they lost the game a lot of times, the parents and the coach will say keep your chin. Jack Up because you don't. Jack You tried your best and you did a good job. Jack You lost the game. Jack But you don't need. Kevin Right. Jack To put your head. Jack You don't need to hang your head down. Jack You can keep your chin up. Kevin Right. Jack And so that's a really common example. Kevin Yeah, still be proud of of what you did. Kevin You still worked really hard. Kevin You still tried really hard. Kevin Keep your chin up. Jack Keep your chin up, yeah? Kevin And then finally our rule of thumb. Kevin So we've got lots of rules, right? Kevin Like in our classroom, you know we have rules of speak English only or do this, but what's a rule of your thumb, right? Kevin The the the. Kevin Big finger on your hand your your thumb. Kevin What is a thumb rule as we look? Jack I I'm. I'm. Jack Going to confess, make a confession here. Jack I have no idea where this idiom comes from. Jack Like I don't know the genesis of this. Jack But I do know that a rule of thumb is like a rule of life, a rule that you can live by. Jack So don't don't hurt other people, OK? Jack That's a rule of thumb. Jack You don't do that, OK? Jack And so we have, you know? Jack There are many rules of thumb, but they're just like common sense rules that you can live. Jack Buy in order to be, you know, live a a a good life and be a good person. Jack So we follow. Jack These rules. Kevin Rules of thumb are just general things that you should do right, like and. Kevin It's not always a good life necessary, though obviously just general general rules, right? Jack Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Kevin Like if you're talking to a friend who they haven't been out on a date in a really, really long time. Kevin And like, I've got a date tomorrow, I've got I'm taking a girl out to dinner. Kevin What should I what should I do and be like? Kevin Well, a good rule of thumb right could be to wear some nice clothes and buy dinner for your date. Jack Right. Kevin It's a rule. Kevin Of thumb, you don't have to. Kevin Do it, but it's generally a good idea to. Kevin Look nice and be on time and do those type of things. Kevin It's it's a rule. Kevin Of thumb. Jack Yeah, for it. Jack Another if you're taking a test. Jack Bring an extra pencil. Jack That's a good rule of thumb, because if the if the lead brakes on your pencil and you need a backup, you have one more pencil to finish the test. Jack So there's another rule of thumb. Jack Just bring an extra pencil with you. Kevin Yeah, kind of good advice. Kevin Good, good general rules that you should always, always follow a good. Kevin Rule of thumb. Kevin Always leave 5 minutes. Kevin Early, you know, so that you're you're on. 발표자 1 Yeah, yeah. Kevin Time like, don't. Kevin Leave on time. Kevin Leave just a little bit early just in case something happens. Jack And is a rule of thumb something you do one time or is it something you do every time? Kevin No, it would be something that you always do in whatever that situation is. Kevin It's just say, yeah, you don't. Kevin Have to do. Kevin It, but it's generally. Kevin A good idea? Kevin To do whatever, whatever that thing is. Jack Yeah, maybe it's not even only make yourself happy, but you're going to impress other people. Jack Say, oh, what a what a gentleman, what a gentle woman. Jack She always, you know, he or she always shows up on. Jack Time, yeah. 발표자 1 Right. Jack That's because your rule of thumb is leave 5 minutes early so you're never late, so yeah. Kevin Yeah, so a good rule of thumb is remember to check our website so you can find information there and our PDF and you can learn a little bit more and and help find your feet learning English as well. Jack There you go. Kevin So thanks for listening everybody. Kevin Remember, as I said, check our website for more and links to our WhatsApp and Facebook. Kevin And if you could on Apple Podcasts, leave us a quick review. Kevin That would be really helpful. Kevin For other people to get some idioms from A-Z. Kevin See you next time. Jack Bye, bye. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode, Kevin, Jack, and Xochitl talk about memes on the internet. Do you speak meme? How do you use them? What are your favorites? How are they different in your country?Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Website: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/?p=1855If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes.Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/ Discussion Questions:What is a meme? Have you ever created a meme? If yes, what was the meme? Do you enjoy looking at and reading memes? If yes, why? If no, why not? Full Transcript:  00:00:02oYou are listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:09KevinWelcome to an A-Z English quick chat. Today we're going to surprise each other with a topic and see where the conversation goes.00:00:16KevinRemember, you can check our website for a study guide with vocabulary notes, discussion questions as more, as well as links to our WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media so you can join in the convo.00:00:26KevinPatience and today, for the first time, as many of you saw or listened to in our live stream, we are joined by socho, our new third and amazing host.00:00:38KevinSo we're going to let her introduce a topic.00:00:40KevinFor today and see.00:00:42KevinSee what the youth of the?00:00:43KevinWorld want to talk about?00:00:46발표자 1OK.00:00:46XochitlOK, so the topic I thought about.00:00:48XochitlIs means and I think I'm sure you guys were around Internet called design.00:00:54XochitlYou know, Internet culture wings were first emerging.00:00:57KevinYeah, I I remember some very old means.00:00:57XochitlYou know what I mean?00:01:01KevinI'm on.00:01:01KevinI'm on Reddit a lot.00:01:03KevinLike probably too much.00:01:05KevinAnd so that's where I get most of my memes.00:01:08KevinI don't do a lot of Facebook or other social media, but but read it's a meme culture as well.00:01:13KevinAnd so, yeah, that's where I get a lot of mine.00:01:16KevinAnd I was.00:01:16KevinDefinitely around at.00:01:18KevinThe beginning of the Internet, the dawn of time.00:01:21JackYeah, I'm pretty Internet.00:01:23JackI'm, I'm, I'm, I'm a dinosaur, you know, when it comes to this stuff.00:01:29발표자 1So, so I'm curious.00:01:30KevinFor me means, although I see them online, a lot of people just post them on Reddit as you know this is the thought or whatever and then people comment on them.00:01:41KevinI use memes as as a reply mostly I I don't like create my own means too much, but like if I'm in a chat with a friend, I have a small library of memes that I have saved on my phone, just the ones that I like the best.00:01:58KevinAnd and I use them to reply.00:02:00KevinSo if a friend like Jack not too long ago asked me if I was able to do something to help him and I like Rick and Morty, and there's the the Oh yeah can do meeseeks meme.00:02:12KevinAnd so I replied with that meme to him instead of, you know, typing out yeah, yeah, I can do that.00:02:18KevinI replied with the meme.00:02:19KevinHow do you use memes?00:02:23XochitlI think also like in conversations or sometimes like, I think we make our own names and post them on our Facebook or Instagram or our stories.00:02:24KevinWith the same.00:02:33XochitlLike, I'm sorry.00:02:34XochitlFacebook stories, but I do.00:02:36XochitlUse a lot in conversations, but I do tend to make my own for a while.00:02:39XochitlMy friends and I had a picture of me.00:02:42XochitlWhere I looked like I was giving like I was like what the heck like this like what the heck look on my face and.00:02:49XochitlWe would use it.00:02:50XochitlFor like Redis is mean of me ever like weird happened so like please.00:02:53발표자No, no.00:02:56XochitlUse our own face.00:02:58XochitlSometimes we just make.00:02:59XochitlTheir own names and then also.00:03:00KevinAnd do you still put text on them like you often see with with more traditional Internet means?00:03:05KevinOr is it just the image of you?00:03:06KevinWas that itself the mean?00:03:09XochitlI think they just the.00:03:10XochitlImage was in teams, yeah?00:03:10KevinIt was just the.00:03:11KevinImage so just confused right?00:03:14XochitlLike, yeah, so yeah, and.00:03:17XochitlThen we do often, just like take.00:03:19XochitlNames from the Internet like download it on her phone.00:03:23XochitlAnd then I'm sure you see this a lot, but you black out like the word.00:03:25XochitlAnd put a new one on top of it.00:03:27JackSure. Yeah, kind of building.00:03:28KevinOh, OK.00:03:29KevinSo it's not like it's like subtitles.00:03:30JackOn an idea, right, like, yeah.00:03:33XochitlLike the famous bringing words like I am once again asking for financial support and we would like blacking out.00:03:40XochitlBut I am once again asking for your emotional support and once again asking.00:03:44XochitlFor whatever, like, yeah, yeah.00:03:47KevinYeah, OK.00:03:48KevinI've I've seen those, though.00:03:49KevinMean there's so many meme.00:03:50KevinGenerators online as well.00:03:53KevinI have made some of my own as well, like just copying the format of 1 but you know changing it to fit the context and sending it over.00:04:02KevinYeah, means are a cool part of Internet culture.00:04:06JackWhen when do you think that they started like when did when was the first?00:04:10JackBecause I know the first meeting was like the one of the first means.00:04:15JackIs like the kind of dirtbag guy, you know, he's had these sideways and he's kind of a a scumbag, you know?00:04:24JackSo anytime, is that what it is that you?00:04:24KevinScumbag Steve.00:04:26발표자 1Yeah, yeah.00:04:26JackIs that him?00:04:28KevinThat you ask.00:04:29XochitlSo something like that.00:04:30KevinIt's scumbag, scumbag Steve.00:04:30JackYeah, so like what would be like a situation where you would use scumbag?00:04:35JackHe would be like if somebody.00:04:37JackDid something kind of rude to you or whatever.00:04:41JackYou would reply with a picture of scumbag Steve and that would that.00:04:46JackI mean essentially that's is that I mean, how right?00:04:49JackAm I using the memes correctly?00:04:50JackI'm I'm I'm not really sure.00:04:52KevinYou know what I would see a lot of times is like for those memes because they usually have text.00:04:58KevinOn them, and you can put your own text on them as well.00:05:01KevinAnd So what would be an example of a a scumbag Steve thing?00:05:05XochitlI remember 1 words like.00:05:08XochitlThere's hand towels in the bathroom, but he uses your, she told.00:05:12XochitlLike, wipe his hands and I remember that it.00:05:15XochitlWas just like scumbag Steve.00:05:16KevinYes, that's great.00:05:18KevinSo so maybe Jack you come over to my house and you use.00:05:21KevinThe wrong towel.00:05:23KevinAnd so then, like in our group chat, you know of, of everyone, you come over and I reply later with that.00:05:29KevinLike Jack comes over to my house and uses the wrong towel and I use this scumbag Steve meme and I and I post that.00:05:32JackOr I drank your last beer or something like that.00:05:36JackLike I take the last beer out of your fridge and then you go to get your beer and I'm already drank.00:05:41JackIt so I'm scumbag Steve, you know?00:05:46KevinYeah, those are, yes.00:05:47KevinKind like Steve is definitely one of the older means not not super old, but it's one of the older, older memes for sure.00:05:54XochitlThat was one of the first means because that was like the first one that is exposed to that one in awkward Penguin and the little kid that does like.00:06:02XochitlThe fish thing.00:06:02XochitlLike, yeah.00:06:03JackYeah, that's right. I.00:06:04KevinAwkward Penguin.00:06:05KevinAn awesome Penguin.00:06:06KevinRemember like where they switched the colors and switched the sides?00:06:08KevinYeah, those are definitely older and it it's really fun seeing memes.00:06:13KevinCome back because.00:06:15KevinScumbag Steve, awkward Penguin.00:06:17KevinYou don't see those too often these days, actually, but you know, ten years ago that was.00:06:25KevinYou know, almost every everything on Reddit was one of those, one of those memes.00:06:30KevinAnd sometimes people bring them back and fill them back, and it's always great when they're when they're used correctly.00:06:36JackYeah, I I remember another meme of is it like a nerdy kid named Brian or something and he's got braces?00:06:45JackAnd he just has bad luck all the time.00:06:48JackLike, you know you, Brad.00:06:48KevinBad luck, Brian. Yep, that's.00:06:50JackLike Brian.00:06:51JackIs that what he is?00:06:51JackIs am I right?00:06:52XochitlYeah, good memory.00:06:54XochitlOh my God.00:06:55XochitlSaid that like Brian.00:06:56KevinI'm, I'm.00:06:56KevinI'm reading a lot.00:06:57JackBrian he's got bad luck.00:06:58JackWhat's his name again?00:07:01JackYeah, so like he he shows up at 10:30, but the test started at 9:30 or something like that, you know? So there's some some horrible luck situation. Yeah, bad luck, Brian. Scumbag Steve.00:07:01발표자 1Give it to me.00:07:12KevinI think one of my favorites of the old names was overly attached girlfriend.00:07:17KevinDo you remember that one?00:07:17XochitlOh yeah.00:07:18KevinIt was like the girlfriend who's like got this like this look up.00:07:21KevinJust like I love you look.00:07:22KevinAnd and it was always just, yeah, like everything you do, she's just overly attached to you.00:07:29KevinShe's an interesting example of of meme culture as well.00:07:33KevinThe the woman who was that because most of those means it was just some random.00:07:38KevinIt was like the picture of Socho.00:07:39KevinThat her friends use.00:07:41KevinBut then it.00:07:41KevinSlowly just goes out into the actual Internet and people.00:07:44KevinJust start to.00:07:45KevinUse it.00:07:46KevinAnd so it was like, oh, that's me.00:07:47KevinLike there's there's confused social that yeah, so the the girl who did overly attached girlfriend, she actually used it to make a bit of a a social media presence.00:07:49JackYou're famous, it went, it goes viral, I mean, yeah.00:08:00KevinShe got a bit famous from it.00:08:02KevinI think she had like a pretty famous Instagram account and Facebook page and things for for a while.00:08:07KevinI think she's calmed down now.00:08:08KevinI never really followed her, but I.00:08:09KevinJust saw things occasionally.00:08:11KevinCome up. Yeah, she yeah.00:08:11발표자 1She had a.00:08:12XochitlGQ but I remember seeing YouTube video and then and it was just funny because like the the means are cultural too, right?00:08:20XochitlAnd then so like a lot of the things that like she.00:08:22XochitlSaid like she would she?00:08:24XochitlWould name herself as like examples of overly attached girlfriend and I'm thinking and this is confirmation I get into with my friends.00:08:28KevinRight. OK.00:08:32XochitlA lot.00:08:32XochitlIn Mexico, like, those things aren't considered like overly attached girlfriend. In the US, it's like.00:08:37XochitlIt's really weird.00:08:38XochitlLike casual dating here is really formal compared to the US like US is really casual here. Like you could go on a casual date and the person will.00:08:47XochitlTake you out to eat.00:08:48XochitlAnd pay for.00:08:49XochitlEverything involving and like in the US it's like.00:08:51XochitlHey, you wanna Netflix and chill?00:08:53XochitlLike it's just it's weird to see the differences between like and.00:08:57XochitlIt just goes back to me.00:08:58XochitlIt's like the.00:09:00XochitlThere's means in Spanish language and names in Korea and using English.00:09:05KevinMeans definitely are very cultural.00:09:08KevinYeah, it's it's interesting to see how how the same thing.00:09:12KevinIt's like, this is funny, right?00:09:13KevinAnd someone in other countries like, no, but what do you mean?00:09:16KevinI don't, I don't understand.00:09:18JackYeah, what's the joke, right?00:09:18KevinLike, I mean, this doesn't.00:09:20KevinYeah, exactly, but that's humor.00:09:20JackYeah, yeah.00:09:22KevinI mean, that's actually something that would be.00:09:24KevinInteresting to talk about, maybe in another episode later on is is humor types and what works in America?00:09:31KevinI mean, even in English speaking countries, it's different.00:09:33KevinAmerican humor is different from British humor and it's famous.00:09:37KevinThere's there's British.00:09:39KevinAnd that's the same with means, of course, as as well, my favorite for means.00:09:44KevinI don't know if you guys ever use it like I we're on WhatsApp, of course, right?00:09:49KevinAnd WhatsApp is A is a pretty good app for chat. And my favorite chatting app though is discord.00:09:55KevinBecause Discord has an amazing mean library, you can basically type it.00:09:59KevinThey've got like thousands and thousands and thousands of memes to to send.00:10:03KevinIt's basically the emote acan of of WhatsApp. So instead of sending a little sticker or whatever, instead of sending a modicon, you send me to everyone. And so yeah, discord is great.00:10:13발표자 1For for that.00:10:14KevinYou have an entire conversation in meme only.00:10:18KevinWell, so for everybody listening out there, what's your favorite meme?00:10:22KevinAnd even if it's in your language, actually, maybe try and reply to us in our WhatsApp chat or on our web page and actually send us a meme.00:10:29KevinI would love to see some some non-english means, although please if it's in your language translate it to English and then we can see if we can actually understand.00:10:37KevinWhat the joke itself is because I I.00:10:41KevinI think it would be interesting to see both the meme and how it's used, so please share your memes with us here on the A-Z English podcast.00:10:52KevinSo thank you everybody for listening.00:10:54KevinRemember, you can join our WhatsApp group.00:10:56KevinCheck our web page, tell us what you think, and if you're on Apple Podcasts, you know, click that.00:11:01KevinFive star button and leave us some comments that will be very helpful.00:11:04KevinSo we'll see you all next time.00:11:06발표자 1All right. 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This week, the crew talks about phrasal verbs using the verb to get. Kevin always has a fun surprise for our listeners at the end of the stream. Hang in there to find out what it is! Visit our website: http://atozenglishpodcast.comIf you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes.Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode, Kevin and Jack talk about creepy, crawly, disgusting bugs!Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Website: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/?p=1810If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes.Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/ Directions: Answer the discussion questions in the Whatsapp group chat.  1.    Are there a lot of bugs where you live?2.    What annoys you the most about insects?3.    What do you do to get rid of insects in your house? Full Transcript:  Jack You are listening to the A-Z English podcast. Kevin Welcome to an A-Z English quick chat where today we're going to surprise each other with a topic and see where the conversation goes. Kevin Remember, you can check our website for study guides with vocabulary, notes, discussion, questions and more, as well as links to our WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media so you can join in our conversation with us. Kevin And Jack, it's getting towards the end of summer here, but even though it's the end of summer, there's still a lot of bugs out and. Kevin I've got 2. Kevin Or three new mosquito bites. Kevin Odd me right now. Kevin Mosquitoes, actually. Kevin I mean, I think bugs in Korea, bugs in every country are very different because I'm from Arizona and Arizona is dry. Kevin It's desert, right? Kevin There's no mosquitoes in in Arizona. Jack Yeah, but you have scorpions though. Kevin That's true. Kevin We we don't score PNG. Jack Those are scary, yeah. Kevin Although it depends on where Arizona. Kevin Is very big, but yeah, we. Kevin We do have some. Kevin Of those, but mosquitoes are something that I. Kevin I I hate. Kevin I mean, everyone hates mosquitoes. Kevin Everyone hates mosquitoes. Kevin It's it's one common, common thing I think all people on the planet can can agree. Kevin With and it took me a little while to get used to them here. Kevin I'm still not used to him, but it took me a while to get used to them. Kevin Here, let me let me tell you a story before I ask you about your bugs. Kevin When I first came to Korea, because Arizona doesn't have mosquitoes, I never thought about them. Kevin And so in the summer here, it's quite hot and in. Kevin Arizona in in Northern Arizona, it's quite hot as well, but not so bad and so we don't usually turn on the air conditioning in in the mountains. Kevin I just open up all the windows and just get a breeze coming through. Kevin So when I was when I was new to Korea, I had only been here, I don't know, less than a. Kevin And it was quite hot one night. Kevin And So what did I do? Kevin I just opened up. Kevin All the windows. Kevin Because of like, let's let's get some wind in here, let's cool down my house. Kevin So I opened up all the. Kevin Windows and just. Kevin And that night, I'll never forget this. Kevin Because that night, suddenly I heard that annoying, like, you know, noise in your ear. Jack And yeah. Kevin The terrible evil mosquito noise, and I heard it. Kevin In my ear. Kevin And I was like, oh, just go away. Kevin Just just bite me and go away. Kevin Let me sleep. Kevin I don't care, just just go away. Kevin And I heard it again and again. Kevin And again, and finally, well, OK, OK. Kevin I no, I have to kill you. Kevin So I stood up. Kevin I turned on the lights, and I then looked around my house and there was like 20 mosquitoes just covering the walls of of my apartment room. Kevin And it took me an hour and a half to just snack. Kevin Smack, smack and kill them all, yeah? Kevin And I learned very quickly now I never leave the windows open when I go in and out of my house in the summer, it's in not very fast, keep the door closed because. Kevin We want to keep those those damn mosquitoes away. Jack No, you just you opened the window and invited all the mosquitoes in your neighborhood to a blood party, basically. Kevin Yeah, come try some. Kevin Come try some American. Kevin Blood, it's really good. Jack Yeah, yeah, drink away. Jack So funny because I have the same story last night. Kevin Oh really? Jack Like last night a mosquito snuck into, you know, got into our house. Jack And I think listeners, probably those of you that live in like areas where where they have mosquitoes. Jack The the the land like on your ear and so you can hear the the kind of. 발표자 1 Ooh, yeah. Jack Sound in your ear and I don't know what it is. Jack It's the worst feeling, like I can't I? Kevin That's terrible.  Jack So what I always do is even if there's just one mosquito, I turned on the light. Jack I wake up, my wife wakes up. Jack She's like, what are you doing? Jack I'm like, I don't care. Jack I don't care how long it takes me. Jack I'm going to. Jack Hunt that mosquito down and I'm going to smash. 발표자 1 To kill it. Jack Did, and sometimes it takes me 5 minutes, sometimes it takes me 25 minutes, but I'm like a crazy person because it's just like it makes me like. Jack Insane to to you know when it happens and then when I kill it, it feels so good. Jack I just smash it so hard and just watch it splat all over the wall. Jack And I'm so happy, but the. Kevin I'm kind of the same way when I hear them at night. Kevin Now if because you seem to enjoy killing mosquitoes like we have one of those tennis racket type things, which those are great because yeah, you can watch it like just like fry. Jack Has electricity on it and you use tap it, yeah? Kevin The best, most satisfying way to kill a mosquito, though you know sometimes you can catch it in your hand, right? Kevin Like it's flying through and you just you'd grab it out of the air. Kevin But the worst is then you, like, squeeze your hand, you open it and. Kevin Then it flies. Kevin Away again, right. Jack Yeah, yeah, sure. Yeah. Kevin If you've had that happen, it's it's terrible. Kevin So the best thing to do. Kevin Well, I don't know what best. Kevin It's kind of evil, but but it feels good. Kevin If you catch a mosquito in your hand 'cause, you don't know if you actually crossed it. Kevin They're quite small, and maybe you did. Kevin Maybe you didn't so shake your hand a lot, right? Kevin Like just just like you've got, you know, you're you're shaking a some some juice or something. Kevin Just shake, shake, shake. Kevin Shake, shake, shake it in your hands because then it makes it basically makes the mosquito like super dizzy. Kevin And it's like, Oh my God. Kevin Then go up to one of the walls in your house and throw it at the wall. Kevin So I'm really close, because it doesn't. Kevin It it they're. Kevin Very light so they don't fly very far from vehicles. Kevin Just throw it at the wall. Kevin The mosquito will hit the wall. Kevin And then fall down to the. Kevin Round, but it's usually not quite dead. Kevin It usually just kind of twitches and it's like and then it dies. Kevin So you get to watch the little. Kevin Guy die and I know it's it's evil and I'm. Jack I thought you. Kevin Sorry for all the listeners out there. Jack Were going to pull its legs off 1 by 1 and just kind of pull up? Jack OK, you're not that. Jack You're not that sadistic, right? Kevin But hit, hit the wall with it and then it'll fall down and just. Jack You're not that. Kevin Like, uh and die.  Right. Jack So last night I couldn't find it. Jack I looked everywhere and I find it gave up. Kevin Oh, oh, sorry, I interrupted your story. Jack No, no, no. Jack But I have these big headphones that I listen to music with and I just put these big cans on my ears. Jack So it's and if you can't hear it, then I can just pretend that it's not there. Jack And so I fell asleep with my ear, my my headphones on, and I was able to fall asleep quite quickly without having killed a mosquito. Jack But yeah, it they really, really drives me crazy. Jack It drives me crazy. Kevin Honestly, I I. Kevin I even though a. Kevin Mosquito bite will last longer, you know, like I've got a couple of mosquito bites on me now, 'cause I. Kevin Was outside yesterday and. Kevin A mosquito bite will last two or three days before it goes away, and it's itchy for two or three days, but that itchy for two or three days for me is less annoying than that. Kevin The sound. Kevin When I'm sleeping. Jack Yeah, yeah. Kevin Like so for for me. Jack No side same, you know? Kevin Like, I understand. Kevin I would rather cover my ears. Kevin I'd rather it just come and bite. Kevin Me and go away. Kevin Like I don't care, I. Kevin Mean it's annoying, but bite me and go away. Kevin Don't wake me up. Kevin Don't come. Kevin Into my ear that is the worst the worst noise. Jack Now I'm gonna, I'm gonna throw this out to our listeners out there, because please share in the chat what your mosquito experiences are. Jack Because now they're, you know, obviously mosquitoes are not the only bugs that are, you know? Jack Have you had any experience like killing a cockroach or anything like that? Jack Because those really bother me a lot. Kevin I really hate cockroaches. Kevin Cockroaches and the other one here in Korea that really bothers me are the the really hairy centipedes that like, they look furry and they move really, really fast. Kevin You know, those are almost worse than cockroaches. Kevin For me. Kevin Those things are really fast. Kevin Cockroaches are terrible, of course, but in Korea, they're not so bad, because they're. Kevin Not so big. Jack Yeah, right. Jack Like they're only about like the. Kevin Biggest I've seen was like maybe if your small finger right, that's that's the biggest one that I've seen. Kevin My wife and I were traveling a few years ago and in we were staying in a small hotel, not even a hotel, more like a guest house type thing, kind of in the mountains. Kevin And there it was just. Kevin Yeah, lots of cockroaches outside. Kevin Inside the rooms were mostly clean, but outside in the forest it was just one cockroach central. Kevin And the worst there was, they were really big. Kevin Like, like really like your big finger and and a little bit more. Kevin And so we saw one that was quite big and it creeped in and then it started flying at us. Jack Oh yeah, I know those ones. Jack Yeah, they're it's called like a Palmetto bug or something. Jack They're maroon. Jack Kind of reddish. 발표자 1 It was a. Kevin Big flying cockroach. Jack The horrible, yeah. Kevin It was terrible. Kevin I I almost played baseball with it, with my sandal in the air. Kevin Yeah, those are are terrible. Kevin That's that's the way. Jack Yeah, we had a we had a cockroach problem in another apartment. And the problem with cockroaches is if you see one, that means there's like another 25 or 30 that you can't see. Kevin I don't know. Jack And so if I opened a drawer there, would I would see them kind of scurry away? Jack And if I if I? Jack Lifted up a desk or something, moved the desk, then they would run away. Kevin Oh no. Jack And so. Jack So we had to call the exterminator, and the exterminator came to kill the cockroaches, and the exterminator told us a really interesting story of how they kill the cockroaches. Jack So what they do is they poison the cockroaches, and so the cockroaches eat the poison. Jack And then they go back into their secret little house area where they all stay together and they die. Kevin OK. Jack Now, not all of them die, but if you know this about cockroaches, cockroaches will eat dead cockroaches. Jack So the ones that are still alive eat the dead ones that have poison in them, and then they die, and then whatever is leftover will eat those. Kevin The poison on him. Jack Dead ones. Jack And then they die. Jack And pretty soon all of the cockroaches are dead because of the first spray of poison. Jack And so if you thought cockroaches are cruel or whatever, they eat each other. Kevin Some good poisons. Jack They're cannibals. Jack They're disgusting. Jack They're horrible. Jack Pictures so don't ever feel sorry for a cockroach, OK? Jack Uh, yeah. Kevin I will not. Kevin Before we end with this 'cause, this is all I mean. Kevin Mosquitoes and cockroaches are our bugs. Kevin We generally don't like. Kevin What about some bugs that are OK? Kevin Are there any bugs that that are? Kevin OK, for. Jack So I like, I think you're going to say the same answer. Jack I'm probably going to steal your answer, but I have all. Jack I won't steal your answer. Jack I'll, I'll come up with a different one. Jack I saw yesterday. Kevin Well, go ahead, I've got a couple. Jack I saw a praying mantis, and it was huge. Kevin Oh, nice. Jack It was about the size of like a pencil. Jack Like, it was huge and I didn't want to kill it because they're so cool looking. Jack There's a very interesting bug. Kevin They are. Jack It's a mantis. Jack And in Korea they have. Jack We have quite a few of them and it was just sitting on the door. Jack It wasn't bothering anybody, it wasn't doing anything, so I didn't kill it. Jack And I just left it alone, and when I came back an hour later, it was gone so amantis I'll let them live because I. Kevin Right. Jack Don't know they just. Jack Look cool and I I don't have a problem. Jack With them so. Kevin And and they don't. Kevin Really bother people very much either. Jack With match it didn't fly at me. Jack It didn't do. Jack Anything was just hanging out. Kevin Right.  Kevin The other I I think what you were thinking is spiders, right? Jack Yes, yeah. Kevin That's, yeah, spiders. Kevin If I see a spider in my house, it depends on the spider that I see. Kevin Most of the time, I'll just let them live and just be like you. Kevin Go, go, spider friends. Kevin Go, go, go eat those evil mosquitoes and other. Kevin Bugs sometimes for a little bit bigger spiders. Kevin I don't want them in my house because they're kind of, they're kind of creepy. Kevin I still don't like. Kevin Them in my house, but I don't kill them, I just capture them and take them outside and let them guys. Jack Ah, OK, OK. Kevin I I I never kill spiders actually. Kevin So spiders are always friendly. Kevin Actually one time one of my friends. Kevin Thought I was crazy because I found a spider in in our houses back in, you know? Kevin City and I caught the spider to take it outside and then he took a picture of it first and went to the Internet to look it up and it was actually a very poisonous, like deadly deadly spider. 발표자 1 Oh no. Kevin And he's like. Kevin That kind of spiders. Kevin OK. Kevin To kill Kevin, I was like. Kevin No, it's still. Kevin A spider spiders are friendly, so spiders I don't kill. Kevin And another bug that I think. Kevin Everyone should respect our. Jack Yeah, very important. Yeah. Yes. Kevin These are great either. Kevin Very important. Kevin Wasps are evil. Kevin These are great. Kevin They make honey, they pollinate flowers and other plants, and we need bees on our planets to to have a a safe, healthy planet so bizzare cools. Jack Save the bees, save the spiders and save the mantis. Kevin Yep, I can agree to all of those. Jack We will keep it there. Jack Right. Kevin All right. Kevin So everyone else, tell us, what about bugs? Kevin What are your favorite bugs? Kevin What bugs do you hate? Kevin Do you have any good stories about you know dealing with with any bugs as well? Kevin Come to join our WhatsApp group or a Facebook group and tell us any of your bug stories, good or bad love. Kevin To hear them all, and if you've got time, go to our leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and a comment would be very helpful for other people to come and tell us some adazie bug stories so we'll see everybody next time have again. Jack Fun. 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In this episode, Kevin and Jack discuss three more idioms about money 💰to be in the black/be in the redto make ends meetto have a Midas touchWebsite: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/idioms-7/Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes.Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/Directions: Use each idiom in a sentence.1.2.3.Full Transcript:Jack You are listening to the A-Z English podcast. Kevin Welcome to an A-Z English idioms from A-Z or. Today we're going to talk about three different English idioms first, starting with a quick example. Kevin Then we'll explain them and try and define and tell you how you too can use these idioms in your conversations. Kevin Remember to check our website for study guides and more. Kevin We also have links to our WhatsApp, Facebook pages and all our other social media so you 2 can join the conversation. Jack So, Kev, how's business? Kevin Not so good, man. Kevin These days I'm always in the red. Kevin I can barely make ends meet. Jack Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that. Jack You know, mark, his coffee shop is doing really well. Jack That guys got the Midas touch. Kevin I wish I was so lucky. 발표자 1 Right. Kevin So we had three idioms in there, and if anyone was listening, can you hear what they are? Kevin I know they were. Kevin They come quick. Kevin First was to be in the red, or you can be in the black as well in. Kevin The black or. Kevin Red the next is to make ends meet and finally. Kevin To have a Midas touch. Kevin So let's talk about these color ones first. Kevin To be in the black or in the red. Kevin What do these mean? Jack Yeah, so these. Jack These come down to kind of the old style of accounting. Jack So when you we used to do accounting books, we would, if you were making a profit, you would use a black pen. Jack To write down the numbers of the money that you have made. Kevin So it's like money coming in, yeah. Jack Right, the money coming in or the elders? Kevin Yeah, I made 10 mixtures. Jack Or the money. Jack Leftover like the you know, after you pay all your expenses and everything, and then whatever is leftover, that's your profit. Jack But, and your profit is, it was written in black traditionally. Jack Now everything is done on computers, but back in the day you would put it, you'd write it in black. Jack And what about red? Jack If you wrote the number in red, what does that mean? Kevin Well, I mean, I think we can probably guess this one right. Kevin If you see a red light when you're driving, it means, you know, caution. Kevin Be careful, right? Kevin So red for money probably means that's bad. Kevin You're you're negative money, you don't have any money. Jack That's how much money you owe. Jack You have to still pay and. Kevin Right. Jack Yeah, and so if you're in the red, that means that you have you owe more money than you have. Kevin Yeah, that's no good. Jack You know, it's no good, but if you're in the black, you have more money than you. Jack Oh, and you can buy things. Jack And so that's a that's a good thing. Kevin So it's always better to be in the black if if someone is in the red, that means they're struggling with their business or or whatever it is. Jack And yeah, oh, sorry. Jack I was just going to say during the during coronavirus you would hear this expression a lot because a lot of companies were in the red because of the pandemic. Kevin Because people aren't shopping and things. Jack So yeah, exactly. Kevin Yep, true. Kevin All right. Kevin So then, how about making ends meet? Kevin So what's an end? Kevin How do we what is an end and how? Kevin Does it meet? Jack Yeah, making an end pizza. Kevin Yeah, this is a tough one to get. Jack Yeah, this is a hard one. Jack This one is a very common expression that we use in English, though very common. Kevin Actually, yeah, this one. Kevin Yeah, one that I definitely would use more more regularly than some others. Jack Yeah, so making ends meet means earning enough money to pay your bills. Jack That's it, basically. Jack And so you might you might hear the expression it's difficult to make ends meet means it's hard to earn enough money to pay. Jack All of my bills, right? Jack My rent, my car payment, food, insurance, my children school fees, all these things are expenses that I have. Kevin Right, all your bills. Jack And so that means I have to. Jack Earn that much money in order to pay for all these things, and if I can pay for all of them, I make ends meet. Jack That's a good thing. Jack Make ends meet. Jack Everything is paid for in full. Jack But if I can't make ends meet, that means I'm not able to pay all of my bills. Jack For all of my expenses. Kevin Right, yeah. Kevin And if you if you make ends meet, it means that you're in the black like we just talked about, but usually not by a lot. Kevin You're not making a ton of money. Kevin You're not rich, right? Kevin If you're rich, you're not going to be talking about making ends meet. Kevin Making ends meet is like I can pay all my bills, I've got my food, I'm OK, but I'm not saving a ton or I don't have a lot of extra money, but I can make ends meet. Kevin I'm OK right here. close. Jack Yeah, exactly. Jack You're just making ends meet. Jack But that's if something bad happens.  Jack You know, if your car breaks down or. Kevin Yeah, you're going to be in the. Kevin Red very quick. Jack You might be in the red. Jack So you had. Jack So making ends meet is not exactly being super successful. Jack It's just surviving. Kevin Right. Jack You know? Kevin Right, exactly, exactly. Jack You're surviving. Kevin And then last, and this is more the opposite of that, is to have a Midas touch. Kevin And so someone has this, you have the Midas touch. Kevin And this is from a really old story. Kevin I don't know if our listeners would know. Kevin The story of King Midas. Kevin And we don't need to say the whole story, but basically the story. Kevin King Midas was a king way back in the day, or at least in this story. Kevin And everything that he would touch would turn to gold, right? Kevin So if he touched his desk, boom, gold desk, you know, if he, if he touched his glass, boom, gold glass and and there were problems and everything with the story. Kevin But we don't need to get into that. Kevin I think you can guess then what uh, Midas touch means, right? Kevin If everything you touch. Kevin Turns into gold. Kevin That's probably a good thing. Kevin Right, you've got a lot of gold. Kevin That's very lucky. Jack Yeah, and have you ever had a friend who no matter what kind of business that they start, it always ends up successful? Jack You know, so this person starts a business or starts a job and they make a lot of money and everything is just works out perfectly. 발표자 1 Right. Jack They have the Midas touch, you know? Jack It's just like everything you touch turns to gold and so. Kevin Everything just works out. Kevin It succeeds. Kevin Successful, yeah. Jack Yeah, we're often, oftentimes we become jealous of these people because are they lucky? Jack Are they just very talented? Jack Are they super smart? Jack What is their secret? Jack Why is why does everything? Jack When I try, I'm in the red. Jack When they try, they got the Midas touch, you know? Jack They're always in the black. Kevin Right. Jack So yeah, it's a funny thing. Jack Some people are just really good at business, you know, just good at making money. Jack So they have the Midas touch. Kevin Yeah, so I I wish I had a Midas touch, that's for sure. Jack Yeah, right. Kevin All right, so everybody that the three idioms there were, again to be in the black or in the red, to make ends meet and to have a Midas. Kevin Touch and these are some great idioms that we use from time to time in English. Kevin So come and join us in our WhatsApp or Facebook groups and try and use these idioms for for yourself. Kevin Give us an example of where or when you might use them. Kevin And remember, if you're on Apple Podcasts, if you can give us a good review, that would be. Kevin Really helpful for other people to get some more idioms from A-Z. We'll see you next. Kevin Time. Bye bye. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode, Kevin and Jack talk about three more idioms about money 💰to break evento be closefistedto go DutchWebsite: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/idioms-6/Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8We would love to hear your feedbackand suggestions for future episodes.Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/Directions: Use each idiom in a sentence. 1. 2. 3.  Transcript   Jack:  You are listening to the A-Z English podcast.   Kevin:  Welcome to A-Z English, where today we've got some idioms From A-Z. we're going to have three idioms that we're going to put in a quick dialogue for you, and then we're just going to talk about and explain so you can learn how to use them in your everyday speech.   Kevin:  So we've got some more money idioms today, Jack.   Kevin:  What's our what's our dialogue?   Kevin:  Let's start off with this.   Jack:  OK, so Kevin, I got married last week and I went on my, I went on my honeymoon and we nearly.   Jack:  Broke the bank.   Kevin:  Yeah, honeymoons can be expensive.   Kevin:  I really wanted to go on a really big honeymoon, but my wife is really close fisted.   Kevin:  She would never let me spend that much.   Kevin:  Money on just a trap.   Jack:  Well, let's meet up for coffee sometime and talk about.   Jack:  Our honeymoon's.   Kevin:  You know, nice.   Kevin:  That'll be really fun, but we're going to have to go Dutch 'cause.   Kevin:  Like I said, I've got to really watch my money.   Kevin:  I can't spend too much.   Jack:  OK, there we go. Nice.   Kevin:  All right, so.   Kevin:  Anybody listening  Kevin:  Did you did you catch the idioms on there?   Speaker 3  We've got.   Kevin:  Three, the first one was to break the bank, the next is to be close fisted.   Kevin:  And the last is to go Dutch.   Kevin:  This one is probably the most common one, I think.   Kevin:  Go Dutch.   Kevin:  Do you want to just start with that?   Kevin:  One I think.   Speaker 3  Yeah, sure.   Kevin:  That one that I've heard so many people use.   Kevin:  To to go Dutch, I mean even in Korean they use.   Jack:  Dutch pay, yeah.   Kevin:  They changed it though Dutch pay, but it's the same idea to to go Dutch and this is how we use it in English.   Kevin:  To go Dutch or.   Kevin:  Past tense. We went Dutch.   Kevin:  Right. And what does that?   Jack:  To go Dutch means that you split the Bill 50/50 on a date. So if you go on a date with someone.   Jack:  And you go to a restaurant and let's say the meal costs $50.00 five 5050 dollars. One person. The man will where one person will pay $25.00 and the other person will pay $25.00. So you split split it 55th.   Kevin:  Right.   Kevin:  So we got cheaper for the, yeah.   Jack:  Go Dutch.   Jack:  So do you think Dutch people?   Kevin:  Yeah, and I.   Kevin:  Don't know where this one comes from.   Kevin:  They always just.   Kevin:  There's a stereotype.   Kevin:  We should talk about stereotypes sometimes, but there's a stereotype that Dutch people are really cheap, and that's probably not true.   Kevin:  I know some very nice Dutch people, so if there's any Dutch people listening, you know, no offense, but yeah, to go Dutch.   Kevin:  Is because the Dutch people are.   Kevin:  There's a stereotype that they're very cheap and that they would never buy you dinner, but they would go Dutch style.   Kevin:  And you'd have to pay half and half.   Jack:  Like most stereotypes, it's not true.   Jack:  They're not based in reality.   Kevin:  Right.   Kevin:  And then how about them to break the bank?   Kevin:  So is that.   Kevin:  Like robbing a bank.   Kevin:  Can I go in and steal a bunch of money?   Kevin:  Is is that without breaking the bank name?   Jack:  No, this one I think.   Jack:  I think this one has to do with.   Jack:  I'm not sure, but I believe it has to.   Jack:  Do with the Piggy Bank.   Jack:  And so you know a Piggy Bank is a little a little glass it it can't be anything but long time ago they they were glass pigs and it has a little slot on the top.   Kevin:  Oh, that makes sense. That's.   Kevin:  A Piggy Bank just for.    Jack:  Of it where you can put a coin inside.   Jack:  Side and you fill it up and what would happen is kids would mostly, kids would use piggy banks and they would put their little coins in there and then when it's all full they would smash it with a hammer and then count up the coins and then take it to the bank and you know, get dollars or or open a bank account.   Jack:  Or something like that.   Kevin:  Kind of a way to save money at home.   Kevin:  You would put put coins into your Piggy Bank at at home.   Kevin:  That's an interesting idiom in itself, actually.   Kevin:  Is the Piggy Bank.   Kevin:  That mention of a Piggy Bank?   Kevin:  Most most countries wouldn't have that.   Kevin:  So yeah, it could save you, save money in your Piggy Bank, and it's, yeah, shaped like a pig.   Kevin:  So yeah, you break the Piggy Bank.   Kevin:  And that means that you.   Kevin:  Spend almost all your money, yes.   Kevin:  You spend a lot of money.   Kevin:  Similar to costing an arm and a leg  but a little bit different.   Kevin:  It just almost cost all of it.   Kevin:  So, you know, I bought a house last week.   Kevin:  We almost broke the bank and it was very expensive.   Kevin:  Like almost all my money is gone for breaking the bank.   Jack:  Yeah, yeah.   Jack:  Not just your regular spending money, but your savings.   Jack:  So are you breaking into your savings?   Kevin:  Yeah, right, right.   Kevin:  Taking all your money out.   Kevin:  Of the bank account to to buy.   Kevin:  Whatever it is and then finally close fisted so to be close to close something and your fist is you know when you punch someone you know you put your hand into a fist is closed fisted so when your fist is closed what does what.   Kevin:  Does this mean to?   Kevin:  Be close fisted he or she was close fisted.   Jack:  So imagine that there's like a dollar inside your hand, and your right wrapped your hand.   Jack:  You're making a fist, and you've got your dollar so tightly in your hand that you're making a.   Kevin:  I've got my dollar.   Jack:  Just close fisted means you don't want to pay for anything.   Jack:  You know, you just want to hold onto your money and not let your money go.   Kevin:  Right.   Jack:  And so if somebody says you're closed fisted, it means you're cheap.   Jack:  You don't want to pay for anything.   Kevin:  Yeah, so like there's there's a work office.   Kevin:  Party coming up.   Kevin:  Really soon, right? And everyone is paying $5 to buy some snacks for the party.   Kevin:  And it's like we go up and it's like, hey, Steve, do you think did Steve give his money?   Kevin:  For the office party.   Kevin:  It's like, Oh no, Steve is really close fisted, he wouldn't even give us.   Kevin:  $5 for the Christmas party, he's.   Kevin:  He's really cheap.   Jack:  Or you wanna you forgot your wallet at home and you want to borrow a dollar from your coworker to get.   Jack:  A. A split.   Jack:  In the soda machine.   Jack:  And you say, hey, can I?   Jack:  Can I borrow a dollar?   Jack:  I'll pay you.   Jack:  Back tomorrow?   Jack:  Oh no, I don't have any.   Jack:  I don't have a dollar, you know, but they really do.   Jack:  And so they're being close fisted, you know, they don't want to.   Kevin:  Yeah, yeah.   Jack:  To lend you.   Jack:  Any money or give you any money?   Kevin:  Right.   Kevin:  Being really stingy, really not spending, not spending your money, being very Scrooge.   Jack:  Yeah, stingy.   Kevin:  Y finish with your month.   Jack:  We have a lot of words for.   Jack:  That right?   Jack:  Tight, cheap, stingy.   Jack:  Yeah, yeah.   Jack:  Yeah, or?   Kevin:  Quite, quite a few.   Kevin:  I guess we Americans don't like to spend money.   Kevin:  Which we try and keep it all.   Speaker 3  Yeah, yeah.   Kevin:  Well, those those are our three idioms for the day.   Kevin:  So again to break the bank or past tense broke the bank, we broke the bank to be close fisted and to go Dutch or we went Dutch in the past tense.   Kevin:  So for everybody listening in our show notes or on our website, you can join our WhatsApp group on Facebook or leave a comment right on the website and give us some examples trying to use these idioms.   Kevin:  When was something that you when you almost broke the bank?   Kevin:  Do you have any friends who are closed fisted?   Kevin:  When was the last time?   Kevin:  You and your friends went Dutch.   Kevin:  You know what's common for you and your friends.   Kevin:  Do you spend money?   Kevin:  Does one person by or do?   Kevin:  You usually go Dutch.   Kevin:  So give us some examples of those.   Kevin:  And if you've got time as well, please don't be stingy, don't be close fisted.   Kevin:  Go onto Apple Podcasts and leave us a comment and a quick five star review and that would.   Kevin:  Really help other people to find out about some more idioms from A-Z English. So thanks everybody and we'll see you next time.   Jack:  Bye, bye. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode, Kevin and Jack talk about mistakes they've made at work in the past, and how they solved the problem.Website: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/what-mistakes-have-you-made-at-work/Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7With listener mail from episode 14: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/technology-from-the-80s-and-90s/If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8We would love to hear your feedbackand suggestions for future episodes.Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/Discussion Questions: 1.    Have you made any workplace mistakes? 2.    What mistake did you make? 3.    What happened as a result of your mistake? Full Transcript:  Jack:  You are listening to the A-Z English podcast.   Kevin:  Welcome to an A-Z English quick chat. We're going to surprise each other with the topic for the day and see where the conversation goes.   Kevin:  Remember to check our website for study guides with vocabulary, notes, discussion questions and more.   Kevin:  There's also links to our WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media where you can join in the conversation.   Kevin:  And share your thoughts.   Kevin:  So today, Jack, what do you what do you want to talk about?   Jack:  So today I thought we could talk about a mistake that you have made at work.   Jack:  And so and yeah, and maybe.   Kevin:  Oh the work mistake.   Kevin:  Oh, that sounds like an interview question I ask.   Jack:  It does.   Kevin:  You how did?   Kevin:  You what?   Kevin:  What mistake did you make and how?   Kevin:  Did you fix it?   Jack:  Yeah, yeah.   Kevin:  But it is it.   Kevin:  Is a good thing and everyone has made mistakes.   Jack:  At work everybody has made a mistake, but I think I have one mistake that I made that was that was very much an unnecessary like I I just kind of.   Jack:  We call that.   Jack:  Like a forced.   Jack:  Error, uh, kind of.   Jack:  And So what job was this?   Jack:  This is a long time ago.   Jack:  I used to work in the shipping industry in Thailand, so I was a teacher and then I was.   Speaker 1  Oh, OK.   Jack:  I worked for a shipping company for almost a.   Jack:  Year now.   Jack:  And yes, this was a large company that did shipping in a lot of Asia and Southeast Asia, but they were an American company.   Jack:  Uhm, the mistake that I made was we send a lot of emails back in that time and I think you probably are familiar with, you know, working in an office or even if you're not familiar with working in office.   Jack:  There's just a lot of, yeah, there's like a, you know, there's almost like a, you know, these long e-mail threads.   Kevin:  I've been teacher forever.   Jack:  So you'll send an e-mail to somebody, and then you'll reply in that e-mail and send it back, and then they'll send it to another person.   Kevin:  Ah, yes.   Jack:  And so this long red starts building.   Jack:  On this e-mail.   Jack:  And so I was dealing with a.   Jack:  A person in another office in another country, but he worked for the same company and.   Kevin:  OK.   Jack:  Within that e-mail, I was replying back to my colleague who was in my office but in another room so we would send emails back and forth and I called the guy at this other office in another country I called.   Jack:  Him a clown.   Jack:  I I wrote it right in the e-mail.   Jack:  So I called him a clown.   Jack:  I said, what is this clown doing?   Jack:  Something like that.   Jack:  Like I called him, right and part of the the the American.   Jack:  Company structures that you never antagonize.   Jack:  You never say something bad about a coworker.   Jack:  You have to be a team player, and you should speak badly about people.   Jack:  You probably shouldn't do it, even in talking, you know.   Jack:  Gossip and stuff.   Jack:  But especially you should never write it down.   Jack:  In an e-mail.   Kevin:  I I don't think that's only American.   Kevin:  I think that's just general, like office etiquette.   Jack:  This general's lightness or etiquette, right? Right. That's true. That's true. Yeah.   Kevin:  Yeah, yeah.   Kevin:  Don't be rude.   Kevin:  Don't don't don't call people names.   Jack:  It might be the yeah, it might be even worse in other places, like in American company, you probably just get.   Jack:  So I I sent this e-mail to my colleague and then I realized that I already sent it and I can't take it back.   Jack:  And so I went and talked to her.   Jack:  I'm like, did you see my e-mail?   Jack:  And she goes, yeah.   Jack:  Did you do?   Jack:  That and I go, well I didn't, I didn't know it was, you know, for everybody.   Jack:  I hit reply all.   Jack:  So it's all everybody.   Jack:  Right.   Kevin:  Yeah, it wasn't just to the friends that like the coworker next.   Jack:  No, this one went to everybody in the e-mail chain.   Kevin:  To you.   Jack:  So it went to the guy who I called the clown.   Jack:  So it went into his e-mail.   Kevin:  But that's yeah, that's as bad.   Jack:  So I'm screwed, right?   Kevin:  The wrong that's pushing the.   Kevin:  Wrong button, yes.   Jack:  Yeah, so that's a big mistake.   Jack:  I called, I called him a clown and and my boss has access to read all the emails so they have like A at like admin, you know staff.   Jack:  Right.   Jack:  So what I did was I knew another person that worked in his office in this other country.   Jack:  So I called her up and I said, hey, do you remember we met at the conference last month and she said, yeah, we were, we got, we became friends and they said I just made a huge mistake.   Jack:  I sent this e-mail and I called your coworker.   Jack:  A clown.   Jack:  And she goes, well, he is a clown.   Jack:  I go, yeah, but I.   Jack:  Wrote it down.   Jack:  In the e-mail and she goes, Oh my God, why did you do that?   Jack:  And of course.   Kevin:  You're the clown now, dad.   Jack:  I'm an idiot, yeah, I'm a clown, I asked her.   Jack:  Is there any way you can get on his computer and delete the message?    Double cabins.   Jack:  And she said she said I'll try and then she's on the phone with me and she's watching him and he got up and he went to the bathroom or the another room.   Kevin:  It's impossible.   Jack:  She's like, he's gone, I'm going to go for it and what is the e-mail?   Jack:  And then she sat down on the computer and one minute later she came back to the phone and.   Jack:  She said it's done, I deleted it.   Jack:  And so I never got in.   Jack:  Trouble for that mistake, but I will see close.   Kevin:  So that's really amazing that you didn't get in trouble for it because you sent it to so many people.   Kevin:  And how did it not get back to?   Kevin:  Him, even if.   Kevin:  He didn't see it like someone else would have been like.   Kevin:  What did you think about the fact that Jack called you a clown in that?   Jack:  E-mail and he would have been like, well, I think that when you write an e-mail thread, you know it.   Jack:  Starts getting buried.   Jack:  Down in the bottom, so nobody was actually.   Kevin:  I'm sure the people who are nobody else was, nobody else cared.   Jack:  Nobody is reading old e-mail threads, you know what I mean?   Jack:  So yeah, there might have been.   Jack:  It might have been just between me, my colleague and him.   Jack:  So it might have just been the three of us.   Jack:  And so he was the one that was in on that and I didn't want him to see it, so.   Jack:  I got saved.   Kevin:  Yeah, yeah.   Kevin:  So something important for our listeners, make sure you don't push the reply to all button and your emails.   Kevin:  Another really good tip for for emails actually is delete all the people to whom you're going to send it and then type the e-mail first.   Kevin:  That way you can't accidentally hit send.   Jack:  Oh, that's a good idea too, yeah.   Kevin:  Right, take all the names out, because if you hit send, your e-mail is just gonna be like we're sending this too.   Kevin:  So make it all empty and then type it and then read it and proofread and.   Kevin:  Proofreading is always important, of course, as well.   Kevin:  Yeah, my mistake that I made.   Kevin:  At at work was.   Kevin:  Not definitely not something that would get me fired.   Kevin:  It's more of a teaching mistake, which I think you can understand.   Jack:  No, I've made plenty, yeah.   Kevin:  Oh yeah, we've made tons of mistakes while teaching.   Kevin:  And this was when I was, it was my first time teaching.   Kevin:  So like many years ago, I was a student at university still and I was just a teaching assistant and.   Kevin:  As a teaching assistant, I was working under the professor in my department and she was the main teacher.   Kevin:  She was the professor of the class.   Kevin:  But sometimes she would let the teachers assistant teach, and so it was my turn to teach for the day and she actually gave me a lesson of, you know.   Kevin:  She's like, teach this.   Kevin:  And it was perfect.   Kevin:  The lesson was like.   Kevin:  Talk about this for 5 minutes, this for seven minutes, this for 5 minutes.   Kevin:  It was very, very specific and it was my major.   Kevin:  I've been studying it for years like, oh this is no problem, this will be very easy.   Kevin:  But one thing I didn't know about teaching that I do know.   Kevin:  Now is that giving a presentation and teaching are very different things.   Kevin:  Even though you're up on stage and you're talking to a group, it's a very different thing.   Kevin:  And so I just remember I got up to give my presentation, my teaching lesson for the day and what was supposed to be a one hour.   Kevin:  Listen, I knew all the material.   Kevin:  I taught it very well still, but I'm just like, OK, here's, you know, ABCD.   Kevin:  Just teaching everything and then I finished and I was done and it was only 30 minutes into the class.   Jack:  Oh boy.   Kevin:  Halfway through and I look up at.   Kevin:  The clock and I'm like.   Speaker 4  Uh, so does anyone have any questions?   Kevin:  And of course, no one has any questions either.   Jack:  No, they just want.   Kevin:  The glass like they.   Jack:  To leave there, we done, you done.   Kevin:  Just want to.   Kevin:  Leave and I was like, well.   Speaker 4  I guess we're done for the day, so.   Speaker 4  So thank you very much.   Speaker 4  I'll see you next time.   Kevin:  And I immediately was like, oh.   Kevin:  I can't believe I did this.   Kevin:  And and all the students once they were happy and so they didn't really mind and then I.   Kevin:  But I went back to my.   Kevin:  Professor and I was like, I'm sorry, it was supposed to be one hour and it was only 30 minutes and I felt terrible that I'd like taught left and terribly and everything.   Kevin:  And she, of course, was like, it's OK, you'll get better and everything.   Kevin:  And now.   Kevin:  Of course I I do get better, but I think.   Kevin:  This is a good example of a mistake where I learn something from it.   Kevin:  After and I'm going to tell all of our listeners a little teaching.   Kevin:  Secret now is I still make mistakes teaching.   Kevin:  Almost every day I make a mistake teaching, but.   Kevin:  My students don't know that I make mistakes, and some days I do finish class early because students don't ask questions.   Kevin:  Or maybe the students all understand it.   Kevin:  It's very fast.   Kevin:  So now if I finish early instead of going, oh, sorry, we we finished.   Kevin:  OK, bye now.   Kevin:  I just say, hey, good job.   Kevin:  We finished early today.   Kevin:  I'll see you.   Kevin:  All next time, like it was my plan.   Jack:  Yeah, right.   Kevin:  So now I just lie.   Kevin:  About it.   Kevin:  So every mistake I make is not a.   Kevin:  Mistake. It's my plan and.   Kevin:  I I no longer make mistakes.   Kevin:  As far as my students know, I make mistakes.   Kevin:  I know the mistakes, but nobody else knows knows that.   Jack:  I made them.   Jack:  Yeah, that's great, this kid.   Jack:  Learn from your mistakes and.   Jack:  Then just own them.   Jack:  And no one would know, yeah.   Kevin:  Yeah. Learn.   Kevin:  Yeah, or learn how.   Kevin:  To change a.   Kevin:  Mistake into your plan, right?   Kevin:  If it's not something big like calling them a clown.   Kevin:  And then easily you can.   Jack:  Yeah, that was just a mistake.   Kevin:  Yeah, that was just a mistake.   Kevin:  But if it's if it's not something big that hurts someone, you can always just.   Kevin:  Be like, oh.   Kevin:  Yeah, I I did that on purpose.   Kevin:  Oh, I wasn't supposed to do it.   Kevin:  Oh, sorry, I won't do it next time, but just just every mistake doesn't need to be a mistake.   Kevin:  Unless you admit that it was a mistake.   Jack:  And it's all on your face.   Jack:  You know they can read your face, so if it looks like you made a mistake and you're mad at yourself, but if you just.   Jack:  Keep smiling.   Jack:  Everything is going to be fine, you know?   Kevin:  Yep, it really is interesting how teaching and how a lot of life is a little bit of acting.   Kevin:  There's a little bit of acting involved with.   Kevin:  Just about everything.   Kevin:  And yeah, if you don't show that it was a mistake, then it wasn't a mistake, and you're the person you're talking to doesn't know.   Jack:  There you go.   Kevin:  Well, for everybody out there listening, what about you?   Kevin:  If you've got a part time job or a full time job, or maybe just in school and you've made some kind of mistake or you've done something that you shouldn't have done, what was it?   Kevin:  Was it a big mistake?   Kevin:  Was it a bad mistake?   Kevin:  Did you get in trouble for it?   Kevin:  What happened afterwards?   Kevin:  And what did you learn from the mistake?   Kevin:  Very important key for for this.   Kevin:  So everybody, thanks for listening.   Kevin:  Remember on our web web page or in the show notes, you can join our WhatsApp group to tell us what you think and ask questions or just join the discussion.   Kevin:  Also, if you're on Apple Podcasts and you can leave us a comment.   Kevin:  Under review that would be super helpful and everyone else can be able to see the A-Z English for them as well.   Kevin:  So thanks a lot.   Kevin:  And try not to make any mistakes today.   Kevin:  See you next time.   Speaker 1  Bye, bye.  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode, Kevin, Jack, and Xochitl talk about being an introvert, an extrovert, or as Jack and Kevin learned for the first time, an ambivert. What about you? In what situations are you introverted or extroverted?Website: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/?p=1856Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes.Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/Discussion Questions: 1.    Are you an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert? And why do you think so?2.    Do you know any introverts or extroverts?3.    Why do you think most people are ambiverts?  Full Transcript: 00:00:02JackYou are listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:10KevinWelcome to an A-Z English quick chat. We're going to surprise each other with a topic for the day and see where the conversation goes.00:00:17KevinRemember, you can check our website for study guide with vocabulary, notes, discussion, questions and more, as well as links to our WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media. So you 2.00:00:27KevinCan join in the conversation.00:00:29KevinSo Jack, how you doing today?00:00:31JackI'm pretty good.00:00:31KevinWhat do you want to talk about?00:00:33JackYou know what I want to talk about?00:00:35JackWhether you think the three of us, do you think you are an extrovert or an introvert?00:00:41JackAnd so that might be some, we might have to explain the vocabulary there first before we yeah.00:00:46KevinI think we should.00:00:48JackSo how would you describe an introvert?00:00:48KevinI think we should.00:00:51JackWhat does that mean?00:00:53KevinIntroverts, no go ahead.00:00:53발표자 1I think.00:00:54KevinSo, So what do you think?00:00:55XochitlOh, there's an introvert is someone who feels recharged by spending time alone.00:00:59XochitlThat's the basic and an extroverted so many feels recharged by spending time with others.00:01:04XochitlPeople so.00:01:05KevinI like that definition.00:01:06JackI do too.00:01:07KevinBeing recharged by by that, yeah, someone who's better alone or better with people.00:01:12KevinBut yeah, you get energy from from that.00:01:15KevinAnd the opposite is takes your energy away, right?00:01:18KevinLike if you're an introvert and you're with a lot of people, that's very difficult.00:01:22KevinIt it's draining your batteries and if you're an extrovert in your home.00:01:25KevinAlone, you're just bored and and wasting time.00:01:28KevinNice. That's a cool definition.00:01:29JackSo let's let's let's start with social first.00:01:32JackHow would you define yourself?00:01:34JackWould you say you're an extrovert or an intro?00:01:36XochitlSo I'm actually an ambivert and this is like why I thought of this as well.00:01:42XochitlI was like, everyone is like, oh, there's like a meme that goes around.00:01:45XochitlIt's like, oh, I'm an extroverted introvert.00:01:47XochitlOr I'm an introvert, extrovert.00:01:48XochitlAnd like, the word you're looking for is anywhere.00:01:50발표자 5Please could someone just understand?00:01:52XochitlBecause when I I remember when I took psych caught like 18 psych in high school, our teacher literally was like, yeah, most people like 99% of people are actually Angry Birds is.00:02:02XochitlReally rare for people to be a true introvert or true extrovert and I really.00:02:06KevinThis is actually the first time I've heard that term of ambivert as well.00:02:09발표자 1Yeah, is this?00:02:10KevinAnd of course, right.00:02:10JackAm by like that and be.00:02:13XochitlYeah, and I and.00:02:14KevinWell, OK, think about think about it, Jack.00:02:16KevinLike, ambidextrous, right?00:02:17KevinIf you use both hands and I am B.00:02:18JackYeah, right, right. Yeah.00:02:20KevinSo yeah, ambidextrous, both hands.00:02:23KevinThat's interesting.00:02:23KevinYeah, so an ambivert someone who in some situations is introverted in some situations is is extroverted.00:02:31XochitlYeah, and I really, I think the biggest thing for me is like I I can't like, I used to spend a lot of.00:02:38XochitlTime alone, but I think.00:02:40XochitlIt's I feel better when I go out and spend time with friends and like do.00:02:44XochitlThings but when I come home, I.00:02:46XochitlNeed like a solid amount of?00:02:47XochitlTime to myself too.00:02:48XochitlI can't just like a lot of my sister is a true extrovert and she'll just, like go out with people.00:02:53XochitlSpend the whole day with people.00:02:55XochitlDo everything people.00:02:55XochitlCome home to like.00:02:57XochitlHer two dogs, 3 cats and whatever like.00:03:00XochitlAnd then go.00:03:00발표자 1Yeah, right.00:03:00XochitlAnd then just like blow this week and I'm like, no, no, no, if I go out with people, I needed a solid hour or two to myself.00:03:06XochitlSo will wind down 1st and.00:03:08XochitlThen go to.00:03:08KevinRight, exactly.00:03:08발표자 1Sleep, but if I.00:03:10XochitlSpend too much time alone, I also.00:03:12XochitlDon't feel well, so I'm definitely just.00:03:13XochitlLike a true and.00:03:17KevinI think, I think we're going to, we'll probably all say now that we've learned this new word from you.00:03:21KevinSo that's why I think I also am an ambivert.00:03:24KevinBut but we can define these a little bit more.00:03:26KevinI think for me, my case is also kind of interesting, I mean.00:03:32KevinI think all of us here, we have to be at least somewhat extroverted because we're recording ourselves and.00:03:38KevinPutting it on the Internet for people to see.00:03:40KevinA true introvert would not be willing to do this right.00:03:44KevinThis would be scary for treasure, right?00:03:44JackNo, this would be health and yeah, be terrible, yeah.00:03:49KevinAnd then like the.00:03:50KevinThree of us.00:03:50KevinAlso, we've all lived in other countries.00:03:52KevinWe all came to Korea like, that's something that, for a true introvert, would be very difficult to do so overall.00:03:58KevinI'm pretty extroverted in many ways, though, I'm the same like when I come home after a long day of school.00:04:04KevinI'm talking to students all day.00:04:06KevinI kind of do want just 30 minutes or an hour.00:04:08KevinJust to not talk.00:04:10KevinAnd just calm down.00:04:12KevinBut my case is kind of interesting because when I was a kid I was crazy shy.00:04:17KevinLike crazy shy, I was the kid who would hide behind my mom's leg and be like, don't talk to me.00:04:24KevinDon't look at me.00:04:24KevinOh my God.00:04:26KevinAnd and so I was super introverted, super shy when I was very young and then sometime between high school and university I kind of came out of my shell and and found the extrovert Kevin that that I am now.00:04:46XochitlI would say I really relate to that because.00:04:48XochitlI remember when I was a kid, my parents.00:04:50XochitlAnd I do.00:04:50XochitlRemember, doing this people would come up.00:04:51XochitlTalking and I say.00:04:52XochitlDon't talk to me, I'm shy.00:04:55JackThat's an extroverted, that's a that's a power.00:04:58JackMove right there.00:04:59발표자 5Yeah, my dad was like, you're not shy, you're reserving.00:05:03발표자 5You just don't want to bother with these people.00:05:05발표자 5Like, really weird a little kid to be that way.00:05:08발표자 1Right.00:05:08XochitlSo yeah, and my sister was a true extrovert.00:05:11XochitlMy mom said it's fine 'cause.00:05:12XochitlShe's my older sister, and when she would talk to strangers, I'd be like.00:05:15XochitlDon't talk to strangers like let's go.00:05:18발표자 5Young like a six year.00:05:20XochitlOld being like don't hug strangers.00:05:22KevinStranger danger?00:05:24KevinAnd what about you, Jack?00:05:25JackI'm definitely an ambivert and I just learned that term right now, but.00:05:31발표자 1Give me for.00:05:31KevinSmith and more give you some details.00:05:32JackTop yeah, so yeah, so I'm trying to think.00:05:34JackLike for me.00:05:36JackGoing out with people is a little bit stressful.00:05:39JackIt gives me anxiety.00:05:41JackSo I'm OK with not doing that.00:05:45JackWhere, you know, like an extrovert really wants to meet up with friends and go out.00:05:49JackFor me it's like it feels like effort and work and then once I'm out and I'm, I'm with my friends and doing something.00:05:57JackI feel great.00:05:58JackI'm like I'm so.00:05:59JackGlad I did this.00:06:00JackI'm so glad I decided to, you know, come out of my.00:06:05JackLittle apartment, my little house, and to, you know, actually interact with other people, humans.00:06:11JackBut I do tend to kind of go back to being alone and I think it has something to do with just the nature of.00:06:21JackOf living in another country and not really understanding the language and the customs and stuff that.00:06:27JackUh, and so I would often spend a lot of time by myself and just kind of put my headphones in and just I really.00:06:36JackBe kind of introverted, but I don't I think naturally I'm, I'm, you know, kind of in the middle, you know, just a just a regular, you know person, a little bit of both.00:06:46KevinYeah, yeah.00:06:48KevinI think travel.00:06:49KevinIs where this really can come out in people in one way or the other.00:06:52KevinIs depending on your travel styles and and this might be something interesting as well to talk about in a future episode is how do you like?00:07:00KevinTo travel but.00:07:02KevinLike when you guys have.00:07:03KevinYou ever done much solo traveling just to another country for, you know, a week or two just completely on your own, or do you prefer to travel with?00:07:11XochitlI mean I.00:07:12XochitlWent to Korea solo, right?00:07:13XochitlAnd I'm here in Mexico, so so I guess, yeah, I'm mad.00:07:17KevinI'm gonna say though, that that's a little bit different from traveling because that's going to move and to live there.00:07:24KevinI'm saying like you go to Thailand or.00:07:28KevinCanada or Russia, pick a country for just you know like 2 weeks just to travel and.00:07:33KevinJust to do.00:07:34KevinSightseeing and and just be a tourist.00:07:35KevinAre you going to do that alone or with friends?00:07:39발표자 5I think I preferred to trout like when I.00:07:42XochitlWas in Korea and.00:07:43XochitlI would travel to different places within Korea.00:07:45KevinRight. OK.00:07:45XochitlYou commit with my friends and.00:07:47XochitlThe funny thing is, they are definitely moments where I was like it probably better if I was alone.00:07:51XochitlBut I could do everything that I.00:07:53XochitlWanted to.00:07:53XochitlDo and not have to worry about it everyone else wants to do.00:07:56XochitlBut I do think there's something comforting about having a group of.00:08:01XochitlPeople well as a woman too, like that's another.00:08:03XochitlThing having the people that.00:08:05XochitlYou know, and not having.00:08:06KevinOf course.00:08:06XochitlTo travel like solo because.00:08:09XochitlYeah, Korea is pretty safe.00:08:10XochitlBut like here in Mexico, I would never.00:08:12XochitlAnd it's sad 'cause.00:08:13XochitlI wanna be able to travel to more places in Mexico, but I just would never do that as a as a woman here, because it's not that safe, not you know.00:08:20XochitlTo change the topic or anything but.00:08:22XochitlI think that.00:08:22KevinIt's a it's a fair, yeah.00:08:24KevinI mean, so like, I mean me talking about traveling alone versus you talking about traveling on is, is is a different thing unfortunately.00:08:32JackBut I mean, it's funny because I've never done that before.00:08:35JackI've never traveled alone like I I didn't.00:08:38JackI moved to another country alone.00:08:40JackBut as far as jet going travelling, like if I were to just go on, buy a eurail pass and just go see like a bunch of European countries, I would never do that by myself.00:08:51JackI'm too scared. I'm, I'm still, I'm 45, but I'm like, I'm gonna get lost in the Czech Republic. No one will. They'll find my body in the forest or something, because I.00:09:01JackYou know, got lost.00:09:02JackI mean, I just, I just think it's a bit extreme, but.00:09:04KevinIt's a bit extreme, Jack, but.00:09:06JackI'm just like I just.00:09:07JackI need, like, the companionship to feel safe, like there's two of us.00:09:12JackWe can figure this out alone.00:09:14JackI feel like I I don't know.00:09:16JackI just.00:09:17JackI probably would be fine, but.00:09:18JackI just feel like I lack.00:09:19JackThe skills or they know how to just kind of navigate that situation.00:09:24JackSo I like someone with me to make me feel comfortable, even though I probably don't need.00:09:29JackThat person, if that makes sense.00:09:31KevinNice for me and I think we can maybe wrap up with us and we should come back and talk about this again.00:09:37Kevin'cause we can do get much more into depth, although now I almost never travel alone.00:09:43KevinThat's because I'm married.00:09:45JackAnyway, I'm saying for me too, yeah.00:09:45KevinAlso, I have a permanent amazing travel companion, but before I got married, almost every trip I did.00:09:56KevinActually, not almost every trip that I did, at least after university, once I moved to to Korea was so low I was just like, I'm just going to go to some country for, you know, a month.00:10:06KevinI went to Bali for a month.00:10:07KevinI went on that island for a month.00:10:08KevinThere's just boom, boom, boom.00:10:10KevinJust go to to travel alone and.00:10:13KevinAnd I loved it because.00:10:18KevinIn order to not be bored, I had to push myself to be an extrovert.00:10:23KevinSo some days I don't want to be extroverted.00:10:25KevinI was like, I just want to stay at home and and and be introverted today.00:10:29KevinBut then I'd sit in my room and I'm like, I'm bored.00:10:33KevinI want to meet some people and like all, but I'm feeling lazy, I'm feeling introverted.00:10:36KevinI'm like, but I'm bored and I don't want to be bored, so I would go out.00:10:39KevinAnd I would force myself to meet.00:10:40KevinPeople, and that's hard.00:10:41KevinTo do, but I met some amazing people while traveling around like that, and so I love traveling solo actually, even though I no longer do.00:10:51XochitlYeah, I don't know if you guys have ever.00:10:54XochitlThere's like a meme out.00:10:56XochitlThere, where it's like introverts getting adopted by extroverts.00:11:00발표자 1Ah, OK, that's interesting.00:11:00KevinI haven't seen this one.00:11:01XochitlLike, can you get adopted by an extrovert?00:11:04XochitlAnd this does happen to me, even though I'm an ambivert.00:11:07XochitlBut extroverts tend to adopt me and.00:11:10XochitlLiterally just start.00:11:10XochitlTaking me everywhere and I think.00:11:12XochitlThis is some kind of dynamic that.00:11:15XochitlThat I've had since I was a.00:11:16XochitlKid 'cause, my sister, is a true extrovert.00:11:18XochitlSo she would take me everywhere and like.00:11:19XochitlJack said.00:11:21XochitlHe he would.00:11:22XochitlFeel happy when he.00:11:23XochitlWas out, but he didn't want to go out when.00:11:25XochitlI was younger.00:11:25XochitlI was definitely like, oh, I just want.00:11:27XochitlTo stay at home, I should be like, no?00:11:28XochitlLet's go and.00:11:28XochitlShe just like drag.00:11:29XochitlMe around.00:11:29XochitlEverywhere she went and I feel happy that I was out.00:11:33XochitlBut yeah, I feel like.00:11:34XochitlGetting adopted just haven't been created.00:11:36XochitlAs well, anytime I just go someplace, I.00:11:39XochitlJust end up getting adopted.00:11:40XochitlBy a group of extra braids or a friend group or something and they just start showing.00:11:44발표자 5Me, around everywhere.00:11:45XochitlSo that is, that is a + 2, maybe having a slightly introverted exterior.00:11:51발표자 5When people first meet.00:11:52XochitlI don't know.00:11:53XochitlI don't see that necessarily in all situations, but perhaps in some situations.00:11:58KevinNice I had to do.00:11:59JackYeah, I have like, sorry, go ahead.00:12:00KevinThat I'll go ahead drive.00:12:01JackNo, I was going to say.00:12:02JackI think I have like, uh, resting angry face or something.00:12:06JackSo, like people, when I'm just my, I don't have any emotion and my face is just resting, I look like I'm like a little bit angry or a little scary or something so.00:12:17JackLike a house party.00:12:18JackYou know, those were terrifying situations where you don't know anybody and you're in a house party.00:12:23JackI tend to just kind of go towards the corner and then start observing.00:12:28JackAnd if I'm not adopted by an extrovert, I might.00:12:31JackJust leave, because I just don't have that, whatever.00:12:35JackThat thing is that you know forces you to walk up to a group of strangers and say, hey, my name is Jack.00:12:41JackNice to meet you.00:12:42JackIt's it's really hard for.00:12:44JackMe to do that, so I don't know if that sheds light on it.00:12:47JackLittle bit, but yeah.00:12:50KevinWell, for everybody listening out there, I mean, what about you?00:12:53KevinAre you an introvert and extrovert and ambivert?00:12:57KevinOr when are you introverted?00:12:59KevinWhen are you extroverted, right?00:13:01KevinIf you're an ambivert, tell us some stories about when you were introverted or or when you were extroverted or.00:13:08KevinHow either of those work for you, so.00:13:10발표자There you go.00:13:12KevinSo thanks for listening.00:13:13KevinEverybody remembered.00:13:14KevinYou can check our WhatsApp group to join and tell us what you think.00:13:17KevinOr leave comments on the web page or a Facebook group, of course, and give us all of your comments there.00:13:22KevinOf course, if you're listening on Apple Podcasts and you can give us a 5 star review, that would be super helpful and leave a comment there and hopefully we'll see you all next time here with.00:13:32KevinA-Z English.00:13:33JackAlright, bye. 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