In this English lesson ,
I wanted to help you learn the English phrase don't quit your day job or don't
give up your day job. This is a phrase that we say jokingly after someone does
something like plays the guitar or sings a song, or does something that requires
some talent, and we don't think they were very good at it.
So it's not a nice
thing to say. It's kind of a mean joke, but let's say your brother has been
practicing the guitar for weeks, and he has been practicing singing for weeks, and
he sits down one evening, and he plays you a song, and it's not that good.
You might say, well, don't
quit your day job. What you're saying is now is not the time to quit your job because
I don't think you have enough talent to make a living or to make money singing
and playing the guitar.
So not a nice joke, but
if someone does something like plays the guitar or does not sing well, you
might say hey, don't quit your day job. The other phrase I wanna look at is the
phrase when you say someone is a natural.
So let's
say your brother bought a guitar, and he only practiced for a week, and all of
the sudden, he was just an amazing guitarist. You would say he's a natural. Let's
say your sister, when she goes to learn to drive a vehicle, within an hour,
she's a perfect driver. You would say she's a natural. When you say someone is
a natural, it means that with very little training and with very little
practice, they become really, good at something.
So some people are just natural, or you can say they
are a natural at certain sports. I think there's a baseball movie called
"The Natural." You'll have
to look that up. Anyways, don't quit your day job, something funny-ish, so that
means it's a little bit funny, that you say to someone if you don't think
they're very good at the talent they are displaying, and then when you say that
someone is a natural, it means they're really good at what they do with very
little training and very little practice. Let's look at a comment from one of
the last videos.
This comment is from
Julia Olis. Julia is a member of this channel. Remember, if you would like to
support this channel, there is a join button down there, and I do tend to
answer the comments or respond to the comments from members before I respond to
comments from subscribers. So Julia Olis says hello, dear teacher. I hope
everything is going well. It is .Smoking, although legal, is very frowned upon
in this day and age. Great use of two different phrases, Julia. If someone
dares to smoke in a public place, for instance, at the bus stop, he definitely
will get not only a dirty look but also a fine from the police. Excellent, so
you've used, I think three phrases, if not four phrases in there that I've just
recently taught. Nice work. My response was that is very true here in Canada,
as well. Smoking in public is frowned upon. So thank you, Julia, for that
comment. And it was fun to be able to respond to you via video. Anyways, it is
a beautiful day here in Ontario, Canada. I'll talk a little bit about the
weather. We have been getting awesome rainfall lately on the farm, and that
just makes me excited. I think I've mentioned in other videos that one of my
primary jobs on the farm is to water things. So I drag hoses around, and I set
up sprinklers, and I water a lot of things on the farm. When it rains, like it
just rained yesterday again, I have less to do, and I kinda like that because I
do teach full time still, and I do all these YouTube videos. So whenever it
rains, it's like a mini holiday for me. It's a stay vacation or, sorry, it's a
staycation.I don't go anywhere, but I'm super excited whenever it rains.
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