Have you spilled your guts recently? Have you seen or heard about anything which
made your blood boil or left you scared stiff? Well, before those bad
dreams come back to haunt you, let's discuss. Welcome to another Happy English
podcast, coming to you from New York City. And here's your English teacher,
Michael. All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's
Michael here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. And this
is Happy English Podcast, Episode six ninety one. Spooky Idioms. Halloween is
right around the corner, so I thought we could have a look at some
spooky idioms. These are six phrases that you can use in your everyday English
conversation to get the ball rolling. Listen to a story about what happened between
two co workers. Sarah and David were co workers, but they were also
best friends. They always supported each other and shared their thoughts openly. One
day, Sarah decided to spill her guts to David about her plan to apply
for promotion that the company was offering. She trusted him, but what she
didn't know was that David had skeletons in the closet. He actually wanted the
same promotion, but never told anyone. A week later, Sarah found out
that David had applied for the position without telling her. It really made her
blood boil. She confronted David, who was scared stiff by her sudden change
in tone. David admitted he had also applied for the promotion, but he
didn't apologize. Sarah felt betrayed. She realized David's secret ambition had come back
to haunt their friendship. It wasn't long before the interview day arrived and both
were really nervous, But David didn't do well during the interview. He was
still feeling guilty about what he had done to Sarah. He knew he had
dug his own grave. When the interviewers questioned his teamwork skills. I kind
of feel sorry for David, the kind of Well, let's check out these
idioms. The first one is to spill your guts. Spill your guts means
to tell someone all your secret thoughts or plans. When you spill your guts,
you are usually hesitant to do so. Here are some examples. Sarah
decided to spill her guts to David about her plan to apply for a promotion
during the team meeting, Susan spilled her guts about how she felt the project
was going in the wrong direction. At the party, Mark took Lisa aside
and spilled his guts about his growing romantic feelings toward her. Next is to
be scared stiff. When you are scared stiff, you are so scared or
frightened you can't move or think clearly. You can be scared stiff or get
scared stiff. For example, the first night in her new apartment, Nancy
got scared stiff when she heard strange noises coming from the closet. When the
computer system crashed, Karen was scared stiff because she thought all the data might
be lost. During the presentation, Brian was scared stiff when he realized he
had forgotten some important slides. The next one is come back to haunt you.
When something comes back to haunt you. The something is something that you
did in the past, maybe something not so good, like a mistake or
other bad thing, and that thing has returned in a way that causes problems
for you. Now Here are some examples. Steve didn't save his work and
that came back to haunt him when his computer suddenly crashed. Bill's lifestyle of
drinking a lot and eating fast food is going to come back to haunt him
when he gets older. Skipping team meetings came back to haunt Linda when she
was not aware of the important changes. Speaking of bad things you've done in
the past, we have skeletons in the closet. A skeleton in the closet
is a secret or thing from your past that you would prefer to keep hidden
from people in your life right now. For example, David didn't want to
run for office because he had some skeletons in the closet that could hurt his
reputation. Lenny was a troubled teenager, so when he was first dating Helen,
he tried to keep all of his skeletons in the closet During the office
party, Emily tried to avoid questions about her past, fearing that her skeletons
in the closet might be revealed. The next one is to make your blood
boil. Can you imagine your feeling if your blood was boiling. If that
happens, you must be pretty upset or angry. And that's what this idiom
means. If something makes your blood boil, it makes you very angry.
Here are some examples. When Mike got off of work, he went to
the parking lot and noticed that someone had scratched his new car. It made
his blood boil. If you come to work late again, it's going to
make the boss's blood boil. I could see that it made Paul's blood boil
when the meeting was canceled without notice. The last one is to dig your
own grave. When you dig your own grave, you do something that causes
your own failure or downfall. Keep in mind