1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:05,240 I know that this may be a hot potato, but have you been in 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:12,279 the hot seat recently? Or perhaps you have been hot under the collar because 3 00:00:12,359 --> 00:00:19,640 some hothead got you all hot and bothered. Trust me, I'm not full 4 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:28,320 of hot air when I say this. Let's discuss Welcome to another Happy English 5 00:00:28,359 --> 00:00:33,119 podcast, coming to you from New York City. And here's your English teacher, 6 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:38,799 Michael. All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's 7 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:44,759 Michael here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. And this 8 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:51,960 is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven, twenty nine. Hot Idioms. I 9 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:59,119 love helping you learn idioms because they make your English conversation sound much more natural 10 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:06,200 and interesting. For today's English lesson, we're gonna look at six idioms that 11 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:11,959 contain the word hot. Now, listen to a conversation between two co workers 12 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,959 about a new policy in the office. Try to pay attention to the hot 13 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,200 idioms they are using. What are you so hot under the collar about? 14 00:01:19,359 --> 00:01:23,640 I know this is kind of a hot potato, but the new dress code 15 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,000 policy it's so annoying. Oh that, don't worry about it. The boss 16 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,599 is usually full of hot air when he says things like that, So we're 17 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,040 not gonna be in the hot seat if we don't wear suits. Of course, 18 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,239 not any changes like that. Need to get the ok of the CEO, 19 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,920 and that's not gonna happen. So don't get all hot and bothered about 20 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,239 what the boss says. You're right, he's just a hot head sometimes. 21 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,760 Boy, am I glad I don't work in that office? All right, 22 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:57,519 let's tackle these idioms. A person who is hot under the collar is angry. 23 00:01:59,079 --> 00:02:06,799 We usually say that someone is or gets hot under the collar. Jack's 24 00:02:06,799 --> 00:02:12,919 wife was hot under the collar when he came home drunk at midnight last night. 25 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,400 Be careful, the boss is going to get hot under the collar if 26 00:02:17,439 --> 00:02:24,400 you come to work late again. A hot potato Imagine that someone takes a 27 00:02:24,439 --> 00:02:31,400 potato out of the oven and then starts passing it around the room. Nobody 28 00:02:31,439 --> 00:02:37,479 wants to hold the potato or can hold the potato because it's too hot, 29 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:42,360 so they pass it on to the next person to try to get rid of 30 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:49,439 it. It's a hot potato. In conversation, a hot potato is a 31 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:57,240 sensitive or controversial issue or topic that many people try to avoid talking about. 32 00:02:58,319 --> 00:03:05,960 Politicians all and avoid answering direct questions because many of the topics are a hot 33 00:03:06,039 --> 00:03:10,479 potato. I don't want to talk to the boss about a raise because money 34 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:16,879 is a hot potato these days. When somebody says something that is nonsense, 35 00:03:17,439 --> 00:03:23,560 or if you think that what they said is not true, you can say 36 00:03:23,599 --> 00:03:29,039 that they are full of hot air. My friend Tommy told me that he 37 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,280 met a couple of movie stars when he was in Hollywood. But I think 38 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:38,000 he is just full of hot air. I called the company several times to 39 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:43,560 ask about a refund, but they kept giving me a lot of excuses. 40 00:03:44,599 --> 00:03:50,439 I wonder why they are full of hot air. Sitting in a very hot 41 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:55,960 seat would be uncomfortable. In a similar way, when someone is facing strong 42 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:03,479 criticism, that's also an uncomfortable situation to be in. So in this situation 43 00:04:04,039 --> 00:04:11,199 we can say that the person is in the hot seat. The accounting manager 44 00:04:11,439 --> 00:04:15,639 was in the hot seat when the company president found out that there was money 45 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,920 missing from the company bank account. The former president is in the hot seat 46 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:28,040 because his taxes are being investigated. In a similar way, we say that 47 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:32,319 someone is in hot water, which means they are in a lot of trouble. 48 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:39,199 When you mentioned who you are in trouble with, use in hot water 49 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:46,360 with I was in hot water when I lost my passport while traveling overseas. 50 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:50,279 If Jack comes late to the office once more, he's going to be in 51 00:04:50,399 --> 00:04:59,480 hot water with the boss. A person who is hot and bothered is annoyed 52 00:04:59,759 --> 00:05:06,879 or upset about something. We often use to be hot and bothered about something. 53 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:13,720 The trains in this town are usually late, so it doesn't make sense 54 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:18,600 to get hot and bothered about it. Jack was hot and bothered this morning 55 00:05:18,639 --> 00:05:27,879 because someone had parked in his reserved parking space. A person who is a 56 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,439 hot head has a bad temper or a short temper. In other words, 57 00:05:33,079 --> 00:05:41,040 they easily get angry or upset. We usually say that someone is a hot 58 00:05:41,079 --> 00:05:46,680 head. The new boss is very nice. She's not a hotthead like the 59 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:53,519 old boss was. Kim's boyfriend is such a hothead next time, Let's not 60 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:58,720 invite him to a party. Keep in mind, the best way to remember 61 00:05:58,879 --> 00:06:02,839 this and any other word or phrase in English is to take that word or 62 00:06:02,879 --> 00:06:09,240 phrase, write it in a sentence that's true for you or true in your 63 00:06:09,319 --> 00:06:14,959 world, and then memorize your sentences. 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