When was the last time you hit the ceiling or hit the jackpot? Do
you like to hit the town or even hit the sauce? What time do
you usually hit the Hey, 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 seven oh one. Five Things you can Hit. I
like helping you learn idioms because idioms always make your English conversation sound more colorful
and more natural. For today's English lesson, we're going to take a look
at five idioms, which are there are things you can hit. By the
end of this lesson, you're going to not only learn these idioms, but
you'll also have an idea as to where they came from. Let's get the
ball rolling. First of all, you can hit the ceiling. You remember
the cartoon Tom and Jerry, Right, Sometimes Jerry would do something and make
Tom so angry that his head would fly up toward the ceiling. We have
this image with the idiom hit the ceiling, which means to become very angry.
Or to lose your temper. Here are some examples. You had better
call your wife to let her know you're coming home late, otherwise she's gonna
hit the ceiling. Emily hit the ceiling when her computer froze and she lost
all her work. When Ted's teacher rejected his turn paper, he totally hit
the ceiling. Next, you can hit the jackpot. A jackpot is the
top prize in gambling, and when you hit the jackpot, you win that
prize. Well with the same idea, when you hit the jackpot, you
have a sudden and pretty significant success. For example, Amy hit the jackpot
at the department store when she found all of her favorite stuff on sale.
The new product launch was a huge success, and the company hit the jackpot
in terms of sales. It seems like Taylor Swift hit the jackpot with her
recently released concert film. If you hit the jackpot, the next thing you'll
probably want to do is celebrate by going out and hitting the town. When
you hit the town, you enjoy the night life in your town, including
eating out and entertainment. Here are some examples. On their anniversary, John
and Susan decided to hit the town and have a romantic dinner at a fancy
restaurant. After weeks of hard work, the team wanted to celebrate their success
by hitting the town and having a great time. Let's hit the town this
Saturday night. Stella Cole has a gig in the West Village. Speaking of
hitting the town, some people like to hit the sauce in this case.
When I say sauce, I'm not talking about pasta sauce, I'm talking about
alcoholic drinks. When you say that someone hits the sauce, it means that
they consume alcoholic beverages. And we usually use hit the sauce when we talk
about someone who drinks to For example, Tom tends to hit the sauce at
parties and it can lead to some embarrassing situations. After six months of being
sober, Donna's husband started hitting the sauce again. It's not a good idea
to hit the sauce before driving. It's not only illegal, but it's dangerous.
And finally, after hitting the sauce, you'll probably want to hit the
hay or hit the sack. Hay is dry grass that you would find on
a farm, and a sack is a big bag. Well. In the
old days. If they had an old sack, they would probably fill it
with hay and make a pillow out of it, or even a mattress.
So when you hit the hay or hit the sack, you go to bed.
Here's some example. I was so tired last night that I hit the
hay at nine thirty pm. Since you need to wake up early in the
morning, I think it's time you hit the sack. Lisa decided to hit
the hay early because she had an important meeting in the morning. Keep in
mind, the best way to remember this and any vocabulary is to take the
word or phrase, write it in a sentence that's true for you or true
in your world, and then memorize your sentences. Well that's it for this
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