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When was the last time you hit
the ceiling or hit the jackpot? Do

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you like to hit the town or
even hit the sauce? What time do

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you usually hit the Hey, let's
discuss. Welcome to another Happy English podcast,

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coming to you from New York City. And here's your English teacher,

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Michael. All right, thank you
John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help
people speak English better. And this is

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Happy English Podcast Episode seven oh one. Five Things you can Hit. I

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like helping you learn idioms because idioms
always make your English conversation sound more colorful

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and more natural. For today's English
lesson, we're going to take a look

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at five idioms, which are there
are things you can hit. By the

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end of this lesson, you're going
to not only learn these idioms, but

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you'll also have an idea as to
where they came from. Let's get the

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ball rolling. First of all,
you can hit the ceiling. You remember

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the cartoon Tom and Jerry, Right, Sometimes Jerry would do something and make

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Tom so angry that his head would
fly up toward the ceiling. We have

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this image with the idiom hit the
ceiling, which means to become very angry.

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Or to lose your temper. Here
are some examples. You had better

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call your wife to let her know
you're coming home late, otherwise she's gonna

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hit the ceiling. Emily hit the
ceiling when her computer froze and she lost

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all her work. When Ted's teacher
rejected his turn paper, he totally hit

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the ceiling. Next, you can
hit the jackpot. A jackpot is the

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top prize in gambling, and when
you hit the jackpot, you win that

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prize. Well with the same idea, when you hit the jackpot, you

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have a sudden and pretty significant success. For example, Amy hit the jackpot

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at the department store when she found
all of her favorite stuff on sale.

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The new product launch was a huge
success, and the company hit the jackpot

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in terms of sales. It seems
like Taylor Swift hit the jackpot with her

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recently released concert film. If you
hit the jackpot, the next thing you'll

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probably want to do is celebrate by
going out and hitting the town. When

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you hit the town, you enjoy
the night life in your town, including

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eating out and entertainment. Here are
some examples. On their anniversary, John

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and Susan decided to hit the town
and have a romantic dinner at a fancy

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restaurant. After weeks of hard work, the team wanted to celebrate their success

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by hitting the town and having a
great time. Let's hit the town this

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Saturday night. Stella Cole has a
gig in the West Village. Speaking of

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hitting the town, some people like
to hit the sauce in this case.

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When I say sauce, I'm not
talking about pasta sauce, I'm talking about

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alcoholic drinks. When you say that
someone hits the sauce, it means that

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they consume alcoholic beverages. And we
usually use hit the sauce when we talk

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about someone who drinks to For example, Tom tends to hit the sauce at

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parties and it can lead to some
embarrassing situations. After six months of being

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sober, Donna's husband started hitting the
sauce again. It's not a good idea

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to hit the sauce before driving.
It's not only illegal, but it's dangerous.

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And finally, after hitting the sauce, you'll probably want to hit the

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hay or hit the sack. Hay
is dry grass that you would find on

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a farm, and a sack is
a big bag. Well. In the

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old days. If they had an
old sack, they would probably fill it

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with hay and make a pillow out
of it, or even a mattress.

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So when you hit the hay or
hit the sack, you go to bed.

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Here's some example. I was so
tired last night that I hit the

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hay at nine thirty pm. Since
you need to wake up early in the

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morning, I think it's time you
hit the sack. Lisa decided to hit

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the hay early because she had an
important meeting in the morning. Keep in

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mind, the best way to remember
this and any vocabulary is to take the

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word or phrase, write it in
a sentence that's true for you or true

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in your world, and then memorize
your sentences. Well that's it for this

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English lesson podcast. Looks like you
hit the jackpot today. By the way,

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checked by me. To learn more
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