Last week I took the heat for an English lesson with hot idioms. But
trust me when I say that, when the heat is on, I'm ready
for it. I may even catch heat for this lesson. Who knows.
Welcome to another Happy English podcast coming to you from New York City. And
here's your English teacher, Michael. All right, thank you, Jan and
thanks everyone. It's Michael here from Happy English and I help people speak English
better. This is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven point thirty. Heat Idioms.
You know, it was close to the forty degree mark this past week
in New York and all of that heat inspired me to help you with these
heat idioms. There are eight of them altogether, So let's dive in heat
up means to become warmer or to increase in temperature. I'm going to heat
up some leftovers for dinner. The coffee will heat up quickly in the microwave.
Let's heat up the soup before serving it. When there's a heat wave,
there are several consecutive days of unusually hot weather. We're experiencing a heat
wave this week, with temperatures around forty degrees. You know, during a
heat wave, it's important to stay hydrated and heat waves can be dangerous for
elderly people and those with health conditions. By the way, in the wintertime,
several consecutive days of unusually cold weather is cold a cold snap. When
you try to beat the heat, you try to find ways to stay cool
or comfortable during hot weather. During the summer, people often go to the
beach to beat the heat. We boil an air conditioner to beat the heat
in our apartment. You know, I like to eat ice cream to beat
the heat on a hot day. The rest of these heat idioms have less
to do with hot weather and more to do with tough situations. When someone
catches heat, they receive criticism or punishment for something that they did. Jack
caught heat from his boss for missing the project deadline. If you don't finish
your homework, you'll catch heat from your teacher. The company caught heat from
customers for suddenly raising prices. When someone feels the heat, they feel pressure
or stress because of a challenging situation. When the final exam dates were announced,
the students started to feel the heat. Politicians often feel the heat during
election season. The sales team felt the heat for management when they fell short
of their sales targets. We also use the phrase take the heat, which
means to accept criticism or punishment, or to handle pressure or blame. The
goalkeeper took the heat for his team's loss in the championship game. The CEO
took the heat for the company's financial losses and was eventually replaced. Jack decided
to quit his high stress job on Wall Street because, as the old saying
goes, if you can't take the heat, get out of the kick.
By the way, we also use heat up to say that a situation between
people, sports, teams, and so on intensifies. During the election season,
the debate between both candidates started to heat up. As the baseball season
gets closer to the World Series, the competition will start to heat up.
The conversation in the office heated up when the boss talked about using robots instead
of hiring new employees. And finally, when someone says that the heat is
on, it means that there is pressure or urgency in a situation. In
other words, the situation is becoming intense or critical. With the deadline approaching,
the heat is on to finish the project. The heat was on because
the score was tied during the second half of the soccer game. According to
a government spokesperson, the heat is on to find a solution to the budget
crisis. Keep in mind, the best way to remember this and any other
word or phrase in English is to take that word or phrase, write it
in a sentence that's true for you or true in your world, and then
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