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Speaker 1: Recently, I've been working a lot of long days. Yesterday

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was no exception. I was so tired when I got

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home last night, I was out like a light. Then

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this morning, one of my buddies asked me if I

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wanted to do some freelance work for him. I appreciate

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the offer, but right now I need more work to do,

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like I need a hole in my head.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: 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.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode eight ten. Seven

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phrases with like. The word like helps us compare things right.

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And for today's English lesson, we're gonna look at some

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colorful idioms with like. Let's start off with a veggie

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and not exactly one of my favorites, green peas. You

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know that little case that peas and edamammi come in.

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That's called a pod. And if you open a pod,

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pretty much the peas inside look alike, don't they Two

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peas in a pod? With this image, you can use

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the phrase like two peas in a pod when you

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talk about two people who are very similar or really close,

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kind of like best friends who are always together. Like

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you know, Sarah and Jane are like two peas in

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a pod. They like the same food, the same fashion,

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and the same music. Sounds like the ultimate friendship, right,

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They are like two peas in a pod. You can't

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get any clotheser than that. Now, what about you? Do

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you have a friend who's like two peas in a

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pod with you? It's always fun when you have someone

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who just gets you. The next one is all about electricity.

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You know, when you switch off a light, it goes

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right out. Well, with this image, you can say that

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someone is out like a light, which means they fall

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asleep pretty quickly, like once your head hits the pillow,

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you're gone. When Frank came home after the party last night,

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he was out like a light. That's a quick way

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to fall asleep. I bet we've all had nights where

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we were so tired we were out like a light

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the moment we laid down, right, I know I've had

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those nights. How about you? Have you ever been out

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like a light after a long day. The next phrase

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with like is to be built like a tank. A

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tank is pretty strong, and we use to be built

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like a tank when we're describing someone who's really strong

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or muscular, like they could handle anything. My buddy Ed

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is built like a tank, probably because he hits the

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gym four times a week. Maybe you've got someone in

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your life who's built like a tank, whether it's from

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working out or just having natural strength. Can you think

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of anyone who fits that description. We also use this

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idiom to talk about strong things, like I still use

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my grandfather's desk. That thing is built like a tank.

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You probably have something in your house that's built like

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a tank, don't you. Next, let's talk about eating and drinking.

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You can drink like a fish or eat like a horse.

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Either way you do it, it's a bit excessive. Let's

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start off with eating and about eating. One animal that

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has a huge appetite is a horse. Boy, they eat

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a lot, don't they. Well, when someone eats like a horse,

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they can eat a lot of food at one meal.

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Like my friend Sarah eats like a horse at every meal.

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I don't know how she stays so fit with the

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amount of food she eats. Does anyone in your life

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eat like a horse? It's always funny to watch someone

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eat so much and yet they never seem to get full.

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I think we all have that one friend who can

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out eat everyone at the table. And now let's move

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on to drinking. A fish spends a lot of its

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time drinking or at least bringing water into its mouth.

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With this image, we say that someone drinks like a fish,

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which means that we're talking about someone who drinks a lot,

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especially when it comes to alcohol. Like Donna drinks like

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a fish, especially on Friday nights. You can always count

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on her to get the party started. Hey, we all

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have that one friend who's always the life of the party. Right.

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Maybe they drink like a fish, but they know how

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to keep things fun right. And speaking of fish, can

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you imagine how a fish feels when one of us

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humans takes it out of the water. That must be

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super uncomfortable. Well, with this image, you can be like

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a fish out of water, which is a perfect way

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to describe someone who feels uncomfortable or out of place

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in a situation, especially when it's a new situation. Like

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when I went to the football game with my buddy Paul,

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I totally felt like a fish out of water. It

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was my first time to see a football game live,

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and in fact I don't even know the rules. Yeah,

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I felt like a fish out of water. I'm sure

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we've all been there at one point or another. Right,

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Being at an unfamiliar event or a new job can

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make you feel like a fish out of water. It's

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tough at first, but you get the hang of things, right.

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The last phrase for today is I need that like

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I need a hole in my head, a hole in

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your head. Nobody needs one of those, for sure. So

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this idiom is a funny way to say that you

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really don't need something. It's like I don't need that

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at all. Like during a meeting last week, they kept

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serving coffee and at one point I had to politely refuse.

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I mean, I drank so much already that I needed

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more caffeine like I needed a hole in my head.

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In other words, I didn't need more caffeine at all.

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All Right, there you go. We've covered some really fun

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idioms today. Whether you're talking about being two peas in

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a pod, feeling like a fish out of water, or

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joking about needing something like a hole in your head,

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these idioms will help you sound even more natural in

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your English conversations, and keep in mind the best way

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to remember English like this and the other word or

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phrase in English is to take that word or phrase,

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

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true in your world, and then memorize your sentences. And

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