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ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH: hoisted by one's own petard

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  • @J56609
    @J56609Күн бұрын

    Amen, brother! Gubment folks do this all the time.

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    Күн бұрын

    And it's always entertaining to watch!

  • @ramkumarr1725
    @ramkumarr17253 жыл бұрын

    Thanks.

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @ArchieQu
    @ArchieQu4 жыл бұрын

    That’s great! I do adore your British accent and always enjoy your vocabulary-videos. Thank you, stay home and stay healthy.

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Glad you're enjkoying the videos. Make sure you subscribe to be kept up to date.

  • @ArchieQu

    @ArchieQu

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lexicallab9848 yeah, sure

  • @harambae117
    @harambae1172 жыл бұрын

    Quite a useful term for current year

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    2 жыл бұрын

    In what way Haram?

  • @freddiemercury8700
    @freddiemercury8700 Жыл бұрын

    I've released when the politicians put their foot in it ! They never use the word that they got sacked or fired, they prefer to use the word *resigned* still get paid for life when they do so. Lovely jubbly son.

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice work if you can get it. Johnson has earned over a million quid since being forced out of office - and yet still gets the taxpayer to foot his legal bills!

  • @freddiemercury8700

    @freddiemercury8700

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lexicallab9848 1 million quid ! Blimey Hugh! How could one justify that ? That's daylight rubbery!

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    Жыл бұрын

    @@freddiemercury8700 daylight robbery - not rubbery

  • @JulioPalma
    @JulioPalma4 жыл бұрын

    My mother-in-law on the phone: "People should stay home", "Lockdown is safe for all of us." Me: Yes, yes. Lockdown until June, no visits (She was hoisted by her own petard;)

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ha ha. I'm sensing there may be a bit of friction between you and your mother-in-law Julio.

  • @philthycat1408
    @philthycat140810 ай бұрын

    Never heard it and I’m 65

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    10 ай бұрын

    Every day's a school day.

  • @freddiemercury8700
    @freddiemercury8700 Жыл бұрын

    Cheers Hugh! Could it be similar to: to *shot one's foot*

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, kind of. If you SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT, you say or do something stupid that causes you trouble. If you're HOISTED BY YOUR OWN PETARD, you suffer as a result of trying to hurt someone else. I'm waiting to see Putin hoisted by his own petard in 2023,

  • @freddiemercury8700

    @freddiemercury8700

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lexicallab9848 So am I 😂

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    Жыл бұрын

    @@freddiemercury8700 Here's hoping.

  • @hasibrahman3930
    @hasibrahman39304 жыл бұрын

    Could you please explain this sentence in bold to me. I can’t understand the meaning of "being" word in this sentence. A tsundere is a character, most often female and in anime, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁.

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    4 жыл бұрын

    After prepositions like FROM, we use an -ing form of any verb that follows. Here, it means that one minute the 'tsundere' is tough and cold towards their love interest, and then the next minute they're soft and sweet.

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    4 жыл бұрын

    After prepositions like FROM, we use an -ing form of any verb that follows. Here, it means that one minute the 'tsundere' is tough and cold towards their love interest, and then the next minute they're soft and sweet.

  • @hasibrahman3930

    @hasibrahman3930

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lexicallab9848 Thanks sir

  • @hasibrahman3930

    @hasibrahman3930

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lexicallab9848 Do these sentences have same meaning? 1. I don't want to see any more posts submitted claiming that Covid-19 is a punishment by God. 2. I don't want to see any more submitted posts claiming that Covid-19 is a punishment by God.

  • @lexicallab9848

    @lexicallab9848

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hasibrahman3930 I'd just say I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY MORE POSTS CLAIMING THAT . . . but if you really want to use SUBMITTED then (1) is better as it's short for POSTS (BEING) SUBMITTED . . . Btw, why don't you join our Facebook group ENGLISH QUESTIONS ANSWERED? We deal with these sorts of questions there all the time.