AEE 2572: How to Tease Someone When They're Not Good at Something in English
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This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2572. How to tease someone when they're not good at something in English.
Welcome to the All Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection. We'll with your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA. And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to allearsenglish.com forward slash subscribe. Is there someone you know well who's not doing a great job at something? If the connection and the moment is right, you can get a little spicy. Today, get two fun ways to do this in English. You understand English, but speaking still feels harder than it should.
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Oh my gosh. I would have to list things for days, Michelle. I'm not good at fixing anything. I'm not good at assembling anything. I don't know how to cook. Like there's so many things. Where do I even start?
Oh, Lindsay, but you have so many positive qualities. Thank you. Nobody can be good at everything. Yeah, for me, it's sports for sure. I was sharing just a few episodes ago that I'm not athletic. I mean, you're always talking about sports. Skiing and this and that. I like to watch some sports. I like to watch basketball, but I'm not talented in any physical sense. I'm also not good at fixing things or putting together things. I'm not good at being organized in my house. Oh, no. Yeah, we could listen for a while, but we have a lot of, there are a lot of good things about us too, Lindsay, I think.
I mean, it's okay. Over your lifetime, you get to figure out what you do well and then hopefully amplify that somehow in your career, right? Or just like the strengths finder. Strengths finder, get better at the things that you're good at and then maybe pull up the bottom a little bit. Like I could learn a few more dishes to cook. I could learn how to cook chicken. right?
How can teasing be used in a friendly context?
These are basic things that I should probably learn at some point. But focusing on what we do well is, I think, a good recipe for success, right? Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. But today, Lindsay, we're going to have some fun because we're going to teach a very entertaining expression that's a little spicy sounding. Spicy. Yes, but you may hear it from time to time.
Lindsay, what's the expression? All right, here it is, Michelle. It is a don't quit your day job. And this one's been around for a long time. Yeah, but it's still used. And yeah, it's kind of fun. And I agree with you. It's a little spicy, but it's good to be spicy sometimes, right?
Yeah. I mean, so you still hear this, right?
Sure. Yeah, absolutely. And you might also hear it in movies from decades ago, too, which is cool.
Right. So what in the world does this mean? Don't quit your day job. Well, kind of what we just talked about.
Stick with what you're good at because what you're doing here doesn't seem to be it. It doesn't seem to be what you're good at.
Right. So let's say, Lindsay, you are trying to put something together or you're cooking chicken or you're doing something. You know, a friend might say to you, oh, don't quit your day job.
Right. Right. Your friend is saying basically stick with what you do well, right?
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