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"Be there or be square"
It means you're not A R O U N D
"english has too many rules"
me, a brazilian: heh, noob
@@joenguyen7335 me learning arabic: هواة
@@bruv7521 I'm from middle east but I don't know Arabic
OH MY GOD UR RIGHT-
@Phương Nguyễn you know for some reason reminded me of when I learned that Nguyen was pronounced similar to the word wind
Little me was like wtf _thats_ how my cousins last name is pronounced?!?!
My brain would mentally pronounce it in some horrible mangled and butchered noise because small me would attempt to figure out how to say it as if it were an English word lol
Note I never grew up learning Vietnamese despite being half Vietnamese
Turn a blind eye. Literally meaning turning your one blind eye to the problem.
Yeah I don’t understand how he misinterpreted that one.
That is way too confusing. I didn't know there was even an explanation for this one that people on the planet knew. Who the heck would come to that conclusion when hearing this
Like a pirate? Hahaha xD
Right?! I was astonished that he actually started with the only idiom that makes any goddamn sense.
@@CraftKitty007 it really doesn't though
Fun fact: In greece we actually say “its raining chairs” when referring to heavy rain so it was funny seeing you bring it up even coincidentally hehe
Well I also live in Greece and from where I'm from we say "it's raining chair legs" or "βρεχι καρεκλοποδαρα" maybe it's a thing that changes with the place your from like when your from Athens you call them "σουβλακι" but everywhere else you call them "καλαμακι" or maybe it's the opposite I forget btw I was about to leave the exact same comment
@@zidzidzidzid So, Greek people just speak cursive?
fc
i love that. for a while, ive said “it’s raining mammals and mollusks”. other items seem more fun.
Does it still exist? I mean Greek
Almost all idioms have a story behind them, so essentially, usage of idioms is allegorical, and not merely figurative. That's what makes them different from metaphors.
I think he did say that at the beginning
Eat your heart out
kinda upset he didn't say or talk about the idiom "break a leg"
Because it is believed that by wishing some one luck, they will be jinxed and then shall fail.
Break a leg is a way to say good luck without being jinxed and was subtlety believed that by wishing them bad luck, they will receive good luck in turn.
The ones domnic pointed out are relatively stupid in the fact that they don't really make much sense, and/or could be substituted for much better and more sensible sentences.
Break a leg does make sense as long as you know the back story of it.
It makes you end up in a cast
Well that's more so understandable since there's a famous origin for it.
@@darvyen By your logic, it should have gone in because a person could also say break an arm or if they are singing, scold your voice box or slit your throat, or hell, why not just"go die"?
The phrase "break a leg" comes from theatre, the "legs" of the stage are where you enter from, so to "break a leg" would mean to be able to be on stage.
when someone ask you to "hold your horses" they are asking you to be *STABLE*
Stop
oh my gawwddd pls dont do this
Dad jokes!
Tabyelox hi stop I’m dad
@@hannahz3377 that doesn't work, I would have had to say "I'm stop" for that to be relevant
I always thought, 'its all downhill from here', meant it only gets easier from here.
'Its an uphill battle' is the one signifying its gunna be hard
Yes same here
That is what it means idk what he’s talking about
I've seen it used both ways. They work both ways as well
Same, I've only ever heard it used in a similar way as "smooth sailing from now on" and the like
Food nerd here: "Pickle" isn't just a noun, it's also a verb, as well as describing the place where that pickling is occurring - Aka - *_A fermentation jar with a big rock on it._*
Thank you ❤. I learned more from your comment than from the video.
@@tnijoo5109i mean it’s for entertainment not for learning 💀
@@ov3rtly sorry. I don’t understand your comment.
@@tnijoo5109 I edited it~
@@ov3rtly okay. Thanks. I understand.
I’m really surprised that he didn’t talk about the dumbest idiom: break a leg
Ibra him that’s for auditions so you’ll end up in the cast
@@cocoapowder10 oH FUCK THAT MAKES SENSE
its cause they want u to end up in the cast of a show
Ibra him when a curtain falls is known as “breaking a leg” as well i think !
It makes perfect sense like many of the idioms in the video but Dom's not gonna talk about the actual common sense reason behind it, he would just gonna beat around the bush and there's a good chance he wouldn't even try to explain it
"*Oh, don't worry, I'll make sure they don't find your body*"
😂😂
Same
Savage af
*lol*
IMMABADASS PINEAPPLE oh god your name and 666 likes nice.
Edit: yes I did like my own comment
I love how he didn’t even talk about the ‘beat around the bush’ idiom.
I gotta say- I really love your videos. I would be happy to even just listen to them as a podcast! I love how you do research on these kinds of things, and have lots of factual and proven evidence in your vids :) Keep it up !!
Man, I aced that test! It was a piece of lasagna!
TreeGiant787 a white person would say that, this entire video should be “what white people say”
+Change the Channel
So, by your logic, do we need another video titled "what black people say"? I think not. Idioms transcend cultures and races.
Bitch lasagna?
@@gkyu8881 look at T-series just crying for their mama
Nubletnoah bitch lasagna
I thought “eat your heart out” meant to eat as much as you want
Same from Greece 😂
Nonono my friend
Same I feel stupid now
I think it's called eat to your heart's content or something like that.
iczzy king i think its different
The expression "it's all down hill from here" can also mean that the hard work is done and the rest of the task will go easier.
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@@winstonchurchill4589 holy shit Winston Churchill I thought you died!!
@@wack4657 that guy is badass af ikr, telling a woman that said to him: I would poisen your coffee, if I was your wife, and him replying: and I would drink it, lmaooo
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I know you saw this on an other videos' comment (repost)
I thought "eat your heart out" meant "eat as much as you like"
I swear, English is weird sometimes
Dyspo dared me to hit 42069 subs yeah i thought so too 💀💀like when u go to a cookout they be like "child eat yo heart out "
Same
"Pathetic"
Same
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actually in greece when it rains heavily we do say its raining chairs
This is my favorite Domics animation and I've watched it like 10 times XD
"In a pickle" works just fine. You would definitely be in a troublesome situation if you got stuck in a pickle
I agree
Well if you were stuck in anything you’d be in a bad situation
agree
Agree
ThINk AbOOOOut tHHHAT
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This should be the top pinned comment
This was fucking hilarious 😂 Thankyou for making me ugly laugh
I absolutely love Idioms, and this is despite being a super right brain person. I just adore that we have these phrases that are entitely metaphorical yet are still widely used by everyone.
Basically for every idiom, at some point in history, someone came up with a cool fun way to describe something and everyone who heard it liked it so much that it became a permanent fixture in the language. How awesome is that?
When you say I wouldn't be caught dead wearing that you're basically saying if you ended up dying and you wouldn't die with that on
As a kid I always thought about “its raining cats and dogs” as the raindrops are chasing each other (like dogs chase cats) to the ground
TaeTae CutiePie i thought it meant the rain felt like a dog ot cat scratching you
ngl kinda makes sense
Wow you've completely explained the meaning of this idiom
It’s raining siblings
TaeTae CutiePie hey you army
“English is difficult”
French speakers: *_(X) Doubt_*
Arabic speaker : (X) Laugh
Russian speakers: *(X) сомнение*
L'anglais est difficile parfois, il m'a fallu un an pour comprendre comment dire difficile en anglais.
Czech speakers *cough* *cough* *dying*....
Rayan animates armatures okay lol
This got used for my 8th grade English class just now so thanks Dom for teaching this to me years ago so I could ace English that day.
wow, I can watch your videos all day.
"English sucks, there are too many rules and too many exceptions"
(laugh in French exceptions and quiet letters)
*laughs in gay
I just commented about how he was lucky he didn't study French xd
AT LEAST THERE ARE PRONUNCIATION RULES. I spent quite a few lessons learning them. English doesn't have any
@@tanukimika I think the person meant the not the French you learn as a begginer....but the normal level the one you learn in after middle school (French schools have a different system then grades, na we dont call them grades) so after middle school i guess...
You think math is hard? Welcome to French where numbers actually make no sense
In dutch we say: "Het regent pijpenstelen"
Which translates to: "its raining steel pipes"
Pretty accurate sometimes
Holy shit
I think I'll take a dog to the face instead.
It translates to "pipe stems" not "steel pipes". Steel pipes is "stalen pijpen" in dutch
In Spain we say "Está lloviendo a cántaros"
(it's raining pitchers) LOL
You steal pipes?!
I'm an English teacher in china. Thank you so much for making this video. It is one of the best idiom explanations for my classes and my kids laugh so much watching. (I break it up in a lecture and use this as examples) thank you so much!
For those who want to learn more about the cats and dogs idiom, it is actually rather morbid in origin. "The phrase is supposed to have originated in England in the 17th century. City streets were then filthy and heavy rain would occasionally carry along dead animals. Richard Brome's The City Witt, 1652 has the line 'It shall rain dogs and polecats'. Also, cats and dogs both have ancient associations with bad weather."
Yeah, but I only hear these idioms being said once in a blue moon.
Most people I know just quote vines
Or on Tuesdays
Edit: I was refuring to this- 0:32
Not sure if you mean't is as a joke or something but that's not actually an idiom. A "blue moon" is an extra full moon that happens once every two to three years. There are normally 12 full moons per year but every few years there are 13. When this happens, the "blue moon" is the third full moon of the season with four full moons in it. It's a proper term so the phrase doesn't gain any additional meaning from it's composition that it's components didn't already have.
Bruh
Dona give me that shit
Can we change the idiom "happy as a clam" to "happy as getting monetized?"
Why are you everywhere I go? XD, and, I think we should
Hi lets support each other
KNIGHT FIST …
Agreed.
Your everywhere
I dunno why but I specifically lost it at Domic falling down up the stairs and spilling a bowl of spaghettios. The inclusion of that detail suggests this is an actual thing that happened in recent memory.
Looove this channel. The humour and education element is a skill lost on many educators. It makes a huge difference to learning
"English is hard"
Rest of the world: well yes but actually no
I especially don't get the pronunciation of some letters like:
- A is pronounced 'aah' or 'aay' as well as 'auh' in words
Eg: 'animal' here the 'a' is pronounced 'aay' while in 'alone' it is 'auh'
- E is pronounced as 'ee' as well as 'aeh' in words.
Eg: 'enter' here 'e' is pronounced 'aeh' while here in 'pretend' it is 'ee' or in 'grande' its 'aah'
- I is pronounced as 'ee' and sometimes 'aie'.
Eg: 'ink' here the 'i' is pronounced 'ee' while in 'pie' its 'aie'
- U is pronounced as 'you' but 'ooh' as well as 'auh' in words
Eg: 'under' here the 'u' is pronounced 'auh' while in 'pouch' it is 'ooh'
Like jeez pick a consistent pronouncuation. Or have more letter for the one that are missing and are used twice but differently pronounced.
Yeah polish language lol
my gf: its hard to say english words like "garage" or "jealous"
me: [STRUGGLING TO SAY "ŤA"]
@@trashbanditc00n me: strugling to say "powyłamywany"
I'm polish
i speak THAT
I mean as a spanish spreaker I can just ask, why do they always like twist the vowels? Like, they never say them clean, there's always another vowel in there and sometimes gets kinda confusing
"English has too many idioms"
*Screams in Italian*
*MAMA MIA*
*Screams in portuguese*
Mama mia pizza pie pesto pepperoni
Aidan Muller *SCREAMS IN GHACCIO*
Spanish gang
This is amazingggg !! I want a part 2 !
“All downhill from here” makes total sense. It’s just about how it will keep going the same way, and we often equate going down as bad. Ex. Falling, boats sinking, planes crashing, etc
"I'll make sure they won't find your body"
Jesus, girl just fired whole cannonballs!
Some Person: “It’s raining tables and chairs..”
Asian Parents: “Kids, It’s time we teach you how to save money on furniture.”
That's my mom
I could literally relate
Honey
When someone says its raining cats and dogs
Asian person kids it's time to learn about how to save money on food
ima guy I was hoping this was one of the replies
"It's raining table and chairs" makes SO much more sense,ngl xD!!
just loveeeeeeeeee this video and greatly appreciated for the work behind
I just realized the thumbnail is “take it with a grain of salt”
XxWeirdoFromSpacexX I’ve watched this so many times and never realized
just the one
whats that used for?
And what does it mean?
@@aguamiel2349 be a little skeptical about something. For example, you should always take the news cycle with a grain of salt meaning you shouldn't trust 100% everything the news says at face value
“If you’re already blind you won’t be able to see anything”
Toph: “Well yes, but actually no”
Lmao toph is iconic
finally, a internet user of CULTURE!
FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT ATLA
the reference bagasdfaggaahagaha-
I mean she can see in 360 so she wouldn’t need to turn anyways so it still is confusing
I love the "Beating around the Bush" Idiom at the end.
Glad that this was recommended to me. Subbed!
Domics: „English is a hard to learn language“
* germans nervously sweating *
*confused screaming in grammar*
language: WHY CANT YOU JST BE NORMAL!?!? The American language: "Autisticly screeching"
*walks away eating spaghetti*
*sweats in finnish*
Arabs: *laughing in noodles*
I think "turn a blind eye" might be that if you have one good eye and one blind eye, you turn your blind eye to the thing, despite having already seen it with your good eye
That's a great explanation, I think it's true.
That would explain things
I was thinking something along those lines, too. Domics talked about how it doesn't matter whether or not you turn your head if you're already blind in both eyes, and I was like, "Who said anything about both eyes? Maybe they're just blind in one, and that's the direction they turn."
@@catbatrat1760 - I think I agree with you!
it's also about acting as if you hadn't seen the thing when you turn a blind eye; I can tell you outright that if your left eye is blind and someone does something on the left, you really can't see it. So if someone else asks, you can say you didn't see it, but since it's metaphorical, you can lie
Growing up I always thought "Wouldn't be seen dead" meant you wouldn't be seeing yourself dead.
Bro this is the best way to tell about idioms keep going bro
I’m surprised he didn’t talk about the stupidity of “Head over Heels”
My head is always over heels
I was gonna say it makes sense, but then I realized the position you would have to achieve to have your head above your heels in a non natural way. English should have been burned at the stake, I swear
Derp Chicken break a leg
Nadia :3 English is just 3 languages on top of each other wearing a trench coat trying to be one
xD
Domics: "And being delicious is not a compliment you should be smiling about."
Me: Unless you're looking like a snack.
Snacc*
@@Mika-ph6ku aaaayyyyeeee 👌🏿
@@Mika-ph6ku She protecc
She attac
But most importantly
She spell it snacc
Unless the person is into vore or some shit
Ayyyyy
Cats and dogs fight viciously. It’s about the severity of the storm.
This made my day 😁😁😁
I explained to my nephew about raining cats and dogs because of the thunder that came with the rain. Like cats and dogs are fighting 😂😂😂
Dom: “English is hard”
Me: *Cries in Welsh*
Oh yeah yeah another welsh guy?? We need to stick together.
YES
Wow *applauds in Russian*
Zikl Brit bruh russian is dead. You ever had to change the firs letter of a word every time a certain word comes before it?
“English is too hard”
Лaughs iи Яussiаn
Що? Russian
*Risate in italiano*
*se rie en español*
Risadas em português
Дарова
To turn or cast an eye means to look at. The idiom is the idea that you give it a look with an eye that doesn't see.
Need more! ❤
oh wow i never knew the idiom 'goody two shoes' had an actual origin/story
I have heard that in megamind, I just know what it means today
*My brain is hurting from K N O W L E D G E*
I thought "piece of cake" and "easy as pie" referred to eating those foods, not making them, since it's simple to dig into a piece of cake and eat it.
I had the same thought 🤔
I think they are
@A A Not all foods are equally easy and pleasant to eat. In general, people don't have huge conniptions about eating sweets as much as they might other foods.
@A A that's definitely not true.
If you think that, be grateful for that's a blessing.
@x x
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"I'm in a Pickle". When an important/noble/royal person died while away from their homeland, their body was sealed into a keg of rum (preferabley Navy Rum) for transportation home. This pickled/preserved them for the duration of the journey. Navy Rum is more potent than regular rum (57 proof not 43 proof for example). This was because if a barrel of rum was spilt/split/hit with a cannon ball while in the store there was a danger that ir would contaminiate the black powder for the cannons/muskets. The higher proof was so that the powder would still be usable in a battle.
this video is actually how I started watching him. we watched this idiom video in my English class last year.
Domics: "English is hard to learn"
Slavic languages: A-am I JOKE TO you?
Ferdynand Kiepski joins the battle!
I am from serbia
Do hry prišlo pomaly utrpenie
me: watches popularmmos and learns basic english at 4. BONUS: Lithuania:unknown confused hard to learn screaming
Latin too.
Funfact: here in greece we use to say "It's raining chair legs" when it rains very heavily
Holy crap tysm guys for that many likes and to all greeks reading this comment ευχαριστω ελληναρες ;>
Oh fuck me that's amazing hahaha
See that makes sense.
Έλληνας!!
Please watch my video titled:
"To Be Blessed"
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I just loved the video soooo much
I remember hearing a kid crying while it was raining because she couldn't go outside to save the puppies and kittens
I always thought a “piece of cake” referred to eating a piece of cake not baking one.
I think it does
Speech 100
Yeah me too
It does
It does
But doesn't turn a blind eye mean you have one good eye and one blind eye, and you turn the blind eye to something, refusing to acknowledge it's existence?
Yes
Make more sense !!!
Yes
Leo Rettie mhm
Nice profile picture.
*The thumbnail tells you to take it with a grain of salt.*
The only one here that makes sense to me is “wouldn’t be caught dead. Because yes, even though you can’t feel or express anything when you’re dead, I feel that’s the point of the statement. What you’re wearing when you are dead doesn’t matter, because you are dead, but to me it makes sense, because it implies you feel so strongly about it, that you wouldn’t even want to wear it if you were dead.
Average comment here:
“Domics: enGlisH iS haRd
**insert whatever native language you speak that’s also not easy** “
So Japanese or chinese are the only other languages
lithuania. also english was easy because i watched popularmmos and learned basic english at 4 and when my sister was 1 or 2 4-5 years i sang english happy birthday to her.. ALSO I HATE THESE. . ,
Japanese,Spanish not Filipino
That awesome 👏🏽 ( your pulling my leg )( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) I can’t learn a language that easily props to u and (I love pat and Jen to I don’t care that “I’m to old for games and im a girl”) to modestas08
@@rac2188 filipino is easy
_“I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing something so ugly, uGh.”_
...
*_“Oh don’t worry, I’ll make sure they don’t find your body.”_*
Best part (in my opinion)
Trishiee V I dont get how you can get 300 likes by repeating a sentence from a video but ok
@@joshuaf1444 hahaha u mad or nah
Thank for uploading this so my tutor can use this as a material
The going downhill one means just the thing you showed, lines going down , being down in general means to be bad or in a bad position which makes "going down hill" a good term to show that something is getting worse and worse for example, if revenues are going down
"English is hard"
Me:
"Laughs in Finnish"
*laughs in Italian*
Perkele
Laughs in croatian
laughs in minecraft enchantments
Laughing in Icelandic 😂
“Turn a blind eye”. As in you are blind in one eye and when you see something bad or something like that you turn your head so the eye that’s blind is facing the event which results in you not doing anything
Xp Level Googolplex I thought of it as the “turning” away being leaving something as it is. Like the sign can’t stop me because I can’t read, except it’s a wise old man who can actually see, but it pretending to be blind when he sees some kid doing something they shouldn’t be doing if that literally makes any sense
@@ryye1829the origin of the phrase is Admiral Nelson in the Napoleonic Wars. In a naval battle, he received an order to retreat. He turned his blind eye to his telescope, effectively sauing "I didnt see that order" and continued the assualt, winning the day.
Also it’s piece of cake as in its as easy as eating a piece of cake.
I've also heard eat your heart out at buffets used for "Eat as much as you can handle"
well, i just found your video when i look for my task, and WOW, i'm so into your videos! it's entertaining and easy to understand, keep up your work
Subscribers: Can we actually to go sleep?
Domics: well yes but actually no
can you think of other people in other country and not to make this comment?
@@lagreewithyourcomment 12AM and I'm not hour l8
Why am I up? I should be going to sleep........................goodnight
Knock Knock, do you play brock
to go hmm
Actually for a non-native English speaker. I can say that English is one of the easiest languages to learn
As a portuguese speaker, I completely agree
As a french speaker, I also agree.
English is my first language, and I swear non-native speakers use better English than some people who have spoken it their entire lives. (The internet being my main source for awful English)
@@alicerose512 Yeah, some natives just take English for granted and feel like they already learned everything, and us usually have the exact opposite mindset
@@alexhjc8 I'll talk to non-natives online and they're like "Oh, I'm so sorry if my English isn't the best. It's my first language but I'm trying my best, correct things if I'm wrong, it helps"
And then natives just kind of "fuck u your a lil pusi bith ill hert you"
Awh man! You could have ended the video with "break a leg" lol. I love your videos, Dom! :)
The BEST video of eng grammer I've ever found like your videos are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO funny and good I just enjoyed watching it, and also the line that ENGLISH SUCKS was just AWESOME😄😄KEEP IT UP VROO
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He could always go back to his crunchy roll ads
@@nathanwood1077 1. Crunchy roll
2. Nord
Let's not go back to square one :D
(incoming spelling+grammar nazi)
*beginning
:p
or skill share
Lmao true
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*My Australian bois- Yes*
Saden Uttie ! HEHEHEH meee
Omg yes
As a fellow australian thank you
I'm Italian now it's like 9 o'clock a.m.
Dont forget about asians
Please start teaching Idioms bro. Your way of teaching will help us with it really well.
I have seen "all down hill from here" used to mean it will be easier from here on out, like you just got over the hump going up hill so now your going to have an easier time going down hill rather then climbing up.
Dom:
English is so hard!
Me: **laughs in Minecraft Enchantment table language**
Lol
Lol
Lol
Lol
Lol
When it raining cats and dogs.
Make sure you don’t step in a poodle.
Lmfao 😂 omg this is so good
this is good I like this
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HolY SHI-
10/10
you just helped me with my homework
Tickled pink - Be delighted
we just gonna ignore the guy who ate a fork at 6:10?
I mean who doesn’t eat the fork
@@ellipsis498 i cringe if you bite it
seen it wonder why
you don’t?
I mean it is like eating a burger with the peel on.
Domics: *uploads vid in 12:00 pm*
Americans: wtf
Pilipinos: yes
BEEP The Robot pilipinos?
Its becuz it's SOUTHEAST ASIA
Ain Annie Qistina Jamaludin question mark
Filipinos*
Then there's me, an american who woke up at 3:30 am.
Thanks for the explanation
I've learned tons of idioms watching this video, thanks xD btw it was pretty funny as well!!
“I before E except on Tuesdays” just lol
If it's raining then
I didn't get this one though
One I like (not from here) is “I before E except after C and when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh and on weekends and holidays and all throughout may and you’ll always be wrong no matter what you say”
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@@sethnorthrop6331 I understood that reference
Really thought the title was “idiots” and I felt personally attacked
What the fuck xD
same
Same lol
Wait....
Same here xD
"okay man I just wanted to know if you made it" with that face lol
i think "im in a pickle" reffers to being unable to open THE GOD DAMN PICKLE JARS