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Sorry for Interference but I request you please write the meaning of the PHRASAL VERBS because my listening power is not sooo strong it will be very easy for everyone. Thanks.
All if the anecdotes and stories Lucy gave for each seen to confirm one of the sayings about blondes.... Although it appears from her demeanour that she also has more fun than most too....
You know that time of the night when you go to bed and you’re trying to fall asleep, but your troll brain decides this is the best time to remind you all the embarrassing things you’ve done? 😂 We’ve all been there
@@sunnyjim1355 he brought all the clowns, despite them being jailed one by one, and he's the biggest clown of all. Complete with clown orange cotton hair, clown makeup, tiny clown hands, gigantic clown ass and belly, clown anus shapped mouth, and clown behavior.
My dear dad told us the "'Tis better to remain silent" line over forty years ago. My dad had the best lines. "Use your head for something besides a block to keep your ears apart"
“If you were my husband, I’d put poison in your tea!” -Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it. WC Sadly, we no longer seem to produce wits such as that.
In the Southern USA, I’ve often heard the phrase, “ Bless his heart” followed by whatever slight. Gives the appearance that the person giving the slight is compassionate.
A classical Latin quote I know tjat always works best since most people don't understand Latin is "Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses."(had you stayed silent, you would have remained a philosopher).
I'm American, and I like the "He's about to engage in a battle of wits unarmed" one when used in reference to a buddy about to start being argumentative or say something particularly unwise.
I once had a business call-back to a gentleman in Canada who had been called by mistake. While trying to determine why he had received the call I asked if his phone number was close to that of the local post office. He said, “No post office here! We’re such a small village that we have to take turns being the idiot!”
I’m from the Southern United States, we say “Her elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top” “Not the sharpest tool in the shed” “Not the brightest crayon in the box” But the sweetest way to insult someone is to say “Bless your heart” depending on how you say it, it could be insulting or genuinely feel sorry for someone.
And the quintessential “That’s just so precious.” I’m a southern woman and it isn’t the kindest thing to say. I stopped speaking to my cousin for a few years after she used that phrase on my youngest child.
It's interesting, that, about 'bless your heart'. The British would never say the whole thing; it's too cringy, too over the top. But it's fairly common now to hear, 'bless 'im/bless 'er' with the meaning of recognising some vulnerability in a person. There is no condescension involved.
I remember a teacher saying "If you had a brain, you'd be dangerous" I know, I was being insulted and I kicked the desk and stormed out the classroom because kids were laughing at me. The irony is I'm 29 now and I still don't understand it.
In french, there's a famous line from a popular movie that became an idiom : "The day the idiots will be able to fly, you'll be a squadron leader." My grandma had a funny one when talking about an idiot: "It's not intelligence that pierces his hat."
In Romanian there is a similar saying - in in one ear and out of the other / (îi) intră pe o ureche și iese pe cealaltă - but it means either one doesn't listen or can't learn a lesson (taught via speech)
@@galfawker339 yep, I am Chinese, but that saying in Hong Kong doesn't mean a person is stupid, it means a person is not concentrating, not paying attention, or is absent minded.
"Could have been used to describe me actually," is an idiom used when you want to explain a phrase but at the same time make yourself relatable and to put a smile on your audience. 😝
I know for a fact that I can be dumb as a fucking rock, but jesus, I couldn't remember that many dumb stories about my failures even if I tried. I guess it's because they happen too often and I'm kinda used to it.
I really appreciate your self-depricating humour, Lucy! In Australia we use all of the idioms you offered in this video... We also say, "A six-pack short of a slab!" A slab is a carton of beer. 🤪
Cassidy Faith I’ve done that, aso searched the entire house AND had a minor nervous breakdown for my glasses and yes, you’re right, they were on the top of my head....☺️✌🏻✌🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Same here I was sworn to death when I saw my mum's bracelet missing due to me playing with it ...( P.S. I AM NOT A SMALL KID) and found tied around my hair in a silly way ..... : )
Oh, she's just blond,,, And roots weren't grounded,,, Metaphysically, Our hair acts as an antenna, When she did those things, She wasn't grounded,, Or her soul energy wasn't fully in her physical body,, Same thing, different view point,, But I agree, As a guy, Its irrelevant what her topic is, Its a riveting performance ,,, Lucky 4 me that I will never meet her in person, It would be heartbreaking to leave her presence,,
I appreciate the fact that Lucy is self-depreciating, and so, her review of insults doesn´t seem so hurtful, since she accepts that sometimes she deserves the same treatment.
Hey Lucy, here are some idioms used in Austria.... "He has bad luck with thinking" "He is intellectually challenged" "He is cognitively sub optimized" "He is teflon minded" "He is knitted simple"
In German we have that expression "to miss some cups in the cabinet" to describe s.o. who is either crazy or dumm. It's close to being one sandwich short of a picnic, but it leaves the option that the person is just a bit mental. In Germany we can also be pretty polite when the situation calls for it and so it can also be said: "He's not an expert for having all cups in the cabinet." That is almost on a British level, don't you think? :D Thanks for the funny lesson!
I’m Canadian and we often use a lot of those idioms. However, we also say “Not the brightest bulb on the (Christmas) tree.” or “A few (playing) cards short of a full deck.” to name a few. Us Canadians tend to beat around the bush as well when we talk about someone. 😅😂
Grandmothers in the southern United States will say “Bless your heart” after something stupid is said. This basically means the person in question needs all the help they can get because they’re an idiot.
There's one particular use of "Well just bless your little ol' heart, honey!" that means step back away from the women if you know what's good for you: If you hear one woman say this to another - face to face. It means "F-you, I'm seriously considering clawing your eyes out right now."
😂 “Not playing with a full deck” , “about as bright as a five watt bulb”, (or burned out light bulb!), and my favorite “he has a mind like a steel trap . . . Full of mice.”
Interesting take on the steel trap saying. I thought it meant quite the opposite. Everything (info)gets in but nothing gets out (always remembered). Heard the expression used to remark how sharp a person was despite not seeming so.
It's used in my city too but with a slight difference "When God was distributing brains, were u peeling Taro roots? " In hindi it is👇 'Jab bhagwan akal baant raha tha tab kya ghuiya cheel rahe the" 😂😂😂😂
Brilliant, Lucy! Some of my favorites include, 'his elevator doesn't go all the way up to the top floor', and 'he doesn't have both oars in the water'.
Lucy: Oh Will? Will: Yea? Lucy: They've been asking about my embarrassing stories for ages now... Will: But you're a teaching channel... Lucy: But what if.... *the day this video was conceptualized*
I always use “i think her cheese has slid off her cracker” “their elevator doesnt reach the top floor” and “his choo-choo has gone round the bend!” . I just loved all the ones you pointed out!! Id like to adopt a few for my own use! Thank you!
Sliding down through the comments, I see there are a number of American jests that are gentler than the British jibes. "Bless your heart" is another that avoids abject judgment but gets the point across.
@@B-A-L in the US, the yard is the entire property on which the house sits. It can refer to just the fenced portion behind the house , i.e. backyard. Within that yard, you can have a garden where you grow fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc.
In Australia, we use them all. But my Dad used to say “if you had another brain, it would be lonely” especially when we had done something particularly silly
In North America: "If I shouted in his ear, there'd be an echo."; "He's a few cards short of a full deck."; "His train doesn't quite go up to full speed, does it?"; "He's a couple of apples short of a full basket." "Got a 40-watt bulb for a 60-watt socket."
@A Evergarden Are we talking about gravitatioanl lensing, like light would deviate near a celestrial body of huge mass. Sounds like a funny professional idiom:D
1.He s not the sharpest tool in the shed 2.She's one sandwich short of a picnic 3. Not the full ticket 4.There is not much between the ears 5. The light is on but nobody's home 6. Someone's village is missing their idiots 7. As thick as a plank ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ania K One short of a sixpack. Not quite the full shilling. Away with the fairies. Head in the clouds. Living in cloud cuckoo land. If dynamite were brains you wouldn't have enough to blow your nose. When God was handing out brains (someone) was last in the queue. Not quite the Brain of Britain Not the brightest spark. Nothing between the ears. Empty headed. Air head.
I really appreciated your idioms along with the stories …I feel better now, I thought it was just me things like this would happen to 😂😂. Ok, first one. I was about 9, and my family and some friends had just visited a temple in Thailand. The temple was on a hill or overlook and there were hundreds of steps to get up to it. There were alternating steps and landings (which was bigger area than a single step). It went 5 steps, landing, 5 steps, landing, and so on all the way. We were on our way back down, and my older brother was jumping from landing to landing. It looked like great fun, but I wasn’t quite bold enough to try to jump 5 steps at a time. So I started hopping over one step, it wasn’t as much fun as it looked like when my brother did it, but I carried on anyway. My brother hopped past our mother on the steps, who was walking down with a friend. The friend watched my brother go past and said to my mother “aren’t you worried about him jumping around like that?” My mother replied “ Oh, no. If there’s anyone I have to worry about, it’s my daughter.” No sooner than the words came out of her mouth, I trip myself and go tumbling down the steps past them. Oh dear 😂😂
Yes, we do say "He's a few fries shy of a Happy Meal". We have others, including "all foam and no beer", "the elevator doesn't go all the way to the top," "He isn't firing on all eight cylinders", "The wheel is still spinning, but the hamster has died", and my favorite from the deep South "He ain't' right".
in Hungarian we say this kind one: "we like him but not for his intellect" or among friends: "handsome you are not, don't be stupid as well" good job Lucy Happy new year!
I love British sarcasm/irony. Once I found a British to Japanese slang dictionary, that was filled with all kinds of crazy slang words I’ve never heard of. Best of all, it was about 40 years old, so many that were no longer in use for listed in the book. I never laughed so hard.
In Poland we just say that someone is blunt xD But we have sth similar to one sandwich short of a picnic that literally means "they're lacking the 5th woodblock".
So many great idioms here, and so many imaginative variations. Two of my favorites: "About as sharp as a bag of dirt" "Couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel."
it's perfect manners of Lucy , isn't it . literally Lucy is the most driven and successful teacher on youtube , an inspiring persona who is willing to share the most cringe-worthy moments and naturally hold nothing back .Moreover , this idiom lesson is pricelss , so much fun and entertaining . I LOVE YOU Lucy , and please respond to my comment because you have never so far .
Works well under supervision does not apply to me. Rather it is the opposite. Having someone watch as I do something makes me nervous. While taking a course of small engine repair I had to dismantle and put back together a small engine. It was going fine until the teacher came over to watch me. I finished putting it together when I saw the float of the carburetor had been left out. As soon as I realized that, he said "You left out the float". I felt like a complete idiot.
"One burrito short of a combo plate" And the Warner Brothers classic line delivered by Foghorn Leghorn: "Ah say... Ah say that boy's about as sharp as a bowlin' ball"
In the southern US, we use the phrase, "Bless your heart" as a veiled insult. It can mean genuine concern or pity, or a nice way to say someone is stupid
Your personal stories really had be laughing. Thanks for sharing. In the United States we use some of the phrases you mentioned. My favorite: "Your village called. They want their idiot back", for for short we simply say "Your village called."
In North India we say "Dimaag ghaas charne gaya h iska" This translates to " Seems like his brain has gone for eating grasses"😂 We have many more such phrases.
Once someone asked me a question as to whether or not I knew what I was doing. I scowled and said, DO I LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT TO YOU? They paused - and then said, Well, I hate to burst your bubble, but, yes you do! I was utterly crushed and left speechless.
Yeah, politely calling somebody an idiot... Totally British! You should also watch House of Commons debates where they don't speak directly to each other but to The Speaker to limit confrontation, and refer to somebody as "my right honourable friend" and such, but tell the nastiest things ever of one another. Like "Mister Speaker, the right honourable gentleman is a famously notorious liar, the least talented member representing the constituency of West Croydon since Parliament began, and the worst under secretary the Home Office has ever had. Noone should believe a word he says." With all the kind formalities they still dag the knife in each other's hearts.
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Sorry for Interference but I request you please write the meaning of the PHRASAL VERBS because my listening power is not sooo strong it will be very easy for everyone.
Thanks.
Surely you are not that much if a ditz Lucy!!
In Finnish, especially when someone is talking nonsense: ”The wheel is rolling but the hamster has died”
Or>>> She does not have all the screws tightened.
Brilliant
How is it said in Finnish?
i'm Finnish and I have never heatd that before :D
Poor hammy
"This could've been used to describe me actually" I love it😂
All if the anecdotes and stories Lucy gave for each seen to confirm one of the sayings about blondes.... Although it appears from her demeanour that she also has more fun than most too....
Yes she so sweet 🤣👏🏻
Playing the dumb blonde role is a female tactic that works well with men who aren't the sharpest tool in the shed.
For every single one of them!!
You know that time of the night when you go to bed and you’re trying to fall asleep, but your troll brain decides this is the best time to remind you all the embarrassing things you’ve done? 😂 We’ve all been there
In Russian it's said "the circus left but the clowns stayed"
Now a German did borrow that :)
Thought that was Washington DC.....
@@I12Cewe But the clowns got kicked out when Trump arrived.
@@sunnyjim1355 he brought all the clowns, despite them being jailed one by one, and he's the biggest clown of all. Complete with clown orange cotton hair, clown makeup, tiny clown hands, gigantic clown ass and belly, clown anus shapped mouth, and clown behavior.
"The circus left, but the clowns stayed."
I'm going to steal that one...
"He's one brick shy of a full load"
Just for fun, I like this one:
"It is better to be silent and THOUGHT a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt"
I was secretary to some American oil men. They liked " don't pee on my boots and tell me it's raining"
@@maureendavidson4635 Thanks for sharing. Now that I've read this, I'll keep it in my pocket, for an appropriate moment. ;)
That's the most common sense pragmatic one that everybody should remember to themselves everyday.
Legendary. this his how the former German chancellor referred to D. Trump in a speech. 😂
My dear dad told us the "'Tis better to remain silent" line over forty years ago.
My dad had the best lines.
"Use your head for something besides a block to keep your ears apart"
“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”-Winston Churchill.
"Madam, I'll be sober in the morning..."
“If you were my husband, I’d put poison in your tea!”
-Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it.
WC
Sadly, we no longer seem to produce wits such as that.
In the Southern USA, I’ve often heard the phrase, “ Bless his heart” followed by whatever slight. Gives the appearance that the person giving the slight is compassionate.
Yeah, because looking up to war criminals is the English way.
I thought that was Diplomacy.
I remember my late, dearly beloved wife, saying to some man who had annoyed her: "The trouble with you is, that you look inteligent."
Wow! such a subtle burn!👌
When a guy friend dresses up, I sometimes say, "You look (smart/sharp)! You're fooling everyone!"
Awesome !
Damn, that's like a sunburn. You don't realize at first, and then you feel the pain from it and it's that sort of emotional damage that lasts longest.
A classical Latin quote I know tjat always works best since most people don't understand Latin is "Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses."(had you stayed silent, you would have remained a philosopher).
In Australia (with a sad smile) "It's so sad when cousins marry." That might have been one of Dame Edna's.
They say, "But we have so much in common."
Yeah, like uncles...
This is so funny cause you at least need to understand genetics 😂
That is a stereotype of some southern U.S. states, too. Like, " their family tree doesn't fork ".
@@ronrice2249 >>> You beat me to it. _"Their family tree has one main trunk, but not a lot of branches."_ 😊
oh loord this is so hilarious 😅😅😅
I'm American, and I like the "He's about to engage in a battle of wits unarmed" one when used in reference to a buddy about to start being argumentative or say something particularly unwise.
I have used that one when warning someone not to start an arguement, too.
Can't TRUMP that.!
I've heard it as "I refused to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person."
"The elevator doesn't go all the way to the top." One of my favorites.
We have one similar: 'The lift doesn't reach the top floor'
In Argentina, we have a similar one but with a water tank: The water doesn't reach the water tank" XD
From Calvin and Hobbes: "His train of thought is still loading at the station."
..."Train of thought -- derailed!"
😆😆
Have used "His train of thought is just a caboose."
In Argentina we say "it's hard to believe that was the fastest sperm"
hahahha...love it! Brava, Argentina.
can you tell it in spanish cuz am learning the language and it would be very helpful and very kind of you
Well this is straight to the point
Fantastic! I’m going to steal that :)
Oh that's funny :-)
As an American, I believe the only one I hadn't heard before was, "Not the full ticket."
My favorite is, "What's your favorite flavor of crayon?"
Me too!
Lies again? Say Sorry Sir Maam
I once had a business call-back to a gentleman in Canada who had been called by mistake. While trying to determine why he had received the call I asked if his phone number was close to that of the local post office.
He said, “No post office here! We’re such a small village that we have to take turns being the idiot!”
Classic Canadian self-deprecating humour.
Hahahaha!!!! 😂
I’m from the Southern United States, we say “Her elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top” “Not the sharpest tool in the shed” “Not the brightest crayon in the box” But the sweetest way to insult someone is to say “Bless your heart” depending on how you say it, it could be insulting or genuinely feel sorry for someone.
Bless your heart, I forgot about the crayon box...
Best to you-
Also "Not the sharpest marble in the bag."
And the quintessential “That’s just so precious.” I’m a southern woman and it isn’t the kindest thing to say. I stopped speaking to my cousin for a few years after she used that phrase on my youngest child.
Oh, the Bless your Heart is the best!
It's interesting, that, about 'bless your heart'. The British would never say the whole thing; it's too cringy, too over the top. But it's fairly common now to hear, 'bless 'im/bless 'er' with the meaning of recognising some vulnerability in a person. There is no condescension involved.
The ultimate Southern version is simply “Bless her heart.”
And also "she's just so special "
That is the most polite put down every. It's a southern thing . Lol
@@ronstill3868 It's not polite when people know what it means.
@@johnstrand7456 I've encountered plenty of "special" men, in the south as well. It must be all that inbreeding.
@@theresedavis2526 well, as my sainted Southern Alabama Grandmama used to say "Well. Honey, breeding is a lot of fun, but it ain't everything"
I remember a teacher saying "If you had a brain, you'd be dangerous"
I know, I was being insulted and I kicked the desk and stormed out the classroom because kids were laughing at me.
The irony is I'm 29 now and I still don't understand it.
so your teacher were right then
After each expressions : " This can be used to describe me actually "
Thanks for making us laugh while you're teaching us English Lucy !
i was about to say that haha
Yes ! I love people who can laugh at themselves, it is a very postive "virtue" if you ask me... :)
@@Vik4ng I was as well!
Lol
And she is blond 🤣
In Greece we say:when it was raining brains,you were holding an umbrella
Oh gosh XD
We have similar in India : "when god was distributing brains, you were busy sleeping."
I'm gonna steal that, thanks :)
From Portugal: if stupidity paid tax, there would be stamps all over you.
ooooh...that sounds great but might offend some
LOL Good one :D
Nunca ouvi essa ahahah como é em português mesmo?
😂😂😂
Savage
The funniest thing, that Lucy illustrated most of these examples with her own personal experiences!!! Super funny!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Examples of her self deprecating humor (yeah, I learned a New word.)
In french, there's a famous line from a popular movie that became an idiom : "The day the idiots will be able to fly, you'll be a squadron leader." My grandma had a funny one when talking about an idiot: "It's not intelligence that pierces his hat."
There's also the one Coluche used to say often in his shows :" The idiots of tomorrow have already arrived" .(Les idiots de demain sont déjà là )😂😂😂
In danish that would be "Det er ikke studenterhuen der gør ham platfodet" - It is not the student cap that is giving him flat feet
From "every village needs an idiot" and "every idiot needs a village" comes hmmm there's a village somewhere that's short an idiot.
"in one ear and out the other, nothing to stop it in between!" - my Dad, lol! (from Nova Scotia, Canada and Boston, Massachusetts, USA!)
In Romanian there is a similar saying - in in one ear and out of the other / (îi) intră pe o ureche și iese pe cealaltă - but it means either one doesn't listen or can't learn a lesson (taught via speech)
Dang that cuts
What? This is the common rebuke from a teacher to describe a student's stupidty, in China!
In Chinese, there is a similar saying " Enter from the left ear and exit ( immediately ) via the right ear "
@@galfawker339 yep, I am Chinese, but that saying in Hong Kong doesn't mean a person is stupid, it means a person is not concentrating, not paying attention, or is absent minded.
I'm legitimately impressed that you have the confidence in yourself to tell embarrassing stories about yourself. That makes you a badass in my book.
British humour relies on this trait a lot
@@jwi1085 It's good to know how to laugh at yourself. Shows confidence. :)
Someone’s led quite the colorful life!😄
This is termed 'self deprecating humour'.
And Blonde
"Could have been used to describe me actually," is an idiom used when you want to explain a phrase but at the same time make yourself relatable and to put a smile on your audience. 😝
This deserves a joke of the day. 😄
You're self-deprecating sense of humor is really laudatory. Not everyone has the courage to crack jokes on oneself.
So true! I appreciated that as well.
Self depreciation is pretty standard for the English.
I know for a fact that I can be dumb as a fucking rock, but jesus, I couldn't remember that many dumb stories about my failures even if I tried. I guess it's because they happen too often and I'm kinda used to it.
It’s a script she memorised.
What humour? Nothing funny here, move along now, nothing to see...
If brains were dynamite you couldn't blow your nose.
"It could be used to describe me, actually." I see a pattern emerging here...
I did too
🤔
I was just about to say that 🤣
The pattern is self-deprecating humor
Yes all the above plus she needs a boyfriend imho.. ❤️
Best one I heard was, "If all of the village idiots made a village of idiots, you would be that village's idiot." I think it was from Blackadder.
That's class.
He is about as intelligent as the offspring of a village idiot and a tv weather girl.
wow memories!
I LOVE Blackadder.
In a village full of idiots you would be their major! 😉😘
I really appreciate your self-depricating humour, Lucy! In Australia we use all of the idioms you offered in this video... We also say, "A six-pack short of a slab!" A slab is a carton of beer. 🤪
*self-deprecating.
How I love she uses every example saying "You could say this about me actually" and then gives us the best story times I've ever heard
In Egypt, we say: "You're the smartest one of your siblings, eh?"
:DD That's a good one, dspecially if they're an only child.
Ouch !
That one stings, surely !
Oh my god that is truuuuue 😂
@@me9266-m7z yess😂😂😂
بتقدر تكتبلي العبارة دي بالعربي لو سمحت؟
Me being stupid:
**searches the entire house for a shirt I wanted to wear**
**realizes I'm already wearing it**
Cassidy Faith I’ve done that, aso searched the entire house AND had a minor nervous breakdown for my glasses and yes, you’re right, they were on the top of my head....☺️✌🏻✌🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@scarletpimpernelagain9124.i knew someone who lost their glasses and they said that they couldn't look for them until they found them .
Same here I was sworn to death when I saw my mum's bracelet missing due to me playing with it ...( P.S. I AM NOT A SMALL KID) and found tied around my hair in a silly way ..... : )
JaynieB , in my case, I am so accustomed to my glasses that I turn the house upside down looking for them when I’m actually wearing them 🤣🤣🤣
The same thing happens with my glasses haha
Thank you !!!! we use to say in french "Il n'a pas la lumière à tous les étages" "He has not the light at every floor !"
We also say: "il n'a pas l'esprit plus grand qu'un dé à coudre" He hasn't the mind taller than a thimble.
Her self deprication makes her endearing lovable and adorable.
Not to mention gorgeous.
Self deprecation is a Jewish trait. Doubly adorable. And ALWAYS in a cheerful mood.
True
@@itajew i didn't know that?!
Oh, she's just blond,,,
And roots weren't grounded,,,
Metaphysically,
Our hair acts as an antenna,
When she did those things,
She wasn't grounded,,
Or her soul energy wasn't fully in her physical body,,
Same thing, different view point,,
But I agree,
As a guy,
Its irrelevant what her topic is,
Its a riveting performance ,,,
Lucky 4 me that I will never meet her in person,
It would be heartbreaking to leave her presence,,
"Worlds first surviving brain donor."
If brains were dynamite...she couldn't blow her hat off
@GG As welcome as a fart in spacesuit.
Worlds second surviving brain donor you mean, i often joked that when the surgeons operated on me that they took the brain out & left the tumour in
Wow, that's a funny one! Thanks for that.
Oh that’s awesome
There's a Hungarian saying meaning similar: If dumbness hurt, you'd be screaming.
Dumbness does hurt. Have you watched Jackass?
In the US, saying "if dumb hurt, you'd be screaming" is pretty common.
OF COURSE!!!
In Germany we have literally the same saying :)
Ird le ezt Magyarul lègyszives
I appreciate the fact that Lucy is self-depreciating, and so, her review of insults doesn´t seem so hurtful, since she accepts that sometimes she deserves the same treatment.
LOL. What depreciation schedule does she use and is it GAAP approved?
*deprecating
A little too much so.
@@reviewaccount469 Clearly Stephen is one French fry short of a full ticket.
Very English tactic! 😂😂😂 not British! English!!!
It’s like the “ I know I’m stupid to even ask this but …”
Best description I’ve ever heard:
“If brains were dynamite, she couldn’t blow her nose!”
we say: "He is not the brightest candle on the cake" (Germany)
It's the "the shortest sandwich in the picnic type.
Noch nie gehört, vielleicht hab ich den falschen Job.
Tbh, I wouldn't be offended by this😐
Ahh, I always said 'he's not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.' 🌲 🎅
Hab ich iwi niee gehört :O
Hey Lucy, here are some idioms used in Austria....
"He has bad luck with thinking"
"He is intellectually challenged"
"He is cognitively sub optimized"
"He is teflon minded"
"He is knitted simple"
Haha these are awesome!
Few french fries short of a happy meal. Is used here in the states.
Oh and in severe cases people will say few chicken nuggets short of a happy meal.
Now those are good
An American saying is " . . . not the brightest crayon . . ."
In German we have that expression "to miss some cups in the cabinet" to describe s.o. who is either crazy or dumm. It's close to being one sandwich short of a picnic, but it leaves the option that the person is just a bit mental. In Germany we can also be pretty polite when the situation calls for it and so it can also be said: "He's not an expert for having all cups in the cabinet." That is almost on a British level, don't you think? :D
Thanks for the funny lesson!
My mum always used to say, “If brains were made of dynamite, there wouldn’t be enough to light a fuse.” 😂😂
Kids Draper Lol, mine would say, “If brains were dynamite you couldn’t blow your nose.”
Jess Draper Mother would say “if your brains were dynamite, the explosion wouldn’t blow your nose.”
Or...enough to blow your nose.
she means that we are stupid ?
sorry my english is not that good😅
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt like elderberry!"
Come on, you had it coming
Isn't that a French insult against the English?!
Get your Monty Python right! It's, "Your mother was a *gerbil* and your father smelt of elderberries!"
"I fart in your general direction."
Ni
_"She has such HUUUGE...tracts of land!"_
😄😄😄😄
"You've got your head just to separate the ears."
-Thai
"Are you stupid or stupid?"
-Thai
omg we have it in italian too
Loooool in south italy it is basically the same:"tien a cap p spart e recchie"
😆
We have the same saying in Bulgaria:)
I’m Canadian and we often use a lot of those idioms. However, we also say “Not the brightest bulb on the (Christmas) tree.” or “A few (playing) cards short of a full deck.” to name a few. Us Canadians tend to beat around the bush as well when we talk about someone. 😅😂
Things were passive-aggressive until we got to "Someone's village is missing their idiot". 🤣
*"epsilon 6 wants to know your location"*
@@garlicbreadstick404Haha!!
Grandmothers in the southern United States will say “Bless your heart” after something stupid is said. This basically means the person in question needs all the help they can get because they’re an idiot.
"they're an idiot", bless your heart, lol.
Bless his heart, he tried
I thought it was because there wsa no brain to bless^^ (that's how a texan guy explained the phrase to me in a summer camp^^)
@@Metalhammer1993 interesting. I’m also from Texas too lol but that’s how it was explained to me by my grandma
There's one particular use of "Well just bless your little ol' heart, honey!" that means step back away from the women if you know what's good for you: If you hear one woman say this to another - face to face. It means "F-you, I'm seriously considering clawing your eyes out right now."
"The wheel is spinning, but the hamster is dead"
"He' not the brightest crayon in the box"
😂 “Not playing with a full deck” , “about as bright as a five watt bulb”, (or burned out light bulb!), and my favorite “he has a mind like a steel trap . . . Full of mice.”
Interesting take on the steel trap saying. I thought it meant quite the opposite. Everything (info)gets in but nothing gets out (always remembered). Heard the expression used to remark how sharp a person was despite not seeming so.
I commonly refer to myself as having a "mind like a steel sive" when I'm having difficulty remembering things.
steel trap rusted shut
I’d forgotten that one… “mind like a steel trap,” said sarcastically… 👍🏼
"When God was distributing brains , you were sleeping!"
(India)
" Did you forgot your brain in the fridge"
(Tamilnadu)
mota dimag 😂 in hindi
🤣
U THIS like her
There is a very similar phrase in Turkish: Were you hiding behind the door when ... (something like wit, intelegence etc.) was being distributed?
"when God was distributing brains ,you were last at the queue"
Sarita Singh also or either you were holding an umbrella or in the toilet
"Yeah jab bhagwan akal baant rahe the tab tum kya ghaas charne gaye the '' I remembered my childhood cartoons
... : ) ; )
Laut ke budhu ghar ko aye
We say that in Hebrew as well.
It's used in my city too but with a slight difference
"When God was distributing brains, were u peeling Taro roots? "
In hindi it is👇
'Jab bhagwan akal baant raha tha tab kya ghuiya cheel rahe the"
😂😂😂😂
Brilliant, Lucy! Some of my favorites include, 'his elevator doesn't go all the way up to the top floor', and 'he doesn't have both oars in the water'.
The elevator works in Sweden too.
There’s also an expression about lacking furniture 🪑…
I like the medical term: "Pumpkin Positive". I.e. when a torch is shone into the patient's ear their entire head lights up.
HA ! I Love that !!!
This is fabulous!! 😂
😂😂😂😂
Oh, I’ve never heard that one before. That’s hilarious. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"As thick as a whale omelet"
The most British thing about this video is the inclusion of embarrassing stories as examples. Love it. Luurve Lucy.
Yes, I love how she tells funny stories about herself.
Being able to laugh at our self is a sign of good mental health.
Never heard that, heard Thick as a Brick, though.
"this could be used to describe me actually"
"this could be used to describe me actually"
"this could be used to describe me actually"
Jaydn Hilliard Blonde
I'm glad this was only 7 insult idioms... I was worried soon Lucy might reveal herself as a mass murderer or something even more awful...
EXACTLY!
Shoot me now
Lucy: Oh Will?
Will: Yea?
Lucy: They've been asking about my embarrassing stories for ages now...
Will: But you're a teaching channel...
Lucy: But what if....
*the day this video was conceptualized*
I always use “i think her cheese has slid off her cracker” “their elevator doesnt reach the top floor” and “his choo-choo has gone round the bend!” . I just loved all the ones you pointed out!! Id like to adopt a few for my own use! Thank you!
My favourite is "This could've been used to describe me actually".
Yaaaaa
Lucy....someone's village is missing their idiot
😚
The South: "Bless your heart"
Ouchh.
That's my favourite, the most nice passive aggressive insult ever.
My fave!🤣
Same as God bless you. Usually a passive aggressive way to insult someone and usually the person saying it is the stupid one. 🤣
😂😂
"If stupidity hurt, you would cry all day"
😂😂
😂😂
They do. Victim mentality.
In German you can say: "Not the brightest candle on the cake." 😂
I think it was very sweet that you included all these examples
Here in the States we say "Good thing she's pretty!" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Sliding down through the comments, I see there are a number of American jests that are gentler than the British jibes. "Bless your heart" is another that avoids abject judgment but gets the point across.
In this case, yes, good thing she's pretty😆
You do know that when Americans from the southern states say bless your heart, they actually mean fuck you
@@OK-ul9kr Even more brutal: "Bless his LITTLE heart!"
And what if she's actually not?
An old saying in the American South was “somebody forgot to salt the popcorn.”
Here’s one from Texas:
“If he had another brain, it would be lonesome.”
Never heard this one before, but I think this the funniest. I can't wait to use it on someone. 🤣
heh :)
I live in Texas and I have never heard that in my life
@@presleymelrosegaming7785 So?
@@graymatters7584 him ears are lonesome.
My favorite is “One can short of a six-pack.” Also, pretty humble of you to list off your dumb moments. 😄
In America we say “ he is one brick sort of a full load” or “common sense isn’t a flower that grows in their garden”
Good ones. There is also the gentler, "Well, bless his heart."
‘A sandwich short of a picnic”
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Shouldn't it be yard not garden?
@@B-A-L in the US, the yard is the entire property on which the house sits. It can refer to just the fenced portion behind the house , i.e. backyard. Within that yard, you can have a garden where you grow fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc.
"short"
In Australia, we use them all. But my Dad used to say “if you had another brain, it would be lonely” especially when we had done something particularly silly
I'm prone to say " You must be at least two people, one person couldn't be that stupid."
😂
Lol
Hahaha fact
Your dad had it slightly wrong I think …..it should be ….if you had another brain cell it would be lonely….
In North America: "If I shouted in his ear, there'd be an echo."; "He's a few cards short of a full deck."; "His train doesn't quite go up to full speed, does it?"; "He's a couple of apples short of a full basket." "Got a 40-watt bulb for a 60-watt socket."
"Must heve ridden the short bus in school."
Yes. “One French fry short of a happy meal” is an American expression.
In Australia, there's the classic line : "He's got kangaroos loose in the top paddock."
Nah, he's a few snags short of a barbie
@@SomeUA-camGuy give us more. I m learning from down under
Or he’s dumb as a box of hammers. And one I heard recently- not about stupidity- ‘he has the charisma of eggplant’
My favorite: "He's so dense that light bends around him!"
It's not magic: it's science! 🤓😋😂🤣
Oh so that's how Trump defies laws of physics?
@A Evergarden Are we talking about gravitatioanl lensing, like light would deviate near a celestrial body of huge mass. Sounds like a funny professional idiom:D
dense enough to stop a neutrino.
She was so fat that she was just a snack from becoming a blackhole. ... ... ok, ok... I'll show myself out...
1.He s not the sharpest tool in the shed
2.She's one sandwich short of a picnic
3. Not the full ticket
4.There is not much between the ears
5. The light is on but nobody's home
6. Someone's village is missing their idiots
7. As thick as a plank
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Ania K
One short of a sixpack.
Not quite the full shilling.
Away with the fairies.
Head in the clouds.
Living in cloud cuckoo land.
If dynamite were brains you wouldn't have enough to blow your nose.
When God was handing out brains (someone) was last in the queue.
Not quite the Brain of Britain
Not the brightest spark.
Nothing between the ears.
Empty headed.
Air head.
A couple of pebbles short of a beach
This ones moderately rude if you know what it means:it’s melt
My personal favourite: A few strawberries short of a cream tea.
British English sounds so nostalgic and so old fashioned darling.
I really appreciated your idioms along with the stories …I feel better now, I thought it was just me things like this would happen to 😂😂. Ok, first one. I was about 9, and my family and some friends had just visited a temple in Thailand. The temple was on a hill or overlook and there were hundreds of steps to get up to it. There were alternating steps and landings (which was bigger area than a single step). It went 5 steps, landing, 5 steps, landing, and so on all the way. We were on our way back down, and my older brother was jumping from landing to landing. It looked like great fun, but I wasn’t quite bold enough to try to jump 5 steps at a time. So I started hopping over one step, it wasn’t as much fun as it looked like when my brother did it, but I carried on anyway. My brother hopped past our mother on the steps, who was walking down with a friend. The friend watched my brother go past and said to my mother “aren’t you worried about him jumping around like that?” My mother replied “ Oh, no. If there’s anyone I have to worry about, it’s my daughter.” No sooner than the words came out of her mouth, I trip myself and go tumbling down the steps past them. Oh dear 😂😂
Yes, we do say "He's a few fries shy of a Happy Meal". We have others, including "all foam and no beer", "the elevator doesn't go all the way to the top," "He isn't firing on all eight cylinders", "The wheel is still spinning, but the hamster has died", and my favorite from the deep South "He ain't' right".
Never heard any of these in my whole life. Regions really very across the USA for idioms. Its all sick. (NM slang)
Have heard every one of these. Even before I moved to the South.
I've also heard "he's 1 taco short of a plate" as well.
@@mikesharkey2010 Actually the only one I found unique to the deep South was "He ain't right".
Also one card short of a full deck.
We like to say, "One crayon short of a box." or "His elevator doesn't go all the way to the top."
The elevator one is really good! where are you from?
In southern Switzerland we say "the roof is leaking"
Calling someone the White crayon in the crayon box would be even more savage XD
In French we say « he hasn’t got light at each floors »
"A few Roos loose in the top paddock", or "He's a bit of a Drongo" or "A few cans short of a slab"...
in Hungarian we say this kind one:
"we like him but not for his intellect"
or among friends:
"handsome you are not, don't be stupid as well"
good job Lucy
Happy new year!
Ouch!!
I love British sarcasm/irony. Once I found a British to Japanese slang dictionary, that was filled with all kinds of crazy slang words I’ve never heard of. Best of all, it was about 40 years old, so many that were no longer in use for listed in the book. I never laughed so hard.
"Not the sharpest knife in the drawer" is a very poplar saying.
It's also very popular! 😆
@@johnokamoto6762 😆
Or …knife in the block
In Poland we just say that someone is blunt xD
But we have sth similar to one sandwich short of a picnic that literally means "they're lacking the 5th woodblock".
For someone who just isn't all there: he/she is about half a bob off plumb.
In Iraq we say "GOD gives nuts to those who don't have teeth" and "everybody stopped talking and the donkey continued speaking"
So many great idioms here, and so many imaginative variations. Two of my favorites:
"About as sharp as a bag of dirt"
"Couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel."
Dumb as a rock
you sir just made my day.
Yes indeed, pissing myself laughing… 😝
@@franka1621 not in my boot you can't ... I'm reading the instructions :)
Stealing that one.
"There's not much between the ears" 🤣🤣🤣
That's really funny!
it's perfect manners of Lucy , isn't it . literally Lucy is the most driven and successful teacher on youtube , an inspiring persona who is willing to share the most cringe-worthy moments and naturally hold nothing back .Moreover , this idiom lesson is pricelss , so much fun and entertaining .
I LOVE YOU Lucy , and please respond to my comment because you have never so far .
Everybody loves Lucy.
Awwww that's so sweet
One I liked on a performance report: "Works well under close supervision."
In the British Army this was “works well when watched”.
Works well under supervision does not apply to me. Rather it is the opposite. Having someone watch as I do something makes me nervous. While taking a course of small engine repair I had to dismantle and put back together a small engine. It was going fine until the teacher came over to watch me. I finished putting it together when I saw the float of the carburetor had been left out. As soon as I realized that, he said "You left out the float". I felt like a complete idiot.
Lol
"One burrito short of a combo plate"
And the Warner Brothers classic line delivered by Foghorn Leghorn:
"Ah say... Ah say that boy's about as sharp as a bowlin' ball"
👍❤️🙏 I once used this on a friend - "Where were you when God was dishing out brains?" His instantaneous response - "I was helping Him."
So British of you to say: "this could apply to me" all the time.
Ya, but she was saying: "This could actually describe me"
In the southern US, we use the phrase, "Bless your heart" as a veiled insult. It can mean genuine concern or pity, or a nice way to say someone is stupid
Same in northern England
One I heard on Aussie TV: 'If brains were dynamite he wouldn't blow his ears off'
Hey Liam it's Blow his Nose.
Hat!
@@jimbrown8399 Absolutely correct Jim.
Thank you
I always loved the American saying: "He's one can short of a six pack." LOL
Or "One brick shy of a load".
Doesn’t have both chop sticks in the suey.
A few roos loose in the top paddock. One guess where i'm from :)
@@opticmoose That big island thingy N of Tasmania?
@@nhmooytis7058 I don't know what's down south there but I do have access to a map of Tasmania I can have a look at to check :)
Your personal stories really had be laughing. Thanks for sharing. In the United States we use some of the phrases you mentioned. My favorite: "Your village called. They want their idiot back", for for short we simply say "Your village called."
In the United States is possible for the Village Idiot to become president. 🤣🤣
In North India we say "Dimaag ghaas charne gaya h iska"
This translates to
" Seems like his brain has gone for eating grasses"😂
We have many more such phrases.
Brains gone for grazing
Right 😁
Bheje me bhusa bhara hai
Alibaug se aaya hai
@@sandyb4885 This is actually the most common. But a little derogatory to the people of Alibaug.
Once someone asked me a question as to whether or not I knew what I was doing. I scowled and said, DO I LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT TO YOU?
They paused - and then said, Well, I hate to burst your bubble, but, yes you do!
I was utterly crushed and left speechless.
"One branch short of a family tree."
How to politely call someone stupid *and* inbred! XD
“His/her elevator doesn’t go to the tenth floor”.
“Your village called, they want their idiot back”.
The second one 😂😂😂
SomeBODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL ME
*I AINT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED*
Damn that song popped in my head just before reading your comment :/
This video is so british, that Lucy even refused to tell embarassing stories of someone else.
I really love your content.
Me at 1:40
SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD WAS GONNA ROLL ME
I AIN'T THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHEEEDDD. (Please tell me I'm not the only one)
She was looking kinda dumb w/her finger & her thumb in the shape of an L on her 4head
SAME
No. You're not alone bro
Lol no
VeryBritish Tea your not 😂😂😂
During watching the video I didn't know what's gonna be the next insult but I already knew that It could've been used to describe Lucy
Poor Lucy...BTW,once i closed a car door on my finger...I believe it was when I was 6 y.o...but the nail grew back...It took two months though...
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Krzysztof Nowicki 😂😂
😂 😂 🤣
but she is lovely - what's your excuse?
This is the most British title I have ever read lmao
katharina m. what is the meaning of "lmao"
Yeah, politely calling somebody an idiot... Totally British! You should also watch House of Commons debates where they don't speak directly to each other but to The Speaker to limit confrontation, and refer to somebody as "my right honourable friend" and such, but tell the nastiest things ever of one another. Like "Mister Speaker, the right honourable gentleman is a famously notorious liar, the least talented member representing the constituency of West Croydon since Parliament began, and the worst under secretary the Home Office has ever had. Noone should believe a word he says." With all the kind formalities they still dag the knife in each other's hearts.
Laughing my arse off
The trap picture is so funny!!
MichaelKingsfordGray why you’re so pressed 😂😂😂😂
"One card short of a full deck" but it usually means someone is crazy. But we use a lot of those expressions too. Lmao