0349 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to be washed up

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Language Learning, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2015

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s expression and dialog: to be washed up Shane, why don’t you sing again? I’m too old. But you were SO excellent! That’s was a long time ago. I’m all washed up now~ Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! Our sponsors: Click on JOIN CLASSES and get ALL the information! (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Our YouTube channel:

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions.
0:11.0	You and me every day, come on, let's master English.
0:26.6	Hello everybody.
0:30.9	Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression, the podcast.
0:34.2	Today's podcast, today's expression.
0:35.3	So good.
0:44.7	To be washed up. To be washed up. W-A-S-H-E-D. Washed up, you peep.
0:57.2	Well, this is a phrasal verb and, well, I can think of two meanings. Number one, to be washed up means that you went to the bathroom and you washed your face, washed your hands.
0:59.6	Maybe you took a shower, took a bath.
1:02.5	You are washed up, completely cleaned.
1:05.0	Yes, that's one possible meaning.
1:08.0	But there's another meaning.
1:11.2	He is washed up. She is washed up. They is washed up.
1:13.9	She is washed up.
1:15.4	They are washed up.
1:17.5	And what does this mean?
1:23.9	It means that they no longer have talent.
1:27.4	They're not good anymore.
1:31.4	This happens when you get old.
1:33.2	It's true.
1:34.3	I'll give you an example.
1:40.8	Does everybody know the rock and roll band, the Rolling Stones?
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