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Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

0603 Daily Easy English Lesson PODCAST—wrapped around someone's finger

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

4.7812 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2016

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Do you like being CONTROLLED by someone? Of course not! But wait...sometimes it's okay, right? Maybe if you have a wife or a husband that you love?!! What about a child? Your mom? Maybe you love your boss? (what? who loves their boss? Coach Shane is crazy!!) Anyway, you'll learn a great expression in today's podcast--I want you to learn it and then use it!! Have a super day^^ Coach Shane Today's English expression and dialog: to be wrapped around someone's finger What are you doing? Grocery shopping? Yeah. She's got you wrapped around her finger. I do it because I love her. Subscribe on iTunes and get this English podcast EVERY DAY! PLEASE support my sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com/free www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Study English, FREE ENGLISH LESSONS, on our YouTube channels: http://letsmasterenglish.com/tv Support the Let's Master English team! On PayPal: Send to parmyproductions@gmail.com Or you can go here: www.patreon.com/coachshane Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LME #LearnEnglish #ESL

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everybody. My name is Coach Shane and welcome to Easy English Expressions.

0:11.1

Come on, let's master English.

0:14.5

Hello everybody. Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression.

0:19.5

Today's expression is great.

0:22.1

Wrapped around someone's finger.

0:26.4

He is wrapped around her finger.

0:31.4

You are wrapped around my finger.

0:36.8

Okay, so let me do some spelling.

0:38.3

W-R-A-P-E-D.

0:44.0

W-R-A-P-D, wrapped, P-E-D,

0:47.1

wrapped around A-R-O-U-N-D,

0:50.7

someone's my, your finger, F-I-N-G-E-R. If you, everybody listen, if you are wrapped around my finger,

1:00.5

that means I completely control you. Just like maybe you are my husband or my wife. Well,

1:09.7

I'm a guy, so my wife. If you're a guy, no, you cannot be my wife. Well, I'm a guy, so my wife.

1:11.7

If you're a guy, no, you cannot be my husband.

1:14.1

Sorry, I'm not gay.

1:15.8

But the idea anyway is if you are wrapped around my finger, I control you.

1:21.7

That's the idea.

1:22.8

You are a puppet, a P-U-P-P-E-T, and those puppet strings are wrapped around my fingers

1:31.9

so I can control all of your movements, everything you do.

1:38.3

Now, usually we use this expression when we talk about husbands and wives,

1:43.1

and in America, it tends to be the husband that is wrapped around his wife's finger. Check out the dialogue.

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