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Okay, today's expression is a good one, but it's a little bit difficult.

A tar baby, T-A-R-B-B-B-B-Y, a tar baby.

Now, tar is like oil. It's a little bit thicker and more sticky tar use your

dictionary t a r to find out the exact meaning a baby well it's a baby it's a baby it could be a doll

D-O-L now Now, a tar baby, this expression actually comes from an old children's story called Brer Rabbit. B-R-E-R-E-R-A-R-A-B-B-B-I-T. On YouTube, you can find many stories of Brayer Rabbit, so you can listen to that.

But in daily English, in modern English, a tar baby is actually a problem.

And it's a problem that you try to solve, but the problem actually gets worse.

You are unable to solve the problem and you become part of the problem.

That's what a tar baby is.

It doesn't sound like fun.

So the idea is you have a friend.

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