165 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—to be on the rocks

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Language Learning, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2014

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today’s expression and dialog: To be on the rocks I haven’t seen Sue lately. We’re on the rocks. What’s wrong? I think we’re just bored with each other. Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! Our sponsors: (Join PIRF—Coach Shane’s Speaking Class!) (Get 8 FREE DDM lessons!) (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) (Join DDM and get 1 lesson every week!) 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.
0:31.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression, the podcast.
0:35.8	Thank you very much for listening and downloading today's podcast.
0:36.9	Today's expression? To be on the rocks.
0:42.5	Okay, now we're learning this expression because yesterday we studied smooth sailing.
0:51.0	And what does smooth sailing mean? If everything is smooth sailing, if work is smooth sailing, if your life is smooth sailing, then everything is great.
1:06.1	It's wonderful.
1:07.1	It's nice.
1:07.8	It's relaxing.
1:08.9	It's beautiful.
1:10.6	But if things are on the rocks, oh boy, that means the opposite.
1:20.3	Everything is terrible. It's not good. There are many problems. And once again, this expression is related to sailing.
1:29.5	Can you imagine having a boat and sailing in the ocean?
1:34.4	Da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Everything is nice.
1:36.8	And then suddenly you hear the bottom of your boat hitting rocks.
1:44.5	Oh my God, that's terrible.
1:47.3	That could be a disaster.
1:49.7	Your boat could sink.
1:53.0	Oh, yes.
1:54.3	If something is on the rocks,
1:57.1	it's in bad shape.
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