Catch Word #273 – The expressions “To cave” and “To fold”

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🗓️ 5 January 2024

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In this episode of Catch Word, hosts Andrew and Kassy explore the idioms "to cave" and "to fold." In short, “to cave” means to give in to pressure and “to fold” means to give up when you feel defeated. They sound pretty alike, right? Using several example scenarios and dialogues, Andrew and Kassy explain the differences between these two similar verbs, so you don’t mix them up! Fun facts The verb “to fold” originates from the popular card game poker. There are actually a lot of other expressions that originate in this classic game! For instance, “poker face” – this refers to a facial expression that doesn’t reveal any emotion or reaction. Similarly, “calling one’s bluff” means deciding that the cards someone has aren’t as good as they’re pretending. In everyday use, when you "call someone's bluff," it means you suspect they are not being honest or exaggerating something, and you confront them to prove if what they're saying is true or not. Essentially, it's like saying, "I don't believe you. Prove it!" Expressions included in the study guide To cave To fold To guilt trip [someone] To call [someone] out To cut one’s losses To throw in the towel Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke for Free Photo: Kohji Asakawa (Pixabay.com)

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0:00.0	Catch word number 273, mastering the idioms to cave and to fold, featuring Andrew and
0:08.9	Cassie.
0:10.9	Welcome. Welcome back to catchword friends. Joining me today is my co-host
0:19.3	Cassie. Hello Cassie, how's it going?
0:22.1	Hey Andrew and hey listeners, I'm doing great.
0:25.0	I have a day off tomorrow in the middle of the week, so feeling good.
0:29.0	That is amazing.
0:30.0	A middle of the week day off, I think everybody would love to have a middle of the
0:36.0	week day off, Cassie, and I have to say I'm a little bit jealous.
0:40.1	Yeah, it's pretty great. I can't wait to sleep in.
0:43.0	Well, Cassie, I hope you have a great day off tomorrow, but for the here and now we should get started with this episode.
0:51.0	And so what our plan is for today is we have in my opinion a very helpful
0:57.3	lesson lined up for everyone and listeners we're going to teach you all about two
1:02.4	idioms those two idioms. Those two idioms are to cave and to fold.
1:07.0	Now both of these idioms are used to describe a situation where someone changes their stance or changes their mind or stops resisting
1:17.0	due to some kind of external factor like it might be pressure or peer pressure or just realizing that you can't be successful or can't
1:26.2	win. But there are some small differences between these two expressions and that's what
1:32.2	we'll teach you all about in this lesson.
1:34.7	Yeah that's right and by the end of this episode not only will you understand when
1:40.3	and how to use these two expressions to cave and to use these two expressions, to cave and to fold,
1:45.0	but you'll also grasp the subtle differences between them.
1:48.8	These are great idioms to add to your vocabulary,
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