Each to their own
Learning English Conversations
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🗓️ 26 September 2023
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
How do you feel when someone does something that you would never do, but it's OK?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the English we speak with me, Neil and me |
| 0:03.2 | Faye Faye. We're looking at the phrase each to their own. |
| 0:07.1 | It means everyone has their own opinions and preferences and that's fine. |
| 0:12.2 | Each to their own. So it's like saying it's okay to like |
| 0:16.6 | different things. Yes, so what's your favorite type of music? I love classical music. Oh I hate classical music it's so dull I prefer |
| 0:26.5 | heavy metal music each to their own and I believe you drink your tea and put the |
| 0:32.0 | milk in first I prefer to put my milk in second. |
| 0:35.0 | Each to their own. |
| 0:37.0 | Let's listen to these examples. |
| 0:40.0 | How can he eat pickles on his burger? It's so disgusting, each to their own, I suppose. |
| 0:50.0 | She prefers watching documentaries to reading books, each to their own. |
| 0:56.1 | I prefer to run in the mornings, but my husband prefers to exercise after work, each to their own. |
| 1:03.0 | In this the English we speak, we're looking at the phrase, each to their own. |
| 1:11.0 | It means that not everyone likes the same thing or doing things in the same way and that's okay. |
| 1:17.0 | You know Fay Faye I've just cooked an amazing curry. Here try this. |
| 1:22.0 | Oh that's so spicy. |
| 1:25.0 | It's burning my mouth. I need a drink of milk. |
| 1:28.0 | Sorry, Faye, I thought you liked spicy food, each to their own I guess. |
| 1:33.0 | Maybe next time you could cook something that we both can enjoy. |
| 1:37.0 | I'll try. |
| 1:39.0 | Bye for now. |
| 1:40.0 | Bye. Bye. |
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