Every Tom Dick and Harry
Learning English Conversations
BBC
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2013
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Kaz invites Tom, Dick and Harry to the studio and introduces them to Yang Li. Who are they?
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| 0:00.0 | This is a feature from BBC learning English. |
| 0:03.0 | For more information and our terms of use go to BBCworldservice.com |
| 0:09.0 | forward slash podcasts. |
| 0:11.0 | The English we speak. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello, I'm Kaz. |
| 0:17.0 | And I'm young Lee. |
| 0:18.0 | Hey Kaz, I see you have brought some guests to the studio. |
| 0:22.0 | Indeed, I have, Lee. I'd like you to meet. you have |
| 0:23.4 | Lee I'd like you to meet Tom, Dick and Harry. |
| 0:27.6 | How do you do? |
| 0:29.1 | How do you do? |
| 0:30.4 | It's always nice to meet new people, Kaz, but I suspect these young men are here for a reason, am I right? |
| 0:38.0 | Yes, Lee, I've invited them because their names are Tom, Dick and Harry. |
| 0:45.0 | Tom, Dick and Harry. |
| 0:48.0 | Three popular English names connected to a popular phrase by any chance, Cass? |
| 0:54.1 | Absolutely rightly. |
| 0:56.1 | Our phrase today is every Tom Dick and Harry. |
| 0:59.7 | Ah, every Tom Dick and Harry, meaning everyone with a common name, I suppose? |
| 1:07.0 | Yes, in English, if you want to talk about lots of unspecified people, you can use the phrase every Tom Dick and Harry. So it's like |
| 1:15.2 | saying everyone right? That's right but it's more informal and slightly humorous. |
| 1:20.4 | Okay I think you should demonstrate its use, Kess. |
| 1:24.0 | Good ideally. Now, imagine I tell you something in confidence, in private. |
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