Hello and this is the English we speak with me Faye

and me Neil have you seen how angry Rob is today do you know what happened?

Ah yes you remember it was his birthday. I decided to throw him a surprise birthday party.

Ah that's a really nice thing to do. Does he hate surprises?

Now he does. You see, I made it such a surprise that I forgot to tell anybody that it was happening.

So when he got to the party venue no one was there.

Oh that sounds awful. Well at least I know why I didn't get invited. I was quite annoyed you'd

forgotten me. Well, I'm glad you didn't go off on one as well. Go off on one. Is that our

expression?

Yes it is. I thought we could teach something while I hide from Rob.

Go off on one is an informal expression and it means to become suddenly very angry.

Right, let's listen to some examples of this expression while I talk to Rob.

When the order got lost in the post the customer rang up and went off on one.

Please don't go off on one but I've lost your keys.

My mum went off on one when she found out I'd broken the washing machine.

I was only trying to help. In this program, we're learning about the expression,

go off on one, which means to suddenly get very angry.

Neil, what did you say to Rob? He's really calm now.

Well I just told him that you were going to throw him the most amazing party of his life

tonight to say sorry.

Tonight, that's ridiculous. I'm far too busy.

Don't worry, before you go off on one, I promise to help you with the planning.

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