Jiggery-pokery

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2017

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Tricks and dishonesty: Learn this phrase before it fools you!

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English we speak.
0:09.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.0	Hello, I'm Neil. And'm Fay Faye and this is the English we speak in this
0:17.6	program I thought I'd impress you Faye Faye with an old Chinese phrase that we use in
0:22.1	English now.
0:23.0	Oh yes, go on then, impress me.
0:25.6	The phrase is jiggery pokary.
0:27.8	Jiggery pokary.
0:29.4	Oh, come on, that's not Chinese.
0:31.6	It is. Everyone in China uses it, apparently. I don't think so. What does it mean anyway?
0:38.0	Jiggery-pokary refers to dishonest behaviour that's intended to trick people.
0:42.8	Oh, hold on.
0:44.1	Were you trying to trick me just to illustrate this phrase?
0:47.6	Yes, and I almost tricked you, didn't I?
0:50.1	Hmm.
0:51.1	I think we had better hear some examples of this phrase in action. being investigated after some shareholders accused it of jiggery pokery.
1:05.4	I was surprised that the businessman got away with so much jiggery pokery before he was finally
1:09.9	caught and sent to prison.
1:20.0	That's jiggery pokary which describes dishonest or secret behavior, but it is definitely not a Chinese phrase Neil.
1:24.0	Okay I know. Now before I forget, don't you owe me 10 pounds?
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