Welcome to the English we speak with me Neil and me Faye Faye

We're going to teach an informal expression which means to accept the loss of an

opportunity or loss of something it's's Kiss Something Goodbye.

Kiss Something Goodbye.

When did you have to kiss something Goodbye, Neil?

I once left my phone on the train.

I asked the train company if they'd found it, but they hadn't. I had to kiss my

phone goodbye. You accepted that you had lost your phone and would never see it again.

Yes, I also recently tried to get a promotion at work,

but I didn't do very well in the interview.

In the end, I had to kiss the opportunity goodbye.

Well, hopefully you'll do better in the next interview.

Thanks. I'll prepare more next time. Let's hear some more examples.

I took my car to a mechanic but sadly it couldn't be fixed. I had to kiss the car goodbye. After the actor's latest controversial statement he might have to kiss his film career goodbye.

Sadly the business hasn't made a profit for three years.

We're going to have English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're learning the expression

Kiss something goodbye which is an informal way of saying accept the loss of a thing or situation.

Yes, it's very informal and is often used to highlight that the person has accepted

that a thing or situation is gone forever.

Can you also use it for people?

Yes, but this would probably be more literal,

in the sense that you might kiss someone you love

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