Mic drop

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Roy and Feifei teach you a new English expression.

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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	Hello and welcome to the English We Speak, I'm Fay Faye.
0:10.0	And I'm Roy.
0:12.0	Faye, have you listened to the latest song by my favorite band Dragon Tennis?
0:17.0	Dragon Tennis are a terrible band who make dreadful music.
0:22.0	Mike Drop.
0:23.0	What? I think the lead singer dropped the microphone once. You can't hate them because of that.
0:30.0	No, Roy, we say Mike Drop at the end of a sentence after we have made an impressive or
0:36.7	pertinent point in a discussion rendering the conversation over.
0:41.0	Oh, so our conversation is finished. Okay, well that makes sense about the expression
0:47.4	might drop. Yes, we can also use it after you've just finished roasting someone?
0:53.2	Yes, for example, Fay Faye, your taste in music is terrible,
0:57.6	which is why you don't appreciate dragon tennis,
1:00.8	Mike drop.
1:02.0	Very good example, but not true.
1:05.0	Let's listen to these examples.
1:08.0	Your idea is the worst thing I've ever heard. Mike Drop.
1:15.1	I can't believe he ended his message with Mike Drop. He's so wrong and the discussion is not
1:19.9	over. This is undoubtedly the we speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the expression Mike Drop which is
1:36.1	commonly used at the end of a discussion when someone makes a point that ends the conversation. Yes it's quite common in messages or emails.
1:45.0	It's also seen with the verb perform.
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