Milk it

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

A phrase about taking advantage of a situation to gain sympathy or respect

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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	com. Hello, this is the English we speak I'm Faye Faye and don't you know who I am I am
0:19.0	Rob yes we all know that Rob but I am the Rob, of the English we speak.
0:25.5	There is nobody else like me.
0:27.2	Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't milk it.
0:30.2	Come on.
0:31.0	Show me some respect. Oh, I seem to have pulled a muscle.
0:35.0	Ooh, that hurts.
0:37.0	Come on, Rob, you heartly moved.
0:39.0	Oh, ooh, it's in my lower back.
0:41.0	Oh, it's so painful. I don't know if I can carry on.
0:45.0	You are milking it again.
0:48.0	Faye, what am I milking exactly?
0:51.0	Everything. To milk it means to take full advantage of a situation usually to gain sympathy, respect or kindness.
1:00.0	Sometimes like Rob, you fake something to get attention.
1:03.4	That's when we say, you're milking it.
1:06.3	Are you talking about me?
1:07.8	Of course I am, Rob.
1:09.5	Let's hear some examples of other people milking it.
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