Not give someone the time of day

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2012

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

What does Rosie mean when she tells Li to put her money where her mouth is? Li is confused and thinks it's really disgusting. Listen to more of their conversation about this expression!

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com
0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English we speak.
0:13.0	We speak.
0:15.0	Hi there Lee.
0:18.0	Oh, hi Chris.
0:20.0	Are you all right? You seem annoyed. Oh, I'm fed up. I had to stay late at work again yesterday. I still didn't manage to finish all the work. So I came in early today as well.
0:34.0	Sounds like you need a cup of tea. I'll put the kettle on.
0:38.0	What have you got to finish?
0:41.0	It's not even my work I have to finish. It's Lisa's.
0:46.0	What do you mean?
0:48.0	Since she started, she's always asking me to do her work for her.
0:52.0	She will start it, then give it to me to complete, then leave early while I have to stay late to get it all done.
1:00.0	Oh, I know how you feel. Lisa did the same thing to me last week.
1:04.2	She's really difficult to work with.
1:06.2	Normally I wouldn't give her the time of day, but she is the manager's secretary.
1:10.4	You wouldn't give her the time of day? What time?
1:14.0	No, no, it's an expression, a negative expression.
1:18.0	What I meant was I wouldn't normally pay attention to her.
1:21.0	It's a bit of an unfriendly expression to use, but here are some examples.
1:26.0	After the way Dave talked about me during the meeting, I wouldn't give him the time of day.
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