Rinse repeat

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🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Beth and Feifei explain how to use this expression to describe repetitive tiresome actions.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the English we speak. I'm Beth and I'm Faye.
0:04.0	We have an expression that describes repetitive actions that are predictable and tiresome.
0:10.0	The phrase is rinse repeat.
0:13.0	rinse repeat.
0:15.0	Beth can you give us some context?
0:17.0	Well, to be honest, I'm feeling a bit down at the moment.
0:21.0	I come to work, go home, sleep, rinse repeat.
0:25.8	Oh, it's like that for me too. It's the same events every day.
0:30.4	It's so predictable and boring.
0:33.0	Exactly.
0:34.0	Rin repeat.
0:35.0	Did you know Faye that this expression comes from the back of shampoo bottles.
0:40.0	They often say wash, rinse, repeat, meaning wash your hair, rinse the shampoo out and wash your hair again.
0:47.2	Well, washing your hair isn't exactly fun. Mine takes ages to style and then in two days time I have to do it all over again.
0:55.4	It's true there is no rest from it.
0:58.2	Rinse repeat.
0:59.5	Let's hear some more examples. Bringing up a baby is difficult.
1:07.0	Feed, sleep, nappy change, rinse repeat.
1:11.0	I made dinner yesterday. I'll make it today and again tomorrow rinse repeat.
1:17.0	In the UK it's grey clouds cold rain, rinse repeat.
1:23.0	You're listening to the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're learning the expression Rince Repeat, which is a way of describing a
1:36.9	predictable repetitive action which is tiresome.
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