Take the rough with the smooth
Learning English Conversations
BBC
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2019
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Learn an expression about experiencing bad things to enable you to enjoy good things.
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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. |
| 0:11.0 | dot com. |
| 0:12.0 | Hello, this is the English we speak and I'm Faye. |
| 0:17.0 | And hello I'm Neil. |
| 0:19.0 | Hey great news Neil. |
| 0:21.0 | Oh yeah what's that? |
| 0:22.0 | I got a promotion. Oh, well done. Congratulations and all that? |
| 0:28.6 | Come on, Neil, you were never going to get one. And anyway it's not all good news. A promotion, a pay rise, more power, |
| 0:38.1 | how is that not all good news? Well it means longer hours, harder work work having to work with you more I expect you have some English |
| 0:48.2 | expression to describe that I do fe fe fey you have to take the rough with the smooth it means you have to accept the bad |
| 0:56.0 | or unpleasant things in a situation as well as the good things in other words you can't |
| 1:01.0 | have everything thanks for the sympathy, Neil. |
| 1:04.0 | Here are some good things though, Faye. |
| 1:06.0 | Examples. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm going to use my qualification to get a really good job, but I have lots of studying to do before I get it. |
| 1:16.0 | Hmm, well you have to take the rough with the smooth but good luck. |
| 1:22.1 | Having kids is very fulfilling, but it can be challenging too, especially the lack of sleep. |
| 1:29.1 | But I guess I have to take the rough with the smooth. This is the English we speak from BBC |
| 1:37.0 | Learning English and we're learning about the phrase to take the rough with the |
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