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When someone tells you 'that's on you', they're telling you that it's your fault.
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the English we speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. |
0:08.9 | I'm Faye Faye and I'm here with Phil. |
0:11.4 | Hello. Sorry I'm late, but you know, it's not my fault. The traffic was bad and that's completely out of my control. |
0:19.5 | I'm sorry. I'm not having that. The traffic is |
0:22.6 | always bad. You should know that. If you're late because you haven't left enough time, |
0:27.9 | well, that's on you, I'm afraid. It's your fault. Do better next time. Okay, so maybe that was |
0:35.1 | my fault, but at least it gives us the phrase to look at for this episode. |
0:39.3 | It's on you. |
0:41.2 | We use It's on you to say it's your fault, |
0:45.2 | and especially as a reminder to someone who doesn't want to admit responsibility. |
0:51.5 | Yes. |
0:52.0 | If someone is having problems because they fail to prepare, then those problems are on them and they should take responsibility. |
1:00.8 | For example, if you come to work at the wrong time because you didn't read your schedule, it's on you. |
1:06.8 | If you fail an exam because you didn't prepare, then the failure is on you. |
1:12.1 | And if I'm late again after this, then it's definitely on me. |
1:16.0 | Let's hear some examples of people using It's on you. |
1:22.8 | If you didn't prepare for your speech and it went badly, that's on you. |
1:27.1 | It was obviously going to happen. I've already eaten. If you haven't prepare for your speech and it went badly, that's on you. It was obviously going to happen. |
1:29.1 | I've already eaten. If you haven't gone shopping and you don't have any food, that's on you. |
1:34.8 | I told you to wear a coat and you didn't and now you've got a cold. Well, that's on you. |
1:43.3 | A different way to use on someone to talk about responsibility is when you offer to pay for something, usually food or drink. |
1:52.5 | You can say, this is on me to mean that you'll pay for it. |
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