The joke is on you

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Find out more about a seriously funny English phrase.

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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	com Hello and
0:13.7	welcome to the English we speak I'm Fay Faye and joining me is Rob
0:18.8	Hello hey Faye have you heard the news
0:22.4	Gossip you mean no no it's true Hey Faye Faye, have you heard the news?
0:22.6	Gossip you mean?
0:23.9	No, no, no, it's true.
0:25.2	We've been given the day off.
0:27.2	So sorry, I'm not going to hang around.
0:29.4	I'm off to the beach.
0:30.4	Hold on, who says? Uh, Neil, he said the boss told him that we've all worked so hard we don't have to work today.
0:39.0	Hmm, it sounds like a wind-up to me. A A wind up is another way of saying a trick or joke.
0:47.0	I'm sure Neil was joking.
0:49.0	Ha! April fool, Faye Faye, I was joking joking I wanted to trick you to see if you'd leave the office
0:56.2	and take the day off. Ha ha very funny well actually I have got the day off today, so the joke is on you and it starts now.
1:08.0	Goodbye.
1:09.0	Oh, Fay, where are you going?
1:11.0	Come back and explain what the joke is on you means. Please.
1:16.0	Okay, Rob. When the joke is on someone, it means the person who has tried to make you look silly has ended up looking silly themselves.
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