To fall at the first hurdle

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2016

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Got an idea that's never going to work? Here is a phrase to describe the situation

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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.
0:12.0	Hello and welcome I'm Rob. So what's this I hear about your new business idea?
0:15.6	I'm Faye. And hello I'm Rob. So what's this I hear about your new business
0:21.9	idea Faye Faye,
0:23.0	Yes, I am going to make and sell cakes.
0:26.8	Cakes, are you sure, Faye?
0:29.3	Yes, I'm sure.
0:31.0	Look.
0:37.0	I've already made this batch of muffins. Are they supposed to be black?
0:40.0	Cooking isn't really your speciality, is it, Faye?
0:43.4	Cooking isn't my speciality?
0:45.9	Rob, just you watch.
0:48.3	I'm going to be a millionaire selling my homemade cakes. I'm sorry to say Faye Fay but I think you're going to
0:55.8	fall at the first hurdle. Don't be stupid Rob I'm not going to be jumping any
1:01.1	hurdles. We're not talking about sport, just cooking.
1:05.0	No, Faye, I mean you're going to fail right at the start of what you're trying to do.
1:11.0	Oh, thanks, Rob. So you think by cooking these black muffins means I've already
1:16.2	failed? Well, they are burnt. Let's hear some examples of other people who've fallen at the first hurdle.
1:24.0	Plans to construct a new motorway will fall at the first hurdle if they can't buy the
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