To keep a lid on it

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

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🗓️ 10 March 2015

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Li and Neil go for a coffee, but why do they have to keep a lid on it?

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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.
0:08.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.0	Thanks for the coffee, Neil.
0:14.0	What a good idea to present the English we speak from a coffee shop.
0:19.0	Yes, Lee, it's good to get out of the studio.
0:21.0	And anyway, I get the coffee for free here.
0:25.0	You don't pay for it. So why do you get it for free?
0:30.0	Um, contacts? Uh, contacts.
0:33.0	uh, contacts?
0:35.0	Yeah, people I know.
0:38.0	Don't tell anyone, but my friend works here and well, when the boss isn't around, he gives me the coffee for free.
0:46.0	He gives it to you for free!
0:48.0	Shh, keep your voice down!
0:50.0	If he gets found out, he'll get the sack, you know, lose his job.
0:55.0	We need to keep a lid on it.
0:57.0	Keep a lid on it.
1:00.0	Why do we need to keep a lid on the coffee? Are we trying to hide it?
1:05.1	No, Lee, when you say keep a lid on something, it means keep it secret or keep quiet
1:11.8	about it.
1:12.6	Ah, I see.
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