Name: 12 Expressions of TIME in English
Uploaded: 2020-07-30T09:22:01.000Z
Duration: 19 min 49 s
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Before I get started, E's correct, we actually...

Our lights weren't working and they went out, and I'm actually doing...

But I want to give a shout out to Aputure because they brought us lights.

Our lights were actually failing, and Aputure kindly... and this is really cool.

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Maybe they were watching a video or something.

They offered free lights to us, and we took them, and they've been working beautifully.

So, in any of the videos you've seen and you liked with Ronnie, myself, or Jade, or anyone

Anyway, done with that because I'm not doing an infomercial for anybody.

So, and yeah, if any other company, if you...

If you're ever interested in helping out, feel free to do so.

So I'm not a pitch man, so I'm going to move on, but thanks Aputure.

Now, moving on because I want to talk about time.

Aputure with this particular video because in Canada we have what's called Daylight Savings

And I want to give you some idioms on time, and you know, it's me, it's James, so I'm

not going to give you just idioms; I have a plan.

So, in this case, we're going to go around the clock; and as we go around the clock,

I'm going to give you an idiom for each hour.

And what I mean by that is: Each hour has a number.

There's 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock, 5 - and I'm going to give you an

idiom that will go with, like, the number 1, for instance, like: "Once in a lifetime."

Number 1, and then you have: "Once in a lifetime", so you remember: "Ah, it happens once."

Number 1; first one: "Once in a blue moon".

True fact: Blue moons happen every two to three years.

A blue moon will happen every two to three years because it happens rarely; it's not

If you think about that, if it's every two to three years, that's every 40...

24 to 36 months - that is not very often that it happens.

But in the year 2018, it's happening every two to three months; it's a rarity that almost

never happens, so that's even bigger being rare.

That's what's happening in 2018 in case you ever see this 20 years later, and go: "Liar!

Hour number 2: "Two shakes of a lamb's tail."

Old people who speak English will know what it is; some younger punks - yeah, you punks,

A lamb has a little tail and it moves quickly.

But it means very quickly because a lamb's tail is very quick, so it flicks very quickly.

So: "Two shakes of a lamb's tail" meaning I will do it quickly or it will be done quickly.

I'm going to use my brown marker because that means I've done something bad.

There's another word for "bad", it starts with "s", but I'm not going to go there.

"3rd time's the charm" means you've tried something one time, it didn't work; the second

time it didn't work; but we're saying lucky number three - if you try it the third time,

So: "A 3rd time the char-... 3rd time's the charm" is: The third time it will work.

Yes, I know you can read; you're very smart individuals.

And they're going: "James, that's the number 4.

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12 Expressions of TIME in English

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