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  • Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's lesson, I am going to teach you some expressions that

  • might not be the most polite, but that are very, very useful and common, actually. These

  • expressions all have to do with the word "shit". As you may know, "shit" in English is considered

  • a bad word or a swear word. Even though it's considered this, many, many people use the

  • word "shit" in many different ways. "Shit" is actually one of the most useful expressions,

  • because you can use it when you're angry, when you're happy, to describe your house,

  • to describe your car. There are so many different ways we use the word "shit".

  • So, this video is actually called #2, and the reason why it's called:

  • "Talking More Shit: #2"

  • is because I've made a previous video with a lot of other "shit" expressions,

  • and I just found there were so many in English, I wanted to add more to your vocabulary. Just

  • as an aside, just a side note, "number two" is actually another way we say "shit". It's

  • actually a synonym of this. Okay? So, if you ever hear anyone talk about taking a number

  • two, it actually means they're taking a shit. Okay? So let's get started and learn some

  • more shitty expressions.

  • So, the first expression I want to teach you with the word "shit"... And I'm sure I'm going

  • to say the word "shit" a lot in this video, so just keep that in mind. The first expression

  • I want to teach you is: "Scared shitless". Okay? So "scared shitless" means you are very,

  • very scared of something. Okay? So it means you're terrified, you're so scared. An example

  • of this is if you saw a ghost. Okay? "When I saw the ghost, I was scared shitless. I

  • couldn't move. I was scared shitless." Have you ever seen a scary movie that has scared

  • you shitless? For me, I guess it was the movie The Exorcist. That scared me shitless. Okay.

  • So, very scared.

  • We have another expression with the word "shit". "To be in deep shit", "to be in deep shit".

  • So, if you are in deep shit, it means you are in trouble. Okay? If you are in shit,

  • deep shit means you're in a lot of trouble. So let's look at an example. "I lost $10,000"-okay,

  • imagine this-"at the casino." So I spent all my money, $10,000 at the casino. Now I have

  • a lot of problems. "I'm in deep shit." It means I have a lot of problems. I have big

  • trouble. Okay? Deep shit.

  • Another expression, very common expression actually, is: "shitload". And you can talk

  • about a shitload of something. "A shitload" means you have a lot. Okay? If I have a shitload

  • of friends, it means I have a lot of friends. If I have a shitload of books, it means I

  • have many, many books. Okay? Toronto has a shitload of people. Okay? I would never use

  • these expressions maybe in front of my teacher; these are expressions I would use with my

  • friends. And so, I might say: "Oh, yeah, Toronto has a shitload of people. It has a shitload

  • of restaurants." Okay. It means it has a lot. So, here's an example with me: "I have a shitload

  • of DVDs." I have a lot of DVDs.

  • Our next expression is probably one of my favourites on this list.

  • "When shit hits the fan",

  • okay. So: "Shit hit the fan". What does this mean? When shit hits the fan, it means

  • all these dramatic, crazy, insane things are happening. Okay? So, imagine this, imagine

  • I went to work and at my work maybe five people, they don't like their jobs, so they quit.

  • So now maybe it's just me and my boss. Okay? And then maybe my boss has a terrible day,

  • maybe, you know, there's a lot of trouble at my company, there's a lot of problems.

  • When my boss gets really angry, I can say: "Shit hit the fan." When the situation becomes

  • at its most insane, its most crazy, we say: "Shit hit the fan." Okay? So let's look at

  • an example of this. "Shit hit the fan when Ken came to work drunk." So, when Ken came

  • to work drunk, the situation became very dramatic. Shit hit the fan. It became very dramatic.

  • Okay? If you have two people who are married, and unfortunately, maybe one of the people

  • has a secret girlfriend or boyfriend. When the person finds out about the secret boyfriend

  • or girlfriend, that person's going to be very angry. Shit will hit the fan. The situation

  • will become very dramatic. Okay?

  • So, let's look at some more shitty expressions. So our next expression is: "shits", and that's

  • right, "shit" has an "s" here, just be aware of that. "Shits and giggles". Okay? A giggle

  • is a type of laugh. Okay? It's a laugh that maybe children do, or, you know, "hehehe",

  • that's a giggle. It's a little laugh. So, "shits and giggles" actually has to do with

  • the idea of fun. When we do something for shits and giggles, it means we do something

  • for no reason other than fun. Okay? So, imagine if I stole a car. I stole the car not because

  • I wanted money for it, not because I needed a car, but if I just stole a car for fun,

  • I could say: "I stole the car for shits and giggles.", "I did it for shits and giggles.

  • I did it for fun." Okay? So this usually explains the reason why you did something.

  • Our next expression: "I shit you not!" Okay? "I shit you not!" If you tell someone:

  • "I shit you not!"

  • it means I am being honest; I am not lying. This is true. "I shit you

  • not!" means this is true. Okay? So, imagine if I told you: "I just saw a ghost." If it

  • was true, I could say: "I shit you not, I just saw a ghost.", "I just saw an alien.

  • I shit you not. It's true."

  • The next expression, very, very common expression: "Feel like shit". Okay? This is probably the

  • most common expression on our whole list. If you feel like shit, it means you feel bad.

  • You do not feel good; you feel bad. Either you feel sad or you feel sick. So, here's

  • an example. "I'm sick. I feel like shit.", "I drank too much last night. I feel like

  • shit.", "I have the flu. I feel like shit.", "My boyfriend broke up with me. I feel like

  • shit." Okay? So very common expression. And again, please, please, please do not use these

  • in front of children, do not use these in formal business meetings. These expressions

  • are to be used with your friends, with other students; not in formal situations. Okay.

  • The next expression: "Shit bricks". Okay. "To shit bricks". "Shit bricks" is actually

  • a verb. In this case, "shit" acts as a verb. If you shit bricks, it means similar to being

  • scared shitless. It means you're very, very scared. Okay? So imagine this, imagine I have

  • a boss and I'm terrified of my boss. My boss is a very, very scary person. I can say: "When

  • my boss talked to me", if I'm worried maybe my boss is unhappy with me, I might be scared

  • shitless and I might shit bricks. Okay? So: "When my boss talks to me, I usually shit

  • bricks." Now, in this case, you might notice: why is it written "shat"? "Shat" rhymes with

  • "cat". Well, if you look at the word "talked", we have "ed" here. This is talking about the

  • past. Past tense. Okay? So, "talked" is in the past. "Shit", the past tense of "shit"

  • is "shat". "Yesterday, I shat bricks because I saw a ghost.", "Yesterday, I shat bricks

  • when I saw the alien." Okay? And again, I'm not crazy, I really didn't see a ghost, I

  • didn't see an alien. Just some examples.

  • All right, next example: when you shit on someone. Okay? If you shit on someone, it

  • means that you are not treating them nice. You're not being friendly; you're being unfriendly.

  • You're being very mean. Not nice. Okay? So, "shit on someone" is not a good thing. Example:

  • imagine if your boss is always yelling at you, you know, is always screaming at you.

  • You could say: "My boss is always shitting on me. I'm tired of it.", "My parents are

  • always shitting on me.", "My friends are always shitting on me." So it means when they're

  • treating you very badly. Okay?

  • Finally, our last expression: "Up shit creek". Okay? "Up shit creek". When you are up shit

  • creek, so you are... "Be up shit creek", this means that you have big problems, big troubles.

  • Okay? It's similar to deep shit, in deep shit. So, for example, imagine this: I have a...

  • I'm taking the TOEFL test. Okay? I'm taking a big test and I fail. And I can't get into

  • the university that I want to. You know, I might say: "Oh no. If I fail, I'll be up shit

  • creek. I will have problems if I fail.", "If I miss my test, I will be up shit creek.",

  • "If I..." you know, "If I steal from someone and they find out, I'll be up shit creek."

  • Okay? "If I quit my job and I have no job, I'll be up shit creek." So it means when you

  • have big problems.

  • Okay, so thank you very much for watching this video. To practice these expressions,

  • I invite you to come check out our website at www.engvid.com. There, you will find a

  • quiz and you can practice all of these expressions. Okay? If you don't practice, you will be up

  • shit creek, because you won't remember these expressions. Also, please subscribe to my

  • YouTube channel. There, you will find a shitload of videos. Okay? Videos you can watch on different

  • subjects, including the first part of this video. You can find that there, and you can

  • learn more shitty expressions. All right? You can take our quiz also for shits and giggles;

  • just for fun. So, thank you again for watching. Until next time, take care.

Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's lesson, I am going to teach you some expressions that

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