Hi. James from engVid.

Little upset now.

E leaves his socks all over the place.

He only has one foot, but he seems to leave them everywhere.

I'm always on your back?

This lesson is about body parts, like the back, and how we use them to show or express

our feelings, emotions, or thoughts on a situation.

Stick with me, and we'll take your head out of the clouds and teach you some English.

You ready?

Let's go to the board.

Notice E is saying: "You're always on my back!"

Well, I'm going to come over here and I'm going to show you the body parts, and then

I'll show you an idiom...

Or, sorry, let's say a phrase or an expression that we use to indicate our thoughts or feelings

on something, or about someone. Right?

So, why don't we start with...?

Well, what does it say here?

Number one, your head.

Okay? Your head.

If someone says: "Your head is in the clouds", you're a dreamer,

which means you don't really

think about real things; work, eating, life.

You're thinking: "One day I'm going to fly off and I'm going to visit a country, and I'm going to..."

And someone will say: -"Do you have money?"

-"No."

You're a dreamer.

Your head is in the clouds.

Right?

Get your head out of the clouds.

Come back to reality.

Come back to the real world.

That's number one: "head in the clouds".

Let's look at number two: "let your hair down".

This is kind of funny because I really don't have any hair.

Let's just say I had hair. Okay?

And my hair is up, like this. Okay?

My hair is up. Okay?

If I let my hair down, I'm going to relax.

My hair is now relaxed.

You like that?

Purple. It's cool.

"Let your hair down" means have fun, relax, take it easy.

Don't be so serious.

Okay?

And that's our hair there.

Just see that?

Let it down, relax a bit.

How about number three?

"Be all ears".

Well, clearly I have only two and I cannot be covered with ears, but "be all ears" means

I am focused, I am incredibly...

I'm listening to you right now, incredibly focused.

So when someone is all ears, it means I'm listening, you have my attention, I'm not

thinking of anything but what you are saying.

"Be all ears", and there are your ears. Okay?

How about this one?

"Lip service".

Those are little lips.

Maybe you can't see them.

So here are mine.

Lips.

Lip service is funny.

"Service" means to do something for someone.

But "lip service", it's actually...

Because I have "insincere", but that might be a big word for you.

But it means I don't really believe it or I don't really want to do it.

So, when you give lip service you say: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah", but you really aren't

going to do it or you really don't believe in it.

Example: Your mother comes home and said:

"Okay, you know what? You put the plate over there and the cup over there.

Could you do me a favour? Could you pick it up and put it away?"

And you're watching or playing video games or soccer, and you're like:

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll do it. Uh-huh. Uh-huh."

You have no intention or you're not going to do it.

You just say: "Yeah, yeah, yeah" to make your mother happy so she thinks you're going to

do it, but you're not going to.

If your boss or employer gives you lip service, they say: "Sure, we'll give you more money.

Everything will be okay. Just go back to work."

It's lip service.

They're not going to give you any more money, but they expect you to go back to work.

Watch out for lip service.

Right?

Lips.

Let's look at number five.

Chin, this is your chin right here.

If you've ever seen Superman, Superman has a chin of steel.

Big chin. Okay?

Now, when somebody says: "Keep your chin up", your chin is probably here and you're:

"[Whines]".

You're upset and they say: "Keep your chin up.

Don't be sad. Be happy. Be strong, like Superman."

That's your chin right here, right underneath your lips.

Chin. Okay?

"Be on someone's back", that's what E was saying.

Well, if you've ever had to carry something really big, I don't know, like...

Hold on a second.

I'm still here.

This is on my back.

It's really heavy and it bothers me.

You know? It's a pain. It's upsetting.

When something's on your back, it's always...

They're always bothering you.

"Oh, you're always on my back asking about giving you money" or

"You're always on my back asking me to help you.

Oh, it's such a...

Get off my back, will you?

Leave me alone.

Don't bother me. Upset me."

Okay?

So if somebody's on your back, they're upsetting you, bothering you.

I know, my stickman doesn't have a back, so just for you: The back is here.

Okay?

So that's why I was on E's back, saying: "Pick up your socks."

It means I probably ask him to pick up his socks every hour or every day.

Next, where are we?

So that was six.

Number seven, chest.

This is your chest right here.

Okay?

If... Where we got?

Seven right there. The front.

So back is the back, chest is the front.

If you get something "off your chest" it means you tell someone how you feel, like you really feel.

Like, so maybe someone said:

"Hey, look, I can't come to your party tomorrow

and I'm not going to get you a present for your birthday", and you're like...

They might say: "Is there something on your chest or something you want to get off your chest?"

You go: "Yeah! I want to tell you I'm not happy about that. I was never happy about this situation."

Get it off your chest, it's like open your heart and tell them the truth.

Do you have something you want to get off your chest?

Something you want to tell me?

All right?

Tell someone how you really feel, off your chest.

Now, here's a funny one, arm.

This is your arm, that is his arm.

I'm left-handed, so I write with this hand if you ever noticed.

So this expression is kind of funny because, well, most people are right-handed, they use

this hand and it's very valuable to them because they write with this hand, they hit balls

with this hand, or catch with this hand.

They do many things with this hand.

So, when somebody says to you: "You have a Mercedes?

I'd give my right arm...

My right arm, my whole arm for a Mercedes", it means: This arm is so valuable, I do everything

with it, but to have that car I would give my arm for it.

Now, I might give my right arm because I'm left-handed, it doesn't matter to me, but

for you it's very valuable.

So if you ever hear of someone said:

"I'll give my right arm to be a professional golf player", or a golf...

Yeah, golf player, whatever.

Or tennis player, or a soccer or football player, professional.

"I'd give my right arm."

They're saying that is so important to me I would give this important body part to have that.

All right?

What would you give your right arm for?

To be with Mr. E?

[Laughs] Just joking.

Back to work.

Okay.

So, number nine, finger.

My finger.

And you notice I have finger there.

Well, in this case when we say number nine is: "Put my finger on something",

something is wrong.

I'll give you an example.

Your friend is coming out, they're wearing the skinny jeans, and a big flowery top with

a funny hat.

And you're going...

They say: "Hey. How do I look?"

You're like: "There's something I don't like about this, but I can't put my finger on it."

It means: "I know I don't like it, but I don't know exactly what it is."

Or an example would be music.

You hear a song at the club, you're dancing, you're having a fun, and all of a sudden a

new song comes on: "Dom-dom-dom-dun-nuh-dom-dom",

and you're like: "Uh, I don't like that song, but I can't put my finger on it.

I don't know why I don't like it, but I don't like it."

You know?

That would be for number nine.

When you can't put your finger on something, it's:

"I know I don't like something, but I can't either tell you

the exact word why or I don't have an exact reason to point out and say why I don't like it."

All right?

Now, number 10 is leg.

This thing.

One second.

Let me try again.

Leg.

Okay, leg.

When you "pull somebody's leg", which is like pulling, pull, pull my leg, it means to joke

with someone or to tease.

So I might say to Mr. E: "Hey, E. You want a pair of pants? Jeans?"

Well, I'm pulling his leg because he only has one leg, so what does he need pants for?

You'll go: "Poof, go away, James.

Go back to teaching English."

All right?

So, when you tease or joke with somebody, like: "I'm only joking with you",

I'm pulling your leg - I'm joking.

I'm not serious, I'm just trying to have fun with you.

That's pulling someone's leg.

That's leg.

Foot.

I'm getting too old for this.

So your foot goes in here.

Okay?

This is a shoe.

You put your foot in here.

All right?

There we go.

So, when you "put your best foot forward", that's your foot there, what it means is you

show people your best quality.

What is the best about me?

So if I'm smart, I'll show you I'm smart, or I'm flexible.

I'm not flexible, but here we go.

That's it.

I can't bend anymore.

Or I'm good at telling jokes, or drawing people.

I would put my best foot forward and show you what I'm very good at.

So you do that when you meet people for the first time.

You put your best foot forward.

Or when you want a job, so they can see: What is really good about you?

Okay?

And there's number 12, and it makes my "blood boil" when I forget to do things.

I forgot to do number 12.

Blood boil.

What does "blood boil" mean?

Well, I'm going to help you out here.

So, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo.

And remember I said it makes my blood boil?

Well, "blood" is inside of you.

If I cut and something comes out, that's called blood.

"Boil", when you make tea, you put the water on and it starts to boil.

It means... So, in this case the blood gets hot or you get angry.

It just makes my blood boil when...

When people won't let me sit down on a long journey or trip.

Or it makes my blood boil when someone's in the washroom for a very, very, very long time

and I need to go.

It makes me angry.

All right?

It made my blood boil when I forgot to put number 12, because now instead of going one