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Today's expression is very good.
It is to be at the helm.
H -E -L -M. To be at the helm.
Now, a couple days ago, we had the expression to give a wide berth and That expression as I told you is related to shipping Well to be at the helm is also related to shipping if you look at a ship especially the the old -style ship with the sales, you know, like Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan and all the other great explorers Cortez and all those guys well I think Cortez was an explorer right, anyway helm, H -E -L -M a helm is the place where you steer and guide the ship.
That's where the captain stands, the captain of the ship, the skipper, he or she I guess of course there are female captains.
That person stands up there they are the leader they guide the ship they can steer the ship they tell the ship where to go.
so who is at the helm means who's the captain and who is at the helm in daily English means who is in charge.
who is the boss. who is the leader.
to be at the helm means to be the leader.
for me In my house, I am at the helm.
Next in line would be my cat, Minty.
And then Cass, but Cass, Cass is just a slave. We force her to wash dishes and wash clothes.
Yes, Minty. I'll feed you in a minute just a second, just a second, Minty.
Okay, uh, I have to go feed my cat, why don't you guys check out a dialogue?
Are you looking at the stock market?
My Apple stock is up!
Who took over after Jobs died?
Tim Cook's at the helm, he's doing great!
Yeah, Apple stock. Do you invest?
Do you buy stocks, S .T .O .C .K .S.?
You know the stock market, the New York Stock Exchange, the FTSE, the Financial Times Straits Index all those big, the Nikkei in Japan, yeah, all those giant stock indexes.
Do you have stock? Yeah, I don't.
No, I don't have any money so I don't have stock, but people who have Apple stock, boy, they're happy.
Apple stock is one of the most valuable, Not the most value, but but definitely a very valuable stock and you know that stock value goes up And if your stock value goes up you're happy because you're making money, but the real one was who took over after jobs died So as you know probably Steven Jobs, it's not Jules.
It's jobs Stephen jobs was the leader He was the president or CEO or something of Apple.
He was on top But he did die he died a few years ago Still made a great company and so the question was who took over who is the new?
Boss who was the new leader who is the new captain at?
Apple and the answer Tim cook is at the helm Tim cooks at the helm he's in charge He's the new boss.
He's the leader. He is the captain of the apple ship.
I Just a minute ago.
I told you that I was the captain.
I was at the helm in my house No, I think it's actually my minty yeah, minty is at the helm in my house.
I'll be honest I know I know the truth.
I know the truth who's at the helm in your house is it you?
Oh, your wife, your husband, your mom, your dad, your brother, your sister, your cat, your dog, your bird, your, your, I don't know, cockroach?
Does anybody have a cockroach in their house?
You know there's a song, la cucaracha, la cucaracha, da, da, da, da, da, da, da.
Yeah. It means the cockroach with a broken leg or something like that.
Very famous song. Anyway.
Anyway, who is at the helm, to be at the helm, to be the lida.
Check out the dialog two more times.
Are you looking at the stock market?
My Apple stock is up.
Who took over after Jobs died?
Tim Cook's at the helm, he's doing great!
Are you looking at the stock market?
My Apple stock is up.
Who took over after Jobs died?
Tim Cook's at the helm, he's doing great!
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