Easy English Expression, rehashed!
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Coach Shane coming at you with E-Cubed number 273.
Finish up your weekend just right.
Oh, such a useful daily English expression.
Are you ready for it?
Here we go.
Let's go back in time.
Oh, yeah.
You know, the other day I had a very sore throat.
And so I took some medicine.
I went to the drugstore, to the pharmacy, and I bought some medicine.
And, oh, boy, I took – they said take one.
But my throat was really in pain.
So I took two.
Oh my goodness.
I felt tired.
I went to sleep.
I slept for like eight hours.
And this is in the morning.
So I woke up in the morning.
I went to the drugstore.
I bought some medicine.
I took two pills.
And then boom.
I slept for another eight hours.
After I woke, I felt better, but I realized, oh my goodness, I took too many drugs, too many pills.
And today's expression is one too many.
I took one too many pills.
This is a great expression.
And the nuance is you're supposed to take a lot or it's okay to take a lot.
But if you take too much, it's no good.
So the idea is this.
If you're listening to an American, you know an American is talking to you, but you don't understand what they said.
So you say, excuse me.
And then the American repeats what they said. but you still don't understand.
So one more time you say, oh, I'm sorry, my English is no good.
Can you repeat that please?
And the American says it one more time, but you still have no idea what they said.
Do you ask again?
Most people would not because most people would realize, oh, asking again is just one too many.
I already asked twice.
That's a lot.
If I ask one more time, it's too much.
It's one too many.
I'll give you one more example.
Some of you might like to drink beer or maybe drink vodka or rum or wine or something else.
Something else delicious in your country.
Some alcohol.
The key is alcohol.
And you can have one beer.
That's okay.
Two beers, feeling good, no problem.
Three beers, uh-oh.
Four beers, woo, better stop.
Five beers, now you are sick.
You cannot walk.
You had one too many.
Four beers was okay.
You should have stopped.
But you had one more beer, boom, too much.
One too many.
It's a great expression talking about the upper limit, the threshold of what you can endure.
Now, check out the dialogue.
This is a great example too.
Are you angry?
Do you like Carol?
No.
She's just a friend.
You smiled at her one time too many.
Uh-oh.
That man is in trouble.
So there's a woman.
Her name is Carol.
And the man smiled at the woman.
And the wife didn't like it.
But maybe one smile is okay.
But then the man smiled again.
Now the wife is angry.
She's even suspicious.
And then the guy smiled again.
Oh, boy.
Now the wife, she hits him.
So he says, are you angry?
Yeah.
Yeah, she's mad.
You smiled at the woman one time too many.
One too many smiles.
Be careful.
Men and women.
If you have another, if you have a boyfriend girlfriend husband wife, be careful with those smiles.
Don't be asking for trouble.
You're going to get in trouble.
Right now, I'll be honest, right now I'm feeling, actually I'm feeling a little sick to my stomach.
No, I'm okay.
I'm not sick.
But I'm feeling sick to my stomach.
And the reason is, if you saw my Facebook picture the other day, I...
I have some homemade baklava.
Oh, it's so delicious.
And if you've ever eaten baklava, you know that it is very sweet.
And one baklava is great.
It's not enough.
Two baklava is really good.
Three baklava, that's a lot.
Four baklava, that's, be careful.
You better stop.
But about an hour ago, I ate six baklavas.
So now I'm feeling kind of sick.
I had one too many.
I ate one too many.
I had one baklava too many.
Actually, I think I had two too many.
But the expression is one too many.
Oh boy, this is what, 279.
No, no, 280.
I can never count so many podcasts.
Ah, this is one too many.
I've made enough podcasts.
I'm going to stop tomorrow.
No more podcasts.
No, of course not.
Of course I'll be back tomorrow.
I need to help you.
You want to master English?
You enjoy studying English?
Okay, then I will be back to help you.
All right?
Together, let's master English!
Are you angry?
Do you like Carol?
No, she's just a friend.
You smiled at her one time too many.
Are you angry?
Do you like Carol?
No.
She's just a friend.
You smiled at her one time too many.
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