Easy English Expression, rehashed.
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How you doing this weekend?
I hope you're doing good.
We have snow.
I'm recording this in November of 2025.
We got snow outside.
I really love it.
A little bit early this year.
But that's fine.
But you know what?
Today's expression is perfect in this situation if you think it's too much.
E-Cube number 274.
Let's go.
Let's go back in time.
So if you're a kid and you live with your parents, obviously today's expression is very useful.
If you're a husband or a wife, a boyfriend, a girlfriend and you are not going out on a date but you're going out with just your friends.
You might want to use this expression.
Now, the expression is, cut me some slack.
Cut me some slack.
Cut me some slack.
And we did study this expression, something very similar, a couple weeks ago.
It's the same as slack up.
Except this expression is something you say to plead.
Slack up.
This is kind of a command.
You're telling something to do something.
Telling someone to do something.
Cut me some slack has the nuance of plead.
Please.
Oh, please be nice.
Oh, don't worry.
It's a little bit nicer.
This is the expression that you might tell your parents or your wife or your husband.
Yeah, you could tell your boss or your teacher too, but I would add the word please.
Oh, cut me some slack, please.
Please cut me some slack.
Yes, this is much better than saying slack up.
Oh, come on, teacher, slack up.
If a student told me that that student would get an F.
But if the student said oh teacher, please cut me some slack.
I might cut him or her some slack.
Maybe if I was feeling nice.
So be nice to me.
Don't be so strict.
Don't be so tough.
Be a little bit loose on the rules.
Be nice, please.
Let me give you a great conversation starring a great kid.
Here we go.
Besher, I want you home by 10.
All right, Uncle Shane.
And don't spend more than $20.
Oh, cut me some slack, Uncle.
I'll be good.
There you go.
Moms and dads can be tough.
Grandmas and grandpas, they're usually nice.
Uncles can be tough.
And Uncle Shane is tough.
Tough on Besher.
Yeah, Besher is actually one of our youngest DDM students.
I'm not joking.
Besher is young in elementary school, and his English is great.
I'm sorry.
I don't think Besher's mom listens to this podcast or his dad.
But Besher's English is better than his mom's.
And his dad, boys.
Besher's English is much better than his dad's.
Besher?
No, no.
Besher's doing great.
He's a smart kid.
He's got a little brother, so I'm expecting that Besher, you're going to be a great leader and teacher for your brother, right.
Excellent.
So, yeah, Besher.
If you're ever in America, I'll give you $20 to go out and have a good time.
It's a pretty good deal, huh?
That's a pretty good deal, yeah.
But you'd be home by 10, okay?
Cut me some slack, uncle.
Don't worry.
I'll be good.
Don't be so strict.
Now, but when I was in high school.
I remember when I was in high school, up until I was 16 years old, I had to be home by 9 pm.
Then after I was 16, for about a year, I could stay out until 10 p.m.
And finally, when I was a senior in high school, my last year of high school, my mom and dad let me stay out till midnight.
And then I was free.
Yeah.
What about you?
When you were young, what time did you have to be home by?
Do you remember?
What time you had to be home by?
Were your parents strict?
Were they tough?
Did you ask your parents?
Did you tell your parents?
Did you say, oh, please, Dad, cut me some slack.
Mom, cut me some slack.
Be nice.
Don't worry.
Bend the rules.
It's a great expression.
Once again, especially for kids.
But yeah, even at my age, I still use this expression to my mom.
She's always on me.
She's always bothering, or I shouldn't say bothering me.
She's nagging me about something.
Cut me some slack, mom.
Come on.
I'll be good.
That's today's expression.
You guys have a fantastic day.
Besher, I want you home by 10.
All right, Uncle Shane.
And don't spend more than $20.
Oh, cut me some slack, Uncle.
I'll be good.
Besher, I want you home by 10.
All right, Uncle Shane.
And don't spend more than $20.
Oh, cut me some slack, Uncle.
I'll be good.
Thanks so much for listening.
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