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Today's expression is to fall asleep flat, to fall flat.
Something fell flat.
Yep, i hope i don't fall flat.
Don't worry, you're not going to fall flat, f-a-l-l.
Fall up flat, f-l-a-t.
Flat like a pancake or you know, the opposite of flat would be hilly.
So if you're in the desert, the road is very flat.
But if you're in the mountains, it's very hilly.
There's lots of mountains.
So fall flat.
To fall flat, what does it mean?
It means to fail.
F-A-I-L.
It really failed.
So for example, I had a proposal at my office.
I had an idea.
So we had a meeting and I told the CEO, I told the boss and all the other bosses, this is my idea.
I want to start this type of a business, this type of product.
And everybody said, boo, that's a stupid idea.
That's a terrible idea.
We're never going to do it.
That's ridiculous.
My proposal fell flat.
My proposal failed.
Nobody liked it.
Another great situation.
How about this?
Did you ever hear a joke and you thought it was really, really, really funny?
So then you went to your house to your husband or your wife and you told the joke and you thought it was so funny, but nobody laughed.
So when you heard the joke, you laughed.
You thought it was so funny.
And then when you told the joke, nobody laughed.
Well, in that situation, your joke fell flat.
You didn't fall flat.
Your joke fell flat.
Oh, it can be so embarrassing when your joke fails.
Oh, yeah.
Let's check.
It happens to me all the time.
Believe me.
I know.
You know, I listen to my podcasts and I laugh to myself.
And then I watch my student listen and they don't laugh.
And I realized, oh my God, that joke really fell flat.
All right, let's check out the dialogue.
Boy, that movie really fell flat.
Yeah, what a waste of money.
Let's go watch some Seinfeld.
Good idea.
It happens.
You go to the movies, you spend a lot of money nowadays movie tickets are expensive you go watch the movie and, oh my goodness, it was terrible, it was stupid, it was like a waste of money, a waste of time.
Yeah, it happens.
That movie really fell flat.
It was bad, it was just terrible.
Can you think of any movies recently that fell flat that you thought would be really good and then you went to see it and it was really bad?
It failed in your perspective?
The last movie I saw was Forrest Gump.
It was a great movie.
If you haven't seen the movie, I do recommend Forrest Gump.
They say life is like a – my mama used to tell me that life is like a box of chocolates.
Yeah, that's all I remember.
And I remember him playing ping pong.
It was really good.
Ping pong diplomacy, Richard Nixon.
Anyway, yeah.
Do you understand these anecdotes, these interesting side stories that I'm telling you?
If you do not understand these anecdotes, these stories, then my anecdotes are falling flat.
They fell flat.
What can I say?
It happens to me all the time.
Do you guys know the situation comedy Seinfeld?
S-E-I-N-F-E-L-D.
So popular in America.
It was really popular through the 90s.
If you're interested in Seinfeld, I recommend that you –
Check out DDM, because we do a lot of little.
Seinfeld blurbs, great daily English and excellent expressions and super pronunciation.
Seinfeld, it's the king of comedy.
Let's check out that dialogue two more times.
Boy, that movie really fell flat.
Yeah, what a waste of money.
Let's go watch some Seinfeld.
Good idea.
Boy, that movie really fell flat.
Yeah, what a waste of money.
Let's go watch some Seinfeld.
Good idea.
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