Easy english expression rehashed.
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We have a nice expression today.
It's actually one of those old phrases.
So learn it.
Let's go back in time.
Today's expression is excellent.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Beggars, B-E-G-G-A-R-S.
Beggars can't be choosers.
C-H-O-O-S-E-R-S.
Well, let's look at chooser.
What is a chooser?
A chooser is a person who chooses.
So let's say your family decides to order a pizza.
Okay, let's say there are four of you in the family.
And for me, I love mushrooms.
My mom loves green peppers.
My dad loves anchovies.
And my sister loves, I don't know, pepperoni.
Okay, that's four different toppings.
And they don't go together very well.
So who gets to choose?
In my family, peppers.
My mom.
My mom is the chooser.
So if we're ordering pizza, we all have to look at mom and say, Mom, please, please get mushrooms.
Please get pepperoni.
Please get anchovies.
And my mom says, Nope, I'm going to get green peppers.
That's the power of my mom.
She is the chooser.
So the chooser has a lot of power.
So what is a beggar, B-E-G-G-A-R?
Well, a beggar the image of a beggar is that guy on the street with no job, no money, the homeless guy, and he's asking for money, or he's asking for food or something like that.
Yeah, the life of a beggar is very sad.
But the expression beggars can't be choosers.
Let's say, you're walking down the street and you see a beggar and you give the beggar a dollar.
And the beggar takes the dollar and says, you know, a dollar is now good.
Can you give me five dollars?
Five dollars is much better.
What?
Are you kidding me?
I gave you a dollar.
You didn't do anything.
You should be thanking me.
How can you ask for $5?
Are you crazy?
Right?
A beggar cannot be a chooser.
Or let's say you see a homeless guy and he says, please give me food.
And you walk by and you give him a McDonald's hamburger, brand new.
And the guy says, oh, McDonald's.
I'm sorry.
McDonald's is not healthy.
Can you give me a healthy sandwich?
Maybe a vegetarian sandwich from Subway?
What?
Are you crazy?
I just gave you a free meal and you're trying to ask for something else?
You are a beggar.
You cannot be a chooser.
You have no money.
You have no right.
You should be thankful that people are helping you.
My goodness.
That's the idea.
But when we say beggars can't be choosers, we do not think of homeless people.
We think of people like me.
So I go to my mom's house and I say to my mom, mom, can you make me lunch?
And she says, sure.
So she goes to the kitchen and she makes me lunch.
She makes me some tomato soup and tuna fish sandwich and she gives it to me.
And I go, Oh, mom, I don't like tomato soup.
I like chicken soup.
Make me chicken soup.
In this situation, my mom will say, beggars can't be choosers.
You came here asking for something for free.
You are a beggar.
You cannot choose.
If you ask for something for free, take anything.
You cannot choose.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Let's check out the dialogue.
Here's your new fridge.
Oh, it's a used one.
I wanted a new refrigerator.
For $100?
You're lucky I found this one.
Eh, I guess.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Wow, this guy is asking for a refrigerator.
And for $100, and he wanted a new refrigerator?
That's crazy.
Well, his friend found him one.
It was used, but anyway, a refrigerator.
So yeah, if all you have is 100 and you want a refrigerator, you are not going to get a new refrigerator.
Not a big one.
You're not going to get a clean one.
You're probably going to get a very small, dirty refrigerator.
For $100, it's not enough money.
Yeah, beggars can't be choosers.
So if I want to buy a car but I only have 1000, do you think I should go to the Mercedes-Benz or BMW store?
Hey, $1,000?
I have to go to the junkyard and look for a car.
Yeah, for $1,000, I'm not going to find a nice car.
Beggars can't be choosers, right?
Let's check out that dialogue two more times.
Here's your new fridge.
Oh, it's a used one.
I wanted a new refrigerator.
For a hundred dollars?
You're lucky I found this one.
Eh, I guess.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Here's your new fridge.
Oh, it's a used one.
I wanted a new refrigerator.
For $100?
You're lucky I found this one.
Eh, I guess.
Beggars can't be choosers.
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