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E-cube number 338 to blow off some what?
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Yeah, it's a very useful expression.
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Today's expression is great.
To blow off some steam.
So we have a phrasal verb, blow off, and it's an expression, an idiom, to blow off some steam.
What does this mean?
Well, first of all, let's look at the word steam, S-T-E-A-M.
If you take water and you boil it, eventually you'll see the water boil.
Like a cloud going up to the sky.
That is steam.
Ah, yes, steam.
So, if a person has steam, what does it mean?
It means that, I don't know, their hot body goes into a cold area.
We could see steam.
But also, when somebody is angry, there's steam shooting out of the person's ears.
And out of their nose, right?
In the cartoons?
Yeah, that's the idea.
So, I am steamed means I'm angry.
I'm very angry.
To blow off means to blow. off something away.
So to blow off some steam means you are very angry and you're going to send away that anger.
So let's say somebody is in your office and you can tell they're very very very, very angry and it's a dangerous situation.
That person could explode.
Maybe he might throw his computer, or maybe he was going to hit somebody, or maybe he's gonna say a bad word to the boss.
It could be very dangerous.
In this situation, you should tell him hey hey buddy, you should go outside and blow off some steam.
Try and get rid of some of that anger before you explode and hurt somebody.
Do you ever need to blow off some steam?
Me?
Absolutely.
Of course I do.
And what I do is if I need to blow off some steam, I try to go outside and take a short walk.
Not too long.
A short walk.
Because I'm busy.
But sometimes I get so frustrated.
I get so angry.
I just want to explode and destroy everything.
So what I do is I go outside and blow off some steam.
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And another thing, stop playing games all night.
Oh, stop nagging me.
Where are you going?
I'm talking to you.
I gotta go blow off some steam.
That's the problem when you're a child, when you're a kid and your mother is nagging you.
Oh boy, you get so angry, but you have no chance to blow off some steam.
You have to escape.
Go outside, take a walk.
You have to do something.
Don't yell at your mom.
Moms are precious.
I guess out of a hundred moms, there might be one evil mom, but most of the moms are just great.
Respect your mother.
Or respect your friend's mother.
Something like that.
Now, to blow off some steam, we also say to blow off a little steam.
It's a great expression, and the message is good.
The message is try to relax, but telling somebody to relax usually doesn't help.
So tell your friend to go someplace and blow off some steam.
Blow off a little steam.
Go be angry someplace.
Grab a pillow and yell into the pillow.
Or go to the gym and start punching a bag.
Or go take a walk and just say, ah, scream.
Don't be angry at other people.
If it's not their fault, don't do it.
But it's easy to happen.
So be careful.
Blow off some steam.
How do you blow off some steam?
And remember, this is like a five-minute therapy, a five-minute solution.
What can you do in only five minutes? to blow off some steam.
You're at work.
You have to continue working, but right now you want to explode.
So for five minutes, if you can escape and do something, what do you do in order to blow off some steam?
Let me know.
Share your strategies with everybody else.
And another thing, stop playing games all night.
Oh, stop nagging me.
Where are you going?
I'm talking to you.
I gotta go blow off some steam.
And another thing, stop playing games all night.
Oh, stop nagging me.
Where are you going?
I'm talking to you.
I gotta go blow off some steam.
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