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So once again, I'm back and I'm really excited.
So today we have E-Cube number 272, a fantastic idiom.
I don't do too many idioms, but I do like this idiom.
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Today's expression is not carved in stone.
It's not carved in stone.
It is not, N-O-T, carved, C-A-R-V-E-D, in stone, S-T-O-N-E.
If something is carved in stone, what does that mean?
That means you take stone and then you take a hammer and a chisel, which is like a knife, and you and you make a design in the stone.
So if you watch an American TV show or a movie, if you see a cemetery, a graveyard, you know where dead people are buried.
You'll see these stones with the person's name.
Here lies John Smith, born 1851, died 1912, something like that.
And that guy's name and when he was born and when he died is carved in stone.
Now, if you go back to the Bible and you go all the way back to the tenth, You know Moses went up the mountain.
God carved the Ten Commandments in stone with his hand.
That's the story in the Bible.
Those are God's rules, the Ten Laws.
You must follow those laws.
Those are the laws set by God by his own hand.
You must follow those.
They are rules. carved in stone.
Those laws cannot be changed.
They cannot be ignored.
They were carved in stone.
That's where this expression comes from.
If something is carved in stone, it is absolute.
You must follow it.
You understand?
Carved in stone.
Serious stuff.
Not carved in stone.
It's not serious.
Check out a dialogue.
How often are Shane's Let's Master English podcasts?
Usually every week.
Oh, so this week there'll be a new one?
Well, it's not carved in stone.
I know, everybody's asking, where's the Let's Master English podcast?
I'm sorry, I'm so busy.
I'm just going crazy and I want to do it and I promise to get it out as soon as possible.
Once my schedule is normal, we'll go back to our weekly schedule.
But that's perfect situation.
Every week, I produce a Let's Master English podcast.
But it's not carved in stone.
Absolutely, I don't do it.
It depends on my schedule.
You know, sometimes I'm too busy.
Sometimes I'm not here.
Sometimes I'm sick.
These days I'm moving.
It's just chaos.
It's not carved in stone.
But our podcast, what about our daily podcast, this podcast?
Does it have to be every day?
Well, yeah, kind of.
It's not carved in stone.
So if I miss a day, I'm not going to die.
But I really should get this podcast out every day, right?
It's not carved in stone, but anyway, I should try.
How about you?
Can you think of any rules that you have for yourself?
Are they carved in stone?
Are they absolute rules?
Do your parents have any rules for you?
Or do you have any rules for your children that are carved in stone?
They must absolutely follow them like the Word of God says.
What's carved in stone?
Tell me some of your rules.
Me, in my life, what's carved in stone?
Oh, to be good.
Doesn't that sound terrible?
But no, it's true.
To be as equal and as nice and as genuine, as real as possible.
Seriously.
To do my best, that's carved in stone.
Yeah, I really do.
That's why sometimes I don't do my videos regularly.
Because I know I can't give 100%.
I wait.
Yeah.
Sometimes it takes a long time.
Anyway, you guys have a fantastic day.
Listen to the dialogue two more times.
How often are Shane's Let's Master English podcasts?
Usually every week.
Oh, so this week there will be a new one?
Well, it's not carved in stone.
How often are Shane's Let's Master English podcasts?
Usually every week.
Oh, so this week there'll be a new one?
Well, it's not carved in stone.
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