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Welcome to the English we speak.
I'm Beth and I'm Feifei.
We have an expression that describes repetitive actions that are predictable and
tiresome.
The phrase is rinse repeats.
Rinse repeat.
Beth, can you give us some context?
Well, to be honest, I'm feeling a bit down at the moment.
I come to work, go home, sleep, rinse repeat.
Oh, it's like that for me too.
It's the same event every day.
It's so predictable and boring.
Exactly, rinse repeat.
Did you know Feifei that this expression comes from the back of shampoo bottles?
They often say wash rinse repeat, meaning wash your hair, rinse the shampoo out,
and wash your hair again.
Well, washing your hair isn't exactly fun.
Mine takes ages to style and then in two days time I have to do it all over again.
It's true, there is no rest from it.
Rinse repeats.
Let's hear some more examples.
Bringing up a baby is difficult.
Feed, sleep, nappy change, rinse repeat.
I made dinner yesterday.
I'll make it today and again tomorrow.
Rinse repeat.
In the UK it's grey clouds, cold, rain, rinse repeat.
You're listening to the English we speak from BBC Learning English,
and we're learning the expression rinse repeat, which is a way of describing a predictable
repetitive action which is tiresome.
The phrase rinse and repeat is also used, though it's not as common.
And like rinse repeat, it often follows a list of repetitive actions.
Let's get back to work.
I have to send an email, plan a meeting, and write another script.
Rinse repeat.
See you next time.
Bye bye.
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