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Welcome to the English we speak with me, Neil and me, Feifei. We have an expression which is about
causing trouble or being provocative. It's stir the pot. Stir the pot. When could we use this?
Okay. So let's picture two people having an argument about who should come in to work on Saturday
to finish off a project. Oh right. Nobody wants to do that and I can see why they might be arguing
about this. So how could someone stir the pot? Well, if I just happened to walk over and point out
that person A had been really helpful and had come in to help me lots of times, while person B
always left early, then I'd be stirring the pot. It might make the argument worse.
I'm not entirely sure that helped the situation. Would stirring the pot like that be a little immature?
It might well be and I'm not really one to stir. But listen to these examples of people who love to
stir the pot. Oh, I don't mind what you did. I'm just saying it here to stir the pot.
I'm not sure we should let pure dona in the group chat. He's always trying to stir the pot and
cause trouble. Why are you here? You've got nothing important to say. You're just stirring the pot.
You're listening to the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're learning the expression
stir the pot, which means to cause trouble or be provocative. It might be easy to remember if you
think of it as a metaphor. When you're cooking you put things in a pot and when you stir them together
things happen. So stirring the pot is putting things into a conversation, looking to make bad things
happen. Yes, if I'm trying to explain all the good reasons that I was late for work this morning
and then you come up very deliberately and ask me how was the party last night? In front of the boss
you'd be putting some ingredients into that conversation and stirring it until something bad happened.
Don't worry, I'm not a pot sturer. How was that party anyway? I'm saying nothing. See you next time. Bye.
Bye.
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