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OK. Let's get on with this mini episode.
In this episode, I am going to teach you an interesting phrase with a meaning that you might not be able to guess.
The phrase is in the dog house, in the dog house.
That's spelled I -N -T -H -E -D -O -G -H -O -U -S -E, in the dog house.
First, what is a dog house?
Do you know what dog house means?
Basically, it's just what it sounds like.
A doghouse is a little house for a dog.
It is a little place for a dog to live in.
A doghouse is like a tiny little house outside, next to or near someone's house.
In some places and in some families, dogs live outside.
They don't live inside with the family.
I think in many places, dogs do live inside, in the house with the family.
But in some places or in some times dogs live outside and they might have a doghouse to live in.
What does it mean if we say that someone is in the doghouse?
Can you guess what this phrase might mean?
If you are in the doghouse, that means that somebody is mad at you.
Somebody does not approve of you for some reason.
You are in trouble with someone for some reason.
When we think about this phrase, I think it's easy to see why it means what it means, because Because if somebody is in the doghouse, that means that they have been thrown out of the house.
They have been told, you are not welcome here.
We do not want you here.
You can go out and live with the dog in the doghouse.
We don't want you here living with us.
And so, if you are in the doghouse, it means somebody is very angry with you.
You have done something to really make someone angry or to really bother somebody or annoy someone You have gotten into trouble with them.
You have done something that they really disapprove of or You have done something that made someone really angry So it sounds like they have kicked you out of the house.
They've kicked you out of the family They've kicked you out of their life in some way.
Being in the doghouse is usually a temporary condition.
Usually it means that somebody is temporarily in trouble.
There is one thing I need to point out about this phrase.
We always say in the doghouse.
We never say in a or a doghouse.
We never say in her doghouse or in his doghouse or in their doghouse.
We always say in the doghouse.
And that is in the doghouse, a colorful and interesting phrase that I think you should know.
This is the end of episode 410 of Everybody ESL.
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