Meaning of TO THEIR FACE and BEHIND THEIR BACK - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

When someone does something that you don't like you really have two options, three actually!

عندما يفعل شخص ما شيئًا لا تحبه ، يكون لديك حقًا خياران ، ثلاثة في الواقع!

I'll tell you the third one at the end of the video.

سأخبرك بالثالث في نهاية الفيديو.

But you really have two options.You can tell them to their face that you don't like what

لكن لديك حقًا خياران: يمكنك إخبارهم بوجوههم أنك لا تحب ما

they're doing.

يفعلونه.

This means that you can go right up to them, in person, and have a conversation and tell

هذا يعني أنه يمكنك التوجه إليهم شخصيًا وإجراء محادثة وإخبارهم

them that they're doing something that you don't like.

أنهم يفعلون شيئًا لا تحبه.

Or, you can talk about it behind their back.

أو يمكنك التحدث عنها خلف ظهورهم.

When you talk about someone behind their back it means that you talk to other people about

عندما تتحدث عن شخص ما وراء ظهره ، فهذا يعني أنك تتحدث إلى أشخاص آخرين حول

what they are doing, but you don't actually go and talk to the person about it.

ما يفعلونه ، لكنك في الواقع لا تذهب وتتحدث مع الشخص حول ذلك.

So you can talk to them face to face, you can go and tell them straight to their face

حتى تتمكن من التحدث معهم وجهًا لوجه ، يمكنك الذهاب وإخبارهم مباشرة في وجوههم

that they're doing something that bothers you.

أنهم يفعلون شيئًا يزعجك .

Or, you can talk about it behind their back.

أو يمكنك التحدث عنها خلف ظهورهم.

But there's a third option.

لكن هناك خيار ثالث.

My mom always used to say, "If you don't have anything good to say then don't say anything

اعتادت أمي دائمًا أن تقول ، "إذا لم يكن لديك أي شيء جيد لتقوله فلا تقل شيئًا

at all."

على الإطلاق."

So you could just not say anything.

لذلك لا يمكنك قول أي شيء.