Meaning of ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So sometimes you have a day that's just filled
with problems, and in English we have a saying,
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"One thing after another."
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We often use this to describe a day where
from the moment we get up until we go to bed
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it's just one problem after another.
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So imagine a day where you get up and you
really wanted eggs for breakfast and you open
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the fridge and there's no eggs.
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And then on the way to work you run out of
gas and you have to walk to a gas station
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to get some gas.
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And then when you get to work, you find out
that two of your co-workers are sick and you
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have to work on the big project all by yourself
that day.
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When you got home at the end of that day you
would probably describe it to someone as,
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"Ah, it was just one thing after another today!"
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