Meaning of HIGH HOPES and TO GET YOUR HOPES UP - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So, I had high hopes that we would have
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a really good winter here in Canada.
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When you have high hopes,
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it means that you are expecting something to be really good,
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and I had high hopes that we would have a good winter.
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But if you look behind me,
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you can see that once again everything has melted.
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Believe it or not, I was out here yesterday
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and it was a snowstorm.
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You can see this if you watch my next video
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that's coming out on my other channel.
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I made a video about the words 'like' versus 'love'
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and I made it outside while it was snowing.
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So, yesterday, I was getting what I had wished for.
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My high hopes that we would have a good winter,
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they were definitely coming true yesterday, but not today.
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So, in English, again,
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if you say that you have high hopes for something,
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it means that you are expecting it to be good.
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By the way, the band Panic! at the Disco
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has a song out right now called High Hopes.
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I think you should listen to it.
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You'll learn a few English words and phrases.
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We have another phrase, 'to get your hopes up,'
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and this means something very similar.
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If you get your hopes up about something,
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it means that you are expecting the best, okay?
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So, when I get my hopes up
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that we will have a really good winter,
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it means that I'm expecting a lotta snow
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and I'm expecting it to be cold
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and I'm expecting it to just be white outside
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instead of kinda this boring brown color
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that we have right now.
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So, when you have high hopes,
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it means you're expecting the best.
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And when you get your hopes up,
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it means that you are expecting the best as well.
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And if you don't get what you hoped for,
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we say that your hopes are dashed.
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Hopefully your hopes don't get dashed very often,
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and hopefully you are having a good day.
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I'm Bob the Canadian and you're learning English with me.
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And I guess I'll just say it again,
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I hope you're having a really good day.
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