Meaning of SHOT DOWN - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So there's a couple ways to use the phrase
"shot down" in English besides the obvious
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which would be that you're flying in a plane
and someone shoots you down.
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But we use this in everyday English as well.
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The first example would be if there's someone
that you like and you asked them out on a
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date and they said, "No!", and they said,
"No!", really quickly.
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We would say that you got shot down by that
person.
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Another example would be maybe at work you
had a really, really good idea and when you
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presented your idea to your boss or to your
manager he did not like it, or she did not
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like it.
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We would say that they shot you down or that
they shot your idea down.
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So, it's not nice to be shot down.
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It kind of hurts your feelings a little bit
so I hope it hasn't ever happened to you.
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