Learn the English Phrases "past their prime" and "prime time"

In this English lesson, I wanted

to help you learn the English

phrase past their prime.

When you say someone is past

their prime, it means they peaked

at whatever they do well and now

they aren't as good at it.

We usually use this to talk about

athletes, a professional athlete.

Often when they are in their 30s,

they start to not be as good

at the sport as they used to be.

And then we might say when they're 35

or 36, that they are past their prime.

It's not a nice phrase, is it?

I do not look forward to the day where

I'm teaching a class and some parent

says, Bob, that guy is past his prime,

it's time for him to retire.

I don't think I'm anywhere

close yet, but that would

not be a nice thing to hear.

But often used to talk

about professional athletes

when they're in their 30s.

It's common to read a news article

or hear someone on TV say

that they are past their prime.

Again, not very

flattering, not very kind.

The other phrase I wanted

to teach you today is prime time.

This is kind of an older phrase.

This refers to TV shows that are

on between 8 and 10 or 7 and 11.

There's a bit of a...

There's a...

There's a couple different ideas as

to what it means, but it means

the time where people normally,

I guess, used to watch TV.

Now there's streaming and YouTube

and all kinds of other

things to do from 7 to 11.

But prime time meant a TV show that was

on between 7 and 11 at night.

So for me it's usually

game shows from 7 to 8.

So there's Wheel

of Fortune and Jeopardy.

And then at 8 o'clock I don't often

sit down to watch a TV show anymore.

I might watch a Blue Jays

game, but those are on

at prime time sometimes as well.

They start at 7 or 7:30 at night.

Anyways, prime time, the best time

to get a lot

of viewers to watch something.

So it's a review.

When someone is past their prime, it

means that they were good at something

and now they're not as good at it

because they're getting older, they've

peaked and now they're kind of going

downhill.

And then prime time would be any TV

show that's on between 8 and 10

or 7 and 11, whatever you choose.

But hey, let's look at a comment

from a previous video.

This comment is from.

Know that as for your example

of the shirt with the hole in it, Bob,

if it were one of your favorite

shirts, you could possibly wear

a sweater over it in a pinch.

Assuming of course that the weather is

right for a sweater and how many holes

it has, how big they are and where.

I know that was just an example and as

always, a really good one from you.

Thank you so much, Bob.

You're awesome in so many ways.

Have a great day.

And my response, yeah,

I've done that from time to time.

In fact, I'm doing it right now.

Yeah, I went and found what

is my favorite shirt.

It's too bad that shirts get.

The shirt is past its prime there.

I could use the example as well.

It's too bad when things get old.

This doesn't have holes

in it, but it's actually.

It's just starting to wear out

a little bit where you can't see.

So I can't wear it unless

I wear a sweater or a top

like this over top of it.

So anyways, the lawn

chairs are back out.

You might have noticed that

in a previous video.

We put them back out a week or two ago.

This has just become a beautiful spot

to sit in the spring, summer and fall.

For Jen and I.

It's shady in the morning right now.

It's about 9am so it's nice.

We put them away for the winter

and now they're back.

We've also removed one row, one row of

the little markers from the driveway.

We have to remove these at some point.

The dogs were starting to knock

them over so it was time to.

To take them down.

There's one or two in here that

you might say are.

Oh, I think I put them away.

There's one that's past its prime.

It's not in very good shape anymore

and it's time for it to be retired.

Anyways, thanks for watching.

We're having a beautiful

spring day here.

I hope you're having a nice

day wherever you are and I'll

see you in a few days with

another short English lesson.

Bye.