Meaning of DON'T BE SUCH A CRYBABY - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So be careful with this phrase.
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If you say to someone in English, "Don't be such a crybaby!", basically you are insulting
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them a little bit.
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A crybaby is somebody who complains a lot.
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Somebody who complains about things that aren't worth complaining about.
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So if you call someone a crybaby or if you say to someone, "Don't be such a crybaby!",
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basically you're insulting them, but you can use this phrase with a good friend.
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Maybe you have a friend who you trust and like and you guys joke around a lot.
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If your friend was complaining a lot about something you could say, "Hey!
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Don't be such a crybaby!
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It's not that big of a deal!"
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And I think your friend would find it funny, but again, if you call someone a crybaby it
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is an insult so use this phrase with care!
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We have another phrase in English, very similar, "Don't be such a whiner!"
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This is when someone is also complaining a lot about something or whining.
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So complaining and whining are almost the same thing in English.
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So you might have a friend who is whining and complaining about work and you might say
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to them, "Hey!
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Don't be such a whiner!"
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But again, this is a little bit insulting so be careful when you use these two phrases
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because you certainly wouldn't want to say this to your boss or to someone who you just
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met.
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So I know you guys aren't whiners.
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I know you're all hard workers so I'm not going to say this phrase to you, but maybe
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someday you might need to say to someone, "Don't be such a whiner!"
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