Learn the English Phrases WORRIED SICK and AS SICK AS A DOG - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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In this English lesson I wanted to help you
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learn the English phrase, worried sick.
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When you are worried sick, it means that you are so worried,
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you're so stressed about something
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that you actually feel a little bit sick.
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When you are worried sick,
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you're not just worried, you're really, really worried.
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Probably two examples come to mind of this,
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two situations where I could say that I was worried sick.
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And the second one where Jen was worried sick.
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Normally, when my children go out at night,
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they come home on time, but sometimes they don't.
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I know I use this example a lot.
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If my son goes out and he doesn't come home
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when he's supposed to, sometimes I'm worried sick.
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Because like all parents, I'm worried that something bad
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has happened to him so I'm worried sick.
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When I went to the hospital to have heart surgery,
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during my surgery, Jen was worried sick.
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So when you are worried sick,
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it means you're really, really worried about something.
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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today
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is the phrase sick as a dog.
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I don't know why we add dogs
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into the mix when we talk about being sick.
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But if you're really sick,
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sometimes we say that you are sick as a dog.
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I might say to my boss, "Oh, I'm sorry,
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I couldn't come to work yesterday.
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I was sick as a dog."
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You might phone your boss and say,
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"Oh, could I have a sick day?
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Because I'm sick as a dog."
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So sometimes you say sick as a dog,
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and you can also say as sick as a dog.
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So I could say, "Oh, I'm as sick as a dog."
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So by the way, I'm not sick.
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In fact, I haven't been sick for a very long time.
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I think because I always wear a mask right now.
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I just don't get sick for some reason.
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So I should knock on wood though,
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so that I don't get sick.
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Anyways, to repeat, when you are worried sick,
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it means you're really, really worried about something
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or really, really stressed about it.
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And when you are sick as a dog,
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it simply means that you're extremely sick.
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Hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video
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and this comment actually has the word sick in it.
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So let me read it.
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This is from Brent or as we all know him,
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American English with This Guy.
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By the way, he has a YouTube channel,
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you should check it out.
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And American English with This Guy says,
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"We are the opposite in that respect.
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I prefer driving, if not, I often get car sick."
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And my response is, "Interesting, I don't get car sick
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when riding in a car,
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but I do get a bit car sick if I try to read.
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I also get a bit of motion sickness
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when I sit backwards on a train."
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So this is in reference to the video from the other day
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where we were talking about how I didn't like to drive.
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I do like to drive like little short trips,
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but if I go on a long trip, I don't like to drive.
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I like to take the train.
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I like to fly in planes.
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And Brent, who is American English with This Guy,
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is saying he likes to drive
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because if he doesn't drive,
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he feels a little sick to his stomach.
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That's something that we call car sickness
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or he gets car sick.
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We also call it motion sickness.
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And I definitely get that if I go on the train
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and if I choose a seat
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where I'm sitting backwards on the train,
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I usually get kind of a funny feeling in my head
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and in my stomach, I get a little bit of motion sickness.
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So anyways, Brent, thank you very much for that comment.
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That was awesome of you.
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I do have to apologize to all of you
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who commented on that last video.
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I didn't have time to read all of your comments
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or respond to any of them.
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I only responded to Brent, which is abnormal.
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Usually I take the time to respond to almost all of you.
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And I hope I can keep doing that for a while.
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People are commenting more.
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So it takes longer every day for me to respond,
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but I'll try to keep doing that.
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So anyways, yes, car sickness, motion sickness.
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I generally don't get too sick when I am on a boat.
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Jen, however does not like boats.
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So someday I would like to go on a boat to go on a cruise,
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but Jen would prefer not to
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because she doesn't like big boats.
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And, in fact, now that I think about it
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with the current state of the pandemic,
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I don't think I wanna go on a cruise ship anymore.
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What do you guys think?
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Let me know in the comments below.
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