Learn the English Phrases TO DIG UP SOME DIRT and TO DIG IN YOUR HEELS

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In this English lesson,
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I wanted to help you learn the English phrase
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to dig up some dirt.
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When you dig up some dirt on someone,
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it means you look for things that they've done in the past
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that weren't good things to do.
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A lot of times, people who are running for office,
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if they wanna be mayor or prime minister,
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the people who don't want them to be
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will dig up some dirt on them,
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or they'll try to dig up some dirt on them.
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So they'll try to find out if they did anything
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when they were younger that people would frown upon.
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When you frown upon something,
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it means it's something that you shouldn't have done.
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And they might even try to dig up some dirt on them
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in the sense that they are trying to find out
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if they did something illegal.
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That would be bad.
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It's really hard to get into office.
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It's really hard to become mayor,
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or prime minister, or president
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if you did something illegal in the past.
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So sometimes they'll try to dig up some dirt
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on people who are trying to be in a position of power.
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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today
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is to dig in your heels, when you dig in your heels,
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so your heel is like,
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I don't know if I can get my leg up that high, I can't.
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Your heel is at the back of your foot.
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When you dig in your heels,
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it means that you stubbornly refuse to agree with someone,
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or you stubbornly refuse to do what someone
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is asking you to do.
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Our children, at least one or two of our kids,
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often dig in their heels.
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One of my kids will definitely dig
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in their heels quite easily.
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If I say, "You need to clean your room,"
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sometimes they say no,
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which, kids shouldn't do that, should they?
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They shouldn't disagree with their parents.
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But when I think back to when I was
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a young Bob the Canadian, I would often dig in my heels
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when I was arguing with my mom and dad.
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I was a good kid. I was definitely pretty stubborn.
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So to review, when you dig up some dirt on someone,
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when you go to dig up some dirt on someone,
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you're trying to discover things they did in the past
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that were either illegal, or just not very nice.
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And when you dig in your heels,
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it means that you stubbornly refuse to do
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what someone is trying to get you to do.
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Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is from Mohammad, and Mohammad says,
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"Thanks, dear Bob, useful lesson.
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By the way, I really enjoyed playing 'GeoGuessr.'
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My mom watched it. It was 3:30 AM here.
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So we were at our wit's end."
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My response was this, "Wow.
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That is really early in the morning.
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I'm impressed that you stayed up so late,
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or maybe you got up early.
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I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching."
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So, yes, I've been playing "GeoGuessr."
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By the way, thanks, Mohammad, for that comment.
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I've been playing "GeoGuessr" on Sunday evenings.
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It is a pretty fun thing to play.
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I have been enjoying it.
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It's a game where you travel using Google Maps
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and you try to guess what country you're in.
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And so I've been playing it most Sunday nights.
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We just played last Sunday night.
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There's about 90 people or so that show up
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and it's a lot of fun.
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I've enjoyed it.
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We had a streak of 19 correct answers a while ago.
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So that was a lot of fun.
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So anyways, if you're interested, "GeoGuessr."
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It's hard to hold this camera.
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Sorry if I'm making you a little seasick.
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"GeoGuessr" Sunday nights.
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Anyways, my one phrase today had the word dirt in it
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because I'm not sure if you can see this,
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it's probably way too sunny,
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but way in the distance over there, there is a tractor.
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I'm not sure you can see it.
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There are a lot of people,
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we would say working ground right now.
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There are a lot of dust clouds on the horizon,
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because a lot of farmers are in the fields
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with their tractors and they're getting the land ready.
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That's really bright.
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They're getting the land ready to plant crops.
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So it's a very active season here.
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It's been dry for about a week,
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so that's been very helpful.
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A lot of farmers are out planting.
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Anyways, Bob the Canadian here. Thanks for watching.
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I'll see you in a couple of days
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with another short English lesson, bye.
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