Learn the English Phrases DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB and HE'S A NATURAL - A Short English Lesson

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn

the English phrase don't quit your day job

or don't give up your day job.

This is a phrase that we say jokingly

after someone does something like plays the guitar

or sings a song,

or does something that requires some talent,

and we don't think they were very good at it.

So it's not a nice thing to say.

It's kind of a mean joke,

but let's say your brother has been practicing the guitar

for weeks, and he has been practicing singing for weeks,

and he sits down one evening,

and he plays you a song, and it's not really that good.

You might say, well, don't quit your day job.

(chuckling)

Basically, what you're saying is

now is not the time to quit your job

because I don't think you have enough talent

to make a living or to make money

singing and playing the guitar.

So not a nice joke,

but if someone does something like plays the guitar

or does not sing well, you might say

hey, don't quit your day job.

The other phrase I wanna look at is the phrase

when you say someone is a natural.

So let's say your brother bought a guitar,

and he only practiced for a week,

and all of the sudden, he was just an amazing guitarist.

You would say he's a natural.

Let's say your sister,

when she goes to learn to drive a vehicle,

within an hour, she's a perfect driver.

You would say she's a natural.

When you say someone is a natural,

it means that with very little training

and with very little practice,

they become really, really good at something.

So some people are just natural,

or you can say they are a natural at certain sports.

I think there's actually a baseball movie

called "The Natural."

You'll have to look that up.

Anyways, don't quit your day job, something funny-ish,

so that means it's a little bit funny,

that you say to someone if you don't think they're very good

at the talent they are displaying,

and then when you say that someone is a natural,

it means they're really good at what they do

with very little training and very little practice.

Let's look at a comment from one of the last videos.

This comment is from Julia Olis.

Julia is a member of this channel.

Remember, if you would like to support this channel,

there is a join button down there,

and I do tend to answer the comments

or respond to the comments from members

before I respond to comments from subscribers.

So Julia Olis says hello, dear teacher.

I hope everything is going well.

It is.

Smoking, although legal,

is very frowned upon in this day and age.

Great use of two different phrases, Julia.

If someone dares to smoke in a public place,

for instance, at the bus stop,

he definitely will get not only a dirty look

but also a fine from the police.

Excellent, so you've used, I think three phrases,

if not four phrases in there that I've just recently taught.

Nice work.

My response was that is very true here in Canada, as well.

Smoking in public is frowned upon.

So thank you, Julia, for that comment.

and it was fun to be able to respond to you via video.

Anyways, it is a beautiful day here in Ontario, Canada.

I'll talk a little bit about the weather.

We have been getting awesome rainfall lately on the farm,

and that just makes me excited.

I think I've mentioned in other videos

that one of my primary jobs on the farm is to water things.

So I drag hoses around, and I set up sprinklers,

and I water a lot of things on the farm.

When it rains, like it just rained yesterday again,

I have less to do, and I kinda like that

because I do teach full time still,

and I do all these YouTube videos.

So whenever it rains, it's like a mini holiday for me.

It's a stay vacation or, sorry, it's a staycation.

I don't actually go anywhere,

but I'm super excited whenever it rains.

In fact, yesterday, it was raining,

and Jen and I stood in the garage of our house

with the door open,

and we just watched the rain fall out of the sky.

It was beautiful.

I loved it.

So anyways, super happy it rained.

By the way, you're seeing this on a Tuesday.

There is another video on my bigger channel.

I'll put a link somewhere.

You should watch that, as well.

Have a good day.

I'll see you in a couple of days

with another small English lesson.