Learn the English Saying, "It's not the heat, it's the humidty!" and the Phrase "to beat the heat"

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn

the English saying, it's not the heat, it's the humidity.

So it is really, really hot out

here in Ontario, Canada right now.

The last few days have been over 30 degrees celsius, and

today it's going to be over 30 degrees celsius again.

And something we kind of say jokingly when it's this

hot is, hey, it's not the heat, it's the humidity.

Basically, what we mean is the

heat isn't what is oppressive.

It's not the heat that's making you

feel really hot, it's the humidity.

By the way, humidity is the

amount of moisture in the air.

So we say it jokingly, but it's also kind of true.

When you're somewhere where there's a really hot

day and no humidity, it's a lot nicer

because you can sweat and your sweat evaporates.

But when you say it's not the heat, it's the

humidity, you're usually in a place where when you sweat,

it doesn't really evaporate and cool you off.

Sweating doesn't work the way it's supposed to.

So we just kind of get through it by

saying, hey, it's not the heat, it's the humidity.

The other phrase I wanted to help you

learn today is to beat the heat.

So this is something that rhymes.

And we say this to talk about things that

help you cool down when it's hot like this.

To beat the heat, I will go into a restaurant at

market every hour just to cool off for five minutes because

they have air conditioning. Maybe to beat the heat,

Jen and I will get some ice cream around five or

six o'clock this afternoon at market to cool down a little bit.

So we use this kind of fun little rhyming phrase

to talk about the things you do to cool down.

If we had a pool, I could jump

in the pool to beat the heat.

That would be really nice.

So to review kind of a fun joking phrase

to say when it's really hot and humid is

to say, it's not the heat, it's the humidity.

And when it's really hot and you want to relax

and cool down, you do something to beat the heat.

Jump in a pool, have a drink of cold,

cold water, all of those kinds of things.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from Eugene. Hi, Bob.

I could be in the wrong, but it

looks like your powerline pole needs a support.

And my response we'll have a look in the next video.

I think it's fine, but worth checking.

So behind me there is what we in Ontario, Canada.

I've never done this before.

Let me walk backwards as I talk.

In Ontario, Canada, at least in my part of

Ontario, Canada, we call that a hydro pole.

I think in some parts of the world they would

call that a telephone pole, even though they're electrical wires

or an electrical pole or a power pole.

It has a bunch of different names.

We call it a hydro pole.

This one is leaning a little bit and

I think that's what Eugene was talking about.

Let me spin you around and give you a

little bit of a better look at it.

It is leaning, but I can tell you a few things.

One, the base of the pole is in concrete,

so I think that helps it stay stable.

And it has been leaning like this my whole life.

Like even as a kid I remember this

pole has always had a lean to it.

And if we look around on this

side, you'll see these little things here.

They come and inspect the pole.

So the last time in 2002, they came and

had a look at the pole and they said

that everything was a okay with the pole.

So hopefully the pole doesn't fall over.

Hopefully the concrete holds it in the ground nicely.

And hopefully I don't have any problems because if the

power went out, that would really cramp my style.

It would be really hard to teach

English online if I didn't have electricity.

Although I do have a generator that I could fire up.

Anyways, I used a few little phrases in there.

Did you notice that?

Hopefully you can rewind and learn those as well.

Anyways, thanks for watching. I'll see you in a few

days with another short English lesson.

As long as I don't melt today,

hopefully we make it through market without...

I'm going to be sweating buckets, that's for sure.

But I'll drink lots and I'll make sure I

do a few things to beat the heat. Bye.