Learn the English Phrase FOR THE BIRDS and the Term BIRDBRAIN

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In this English lesson,
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I wanted to help you learn the English phrase for the birds.
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When we say something is for the birds,
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we mean that it's useless, or that it has no worth.
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I guess I could say that it's worthless.
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When you say, hey, that English lesson the other day,
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that was for the birds.
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That would mean that you thought the English lesson
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wasn't very good, it wasn't very valuable,
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you didn't get a lot out of it.
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It's not a nice thing to say necessarily
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when you say something is for the birds,
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because you're basically saying you don't like it,
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and it's worthless.
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I watched a TV show the other day,
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and, honestly, it was for the birds.
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It wasn't very well put together.
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It was kind of confusing actually,
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and it just wasn't very useful to me.
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So I would say that that TV show was for the birds.
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The other phrase or term I wanted to teach you today
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is the term birdbrain.
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This is something that means that someone isn't very smart.
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You could say that birdbrain
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means that you are dumb or stupid.
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I usually use this word to talk about myself.
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The other day, I lost my keys,
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and I'm such a birdbrain,
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my keys ended up being in my coat pocket.
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I had put my jacket on instead of my winter coat,
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and I couldn't find my keys.
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I'm such a birdbrain though,
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I usually put my keys in my pocket,
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they were just in my other jacket,
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so I was a bit of a birdbrain.
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So I guess I can use this term,
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it's a bit of an insult to talk about myself,
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but I would be a little worried about using it
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to talk about other people,
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because they might feel insulted.
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So to review, when something is for the birds,
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it means it is useless, it means it has no value,
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it means it is worthless.
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And then when you call yourself a birdbrain,
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you're simply saying that you're not being very smart
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in that moment.
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Hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is from Mohd Ags.
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I've asked Mr. Bob to show us Oscar's house
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a couple of times.
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And although each time he said
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he'd show it in the next video, he never did.
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I just commented yesterday
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that Mr. Bob has never disappointed me,
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but I guess there's a first time for everything.
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Eduardo then says it's always a pleasure to see you here,
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my friend, Mohd Ags, nice to see community in the comments.
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Very cool.
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And then my response, ha ha, I keep forgetting.
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In my defense,
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it's been quite wet where his house is.
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So Oscar does have a house, definitely, Mohd Ags.
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And I know I promised actually,
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it might have been two or three times,
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I promised to show his house in a video,
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and there it is.
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He does not use his house very often.
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In fact, the house is way out here in the flower field,
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because Oscar really only uses his house in the summer.
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Let's take a bit of a closer look at it.
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He uses it, because he likes the shade.
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So it's actually a little bit wet inside right now.
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We have to clean it out, and put some dry straw in it.
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It's actually,
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it's a luxury doghouse, it's actually insulated.
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So I think it definitely stays extra cool in the summer.
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It keeps the heat of the sun out,
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but that is Oscar's doghouse.
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And as I mentioned, I don't know if you can hear this.
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Let's listen.
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(mud squishing)
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Maybe I should show you this as well.
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It is very muddy outside.
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I'm not sure if I'm giving you a good view,
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but out here, I'm probably making,
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I'm probably making all of you very, very dizzy right now,
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but it is very wet out in the flower field.
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So it was difficult to come out here.
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Although, Mohd Ags did ask me to show it to you
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way back in the winter when it was all frozen out here.
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So I should have done that, but hey, you know,
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I'm getting old, it slipped my mind.
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There's things that I just don't remember sometimes,
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but it is fun to be reminded.
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So thanks for that, Mohd Ags.
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Anyways, I'll see you in a few days
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with another short English lesson,
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and thank you so much for watching this one.
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Let's take one more look.
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There's his house, but Oscar is nowhere to be seen.
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