Meaning of A BIT OF A STRETCH and STRETCH YOUR MONEY - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So in English when
you say that something
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is a bit of a stretch,
or when you say something
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is a stretch, it means
that it is an exaggeration.
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A good example of this
would be if you went fishing
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and you came home and you
lied and told people that you
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caught 10 fish when you only caught seven,
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and that all of the fish
weighed several kilograms,
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when in fact they were all quite small.
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That would be a bit of a stretch.
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It would mean that you are exaggerating,
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and you are not telling the whole truth.
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You are kind of stretching the truth.
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That's another use of the word stretch.
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So, when you say it's a bit of a stretch,
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you mean that it is a
bit of an exaggeration.
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A lot of times when people tell stories,
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they stretch the truth.
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And you can oftentimes in English say,
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"Is that a bit of a stretch,
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"that story "that you're telling me?
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"Is it true that that person you met
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"was over two meters tall,
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"or is that just a bit of a stretch?"
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So it's not quite a lie,
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it's simply stretching the
truth or telling a little bit
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of something that is an exaggeration.
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We also use the word stretch
when we're talking about money.
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Sometimes when you don't
have a lot of money left,
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you have to stretch your
money, or you have to stretch
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every dollar so that you can
live till the end of the month.
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Sometimes you only have a
little bit of money left.
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Maybe it's already the 20th
or the 25th of the month,
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and you don't get paid
until the end of the month.
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You will need to stretch your money.
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You will need to stretch
every dollar so that you
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can make it to the end of the
month and have enough money
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to buy food and to do the
things that you want to do.
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So, when you say something
is a bit of a stretch,
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it means that it is an exaggeration.
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And when you say that you
need to stretch your money
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or stretch every dollar, it
means that you are going to
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budget your money so that you
don't spend too much of it.
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Anyways, Bob the Canadian here.
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And you're learning English with me.
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I hope you're having a good day.
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I'm freezing out here right
now, actually, it's super cold.
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