Meaning of ROUGH PATCH and TOUGH TIMES - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So sometimes in life, you hit a rough patch.
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In English, we use this phrase to talk
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about a time in life when things aren't going well.
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So if you have recently lost your job,
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you could say that you have hit a rough patch.
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I think it comes from talking about when there is a part
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of the road that's bumpy
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or where there's a hole in the road.
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You would call that a rough patch,
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and we now use the same phrase to talk about life.
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So you could say I lost my job last week.
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I have hit a rough patch.
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I haven't lost my job, by the way.
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That's just an example.
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Sometimes, we use this to talk about relationships.
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People can say that their relationship
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with their boyfriend or girlfriend has hit a rough patch.
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So in English, when you say that you have hit a rough patch,
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it means that things aren't going
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the way you were hoping them to go.
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Maybe life has just taken a strange turn
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and isn't as fun as it used to be.
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So hopefully, you're not hitting any rough patches,
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and we have another phrase, tough times.
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Sometimes, you experience tough times in life.
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Tough times are when, again, things don't go the way
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you were hoping them to go.
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Right now in the world,
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I think a lot of people are experiencing tough times.
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It's an interesting time in the world right now
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with everything that's going on,
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so I hope that you are safe.
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I hope that you are staying home a lot.
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As we go though this tough time together,
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I hope that we all come out on the other end healthy,
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and I hope that things just go well.
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So sometimes, you hit a rough patch in life,
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and sometimes, you experience tough times,
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but either way, I hope that you are having a good today,
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and I hope that you have a good day tomorrow, as well.
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