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

So sometimes in life, you hit a rough patch.

In English, we use this phrase to talk

about a time in life when things aren't going well.

So if you have recently lost your job,

you could say that you have hit a rough patch.

I think it comes from talking about when there is a part

of the road that's bumpy

or where there's a hole in the road.

You would call that a rough patch,

and we now use the same phrase to talk about life.

So you could say I lost my job last week.

I have hit a rough patch.

I haven't lost my job, by the way.

That's just an example.

Sometimes, we use this to talk about relationships.

People can say that their relationship

with their boyfriend or girlfriend has hit a rough patch.

So in English, when you say that you have hit a rough patch,

it means that things aren't going

the way you were hoping them to go.

Maybe life has just taken a strange turn

and isn't as fun as it used to be.

So hopefully, you're not hitting any rough patches,

and we have another phrase, tough times.

Sometimes, you experience tough times in life.

Tough times are when, again, things don't go the way

you were hoping them to go.

Right now in the world,

I think a lot of people are experiencing tough times.

It's an interesting time in the world right now

with everything that's going on,

so I hope that you are safe.

I hope that you are staying home a lot.

As we go though this tough time together,

I hope that we all come out on the other end healthy,

and I hope that things just go well.

So sometimes, you hit a rough patch in life,

and sometimes, you experience tough times,

but either way, I hope that you are having a good today,

and I hope that you have a good day tomorrow, as well.