Learn the English Phrases "mistaken identity" and "identity crisis"

In this English lesson, I wanted

to help you learn the English phrase

a case of mistaken identity.

When you say that something is

a case of mistaken identity,

it means it's a situation where

someone thinks someone is

someone else, but they're not.

So maybe as you're walking along,

you see someone from behind

and they have hair just like

mine and it's the same colour

and I'm about the same size.

And you run up and you say, Bob!

And the person turns

around and it's not me.

That would be a case

of mistaken identity.

I used this phrase in a comment

below the last video because

someone said something like,

you never answer my question.

You just answer the questions like,

how are you doing?

Or you talk about what

equipment you used.

And I'm like, this must be a case

of mistaken identity, because

I answer almost every question.

The second phrase I wanted

to teach you today is

the phrase identity crisis.

When someone has an identity

crisis, it's like they

don't know who they are.

So here's a good example.

Sometimes people who are 17 or 18

go to university.

They don't know what they want to be.

They kind of have a bit

of an identity crisis.

They don't know if they want

to be a doctor or maybe they want

to be a teacher or maybe

they want to be an engineer.

They're kind of lost and they don't

even really know who they are.

They're having an identity crisis,

a crisis where they're not sure

what they're supposed to be or even

who they are right now.

So to review, when there is a

case of mistaken identity, it

means that, let's say the

police arrest someone and then

they're like, oh, wrong person,

sorry, it was a case of

mistaken identity.

You matched the description

of the person we were looking for.

And when someone has an identity

crisis, it means they're,

you know, they're just not

sure who they are or what they're

supposed to be in life.

Sometimes people have this

in the middle of their life as

well, where they're just.

They don't like their job and they're

just sort of unhappy and they

have a bit of an identity crisis.

But hey, let's look at a comment

from a previous video.

I'm not going to read the whole

comment, but you can

pause and read some of it.

It's from Alaa Ahmad.

Hello, Mr.

Bob.

Yesterday I dreamt that you

became the Prime Minister

of Canada as a successor

to the former Prime Minister.

Justin.

I was proud, pointed to you

telling my family that you are one

of my best Canadian teachers.

But then I stopped doubting that you

will recognize me as a follower

after becoming the Prime Minister.

I was surprised to see you using

the word prime in my last lesson.

What a coincidence.

Be honest, Bob.

Are you planning to be a politician?

And my response?

Maybe when I retire,

I'll become Prime Minister.

It looks like the job

of leadership is going to quite old

people if you look at the U.S.

the United States.

So thanks, Alaa Ahmad,

for that comment.

And actually, no, I don't have

any plans to go into

leadership or to be a politician.

But yeah, I guess in the United

States, if you're over the age

of 75, you can be the president.

That's how it works in that country.

I guess I have a few years

to go before I do that.

Hey, I wanted to show you

a sign of spring here.

I think I showed you this last

year and my videos are getting

a little bit repetitive,

but that's okay in my book.

I think these are.

I think even in the last video I

didn't know what they were then.

I think Jen said they were forsythia.

Not 100% sure, but some beautiful

yellow

for your spring viewing pleasure.

Out here in the far... on the farmyard,

I'm just really happy

to see stuff starting to grow.

If we look down here as well,

I have my shadow there.

You can see the peonies are

starting to come out of the ground

and starting to grow.

Anyways, a beautiful warm

spring day here in Canada.

I hope you're having a nice

day wherever you are as well.

And I'll see you in a few days

with another short English lesson.

Bye.