Meaning of GET WIND OF and GET THE WIND KNOCKED OUT OF YOU - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles
4,852 views ・ 2020-04-10
Please double-click on the English subtitles below to play the video.
00:00
So it's quite windy out here
today, and it's cold again.
0
205
4015
00:04
That's kind of how the month
of April goes in Canada,
1
4220
4200
00:08
so I'm wearing my winter coat,
2
8420
1960
00:10
and it's really, really windy,
3
10380
1110
00:11
so I thought I should
teach you a couple phrases
4
11490
2550
00:14
with the word wind in it.
5
14040
1030
00:15
The first phrase is get wind of.
6
15070
2460
00:17
When you get wind of something,
7
17530
2130
00:19
it means that you hear about it.
8
19660
1750
00:21
It could be something that
is supposed to be a secret,
9
21410
4060
00:25
but you start to hear little
pieces of information,
10
25470
3490
00:28
and you get wind of something
that's going to happen.
11
28960
3620
00:32
Maybe your friends are
planning to go to a movie
12
32580
2660
00:35
and they haven't told you,
13
35240
1510
00:36
and you notice that your friend
has a couple movie tickets
14
36750
3140
00:39
on their desk.
15
39890
1670
00:41
You might say that you are now
16
41560
1360
00:42
starting to get wind of the fact
17
42920
3010
00:45
that they are going to see a movie.
18
45930
1300
00:47
So when you get wind of something,
19
47230
2160
00:49
it means that you start
to figure out a secret.
20
49390
3220
00:52
Hopefully your friends
aren't mean like that.
21
52610
2150
00:54
Hopefully your friends just
invite you to the movie
22
54760
2590
00:57
instead of keeping it a secret.
23
57350
1563
00:59
But yes, get wind of.
24
59880
1690
01:01
The other phrase I wanted to look at was
25
61570
2640
01:04
to get the wind knocked out of you.
26
64210
2460
01:06
When I was a kid,
27
66670
1350
01:08
I actually fell out of
a window on that barn
28
68020
3970
01:11
and I landed on my back,
29
71990
1640
01:13
and when I landed on my back,
30
73630
2060
01:15
I got the wind knocked out of me.
31
75690
2430
01:18
Notice I went to the past tense there.
32
78120
2280
01:20
When you get the wind knocked out of you,
33
80400
2300
01:22
it means that you can't
breathe for a little bit.
34
82700
2500
01:25
I don't know if you have ever fallen
35
85200
1970
01:27
and landed on your back,
or on your stomach,
36
87170
3340
01:30
but sometimes when that happens,
37
90510
2070
01:32
you get the wind knocked out of you,
38
92580
2430
01:35
and you sit there for a bit
39
95010
1490
01:36
and you can't breathe for a few seconds.
40
96500
2140
01:38
So when you get the
wind knocked out of you,
41
98640
2160
01:40
it means that you can't
breathe for a little bit,
42
100800
2100
01:42
and when you get wind of something,
43
102900
1650
01:44
it means that you are
starting to figure out
44
104550
2300
01:46
something that is a secret.
45
106850
1440
01:48
Anyways, Bob the Canadian here.
46
108290
1610
01:49
It's a Friday.
47
109900
1000
01:50
It's a cold Friday here in Canada.
48
110900
1860
01:52
I hope you're having a good day,
49
112760
1450
01:54
and I'll see you on
Monday with another video.
50
114210
2313
New videos
Original video on YouTube.com
About this website
This site will introduce you to YouTube videos that are useful for learning English. You will see English lessons taught by top-notch teachers from around the world. Double-click on the English subtitles displayed on each video page to play the video from there. The subtitles scroll in sync with the video playback. If you have any comments or requests, please contact us using this contact form.