Learn the English Phrases "to get the wrong idea" and "to be in the wrong"

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In this English lesson, I wanted to help you
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learn the English phrase to get the wrong idea.
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Now, we usually use this to talk about
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when someone interprets what someone else says or
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does and they interpret it wrong.
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And it usually happens in a situation where
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someone is just being friendly and the other
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person might get the wrong idea and think
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that they're interested in them romantically.
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Sometimes this will be part of the story in a movie
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where there's a guy and girl, and the guy is really
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friendly and the girl happens to get the wrong idea.
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She thinks that he's being nice because he likes her in
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a romantic way, but he just wants to be friends.
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So hopefully you've never been in that situation.
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You can use this for other things as well.
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Like, you can say, hey, I'm helping
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you, but don't get the wrong idea.
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I'm not going to help you for free every weekend.
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Like maybe you're helping someone do some
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work around their house or something.
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Hopefully I explained that well.
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I'm trying to rush here because I'll show
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you the line of dark clouds in a moment.
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And there's a little bit of thunder over there.
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I know there's sun behind me.
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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase
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to be in the wrong when you are in the wrong.
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It means that you're the person who made the mistake.
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Sometimes we use this formally to
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talk about a car accident.
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When one car, when one car hits the other,
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we usually say one person was in the wrong.
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Okay, that person didn't signal and they turned,
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or that person crossed into the wrong lane.
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And so we would say that that person is at fault.
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That person is in the wrong.
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So to review to get the wrong idea
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means to interpret what someone does or says
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and to be wrong in your interpretation.
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And to be in the wrong simply means
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that you are guilty of doing something.
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You're the person who didn't signal when
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they turned, or you're the person who
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maybe drove into the wrong lane.
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But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.
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This comment is from Berevilson, a
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very, very much a longtime viewer. Hi. Great teacher.
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Bob, I don't have any clue what you're talking about.
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Kkk, it's not true.
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Thanks a lot for your amazing job.
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And I said great use of the phrase.
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So that's the phrase to not have a clue.
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And Berevilson, thanks for that comment.
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Was using that in a good example sentence.
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So it looks like we might get a storm today.
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I'll show you a couple of things.
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One is if you look in the distance, you can
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see that the sky is very gray in that direction
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and it's also very gray in that direction.
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And if you look on the ground here, you'll see
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lots of sticks and branches from a week ago.
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I'll put a clip in here from Jen.
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Jen caught some, got some footage of the storm.
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We had quite a storm roll through last week and
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I hope this one that's coming isn't the same.
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I'm actually on my way outside to tell Jen
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that I just looked at the radar and it
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looks like this storm might hit us.
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Sometimes a storm will go past, but this
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one, it's kind of all around us.
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It's in every direction.
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You can see the dark clouds.
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The sun has gone away now.
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I don't think this storm is
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going to hit us anytime soon.
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Both dogs just barked at me,
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thinking I'm some strange person.
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They decided they recognized me and
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they're going the other way now.
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But we'll have to see if that storm hits us or not.
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I think it will.
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It said on the forecast that there
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was a 40% chance of rain today.
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And I can sense it in the air.
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I feel it in my bones that it's going to rain today.
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We'll have to see.
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I'll leave you with a nice view as
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I talk for the last 10 seconds.
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There are the big clouds.
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If I walk this way, you can see them
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all the way around this corner as well.
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I think if it comes, it'll be pretty harsh
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and pretty quick and then it will be over.
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Anyways, thanks for watching.
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I'll see you in a few
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days with another short English lesson. Bye.
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