Learn the English Phrases FEELING DRAINED and BRAIN DRAIN

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn

the English phrase "feeling drained."

When you are feeling drained, it means you have no energy.

It's the opposite of saying that you're feeling energetic.

I was feeling drained when I came home from work today

but then I had supper and I feel a lot better.

I'm not feeling drained anymore,

but that is why I picked this phrase

because I was feeling drained.

It comes from the word drain.

The drain is where the water goes down

at the bottom of the sink.

So when you take the little plug out at the bottom

of the sink, the water gets drained out.

So it's kind of related to that.

When you're feeling drained,

it's like all of your energy was drained out of your body

and you just don't have any anymore.

But yeah, I'm not feeling drained anymore.

I'm actually feeling really energetic.

I think it's 'cause I had a really nice supper.

I had a really nice meal

and that just pepped me up a little bit.

Anyways, the next phrase I wanted to teach you

is the phrase "brain drain."

A brain drain is when smart people

from one country move to another country.

It's when people get college degrees or university degrees

and then they move from their country to another country.

Canada actually has a brain drain all the time.

Many of Canada's finest and smartest people

go to university in Canada and they get a degree

and then they move to the United States.

We have constantly had a brain drain in Canada.

In fact, many years ago,

Canada had a really good aerospace industry,

actually aeronautical industry.

I'm not sure if I'm using the right words.

We had really smart people who designed airplanes

and then a program was canceled and they all moved

to the United States to work for NASA in the space program,

so we had a massive brain drain.

That was a long time ago

but it happens to other countries as well.

People get an education and then they move away.

It's kind of sad.

I didn't do that though. I'm still in Canada.

I think I'm pretty smart. I hope so.

So my brain did not end up going to another country

and working there.

Anyways, to review, when you are feeling drained,

it means you are not energetic,

it means you are very, very tired.

And when there is a brain drain,

it means that people move from one country

to another country.

So yes, I'm not feeling drained anymore

but I think I'm feeling a bit silly

and I hope I'm making sense.

Let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from Eduardo.

"Hi Bob, because of this pandemic, we need to stay at home.

We can't visit family, friends, or someone else.

We are in the same boat. Thanks, Bob, for the phrases."

And my response was this.

"That's probably the best example.

The whole world is in the same boat right now,"

because of this pandemic, of course.

So there's a lot of bad with a pandemic.

It's a horrible thing.

But if there's one small thing that is maybe good about it

if you could say that,

it's that the whole world is in the same boat right now.

So Eduardo, thanks for the comment.

Great use of the phrase

from the last lesson, to be in the same boat.

The world is definitely in the same boat right now.

We are all experiencing the same things.

We are all trying to get through this pandemic together

and I hope that it goes well.

I hope we can be out of this in a few more months.

I don't know how many times I've said that in a video now.

I seem to say that quite regularly.

Anyways, there was another comment from Mohammad

asking about the weather

and when I was going to make another farm video.

Well, here's what the weather's like right now.

I'm wearing a jacket today.

Yesterday I was wearing a winter coat and gloves.

Today is warm.

In two days, it's going to feel like winter again.

We have a cold front moving in.

So the weather system is changing.

The warm front is moving out and a cold front is coming in

and it's gonna be cold again like winter,

zero degrees during the day, below zero at night,

in Celsius of course.

So winter is going to come back for a little bit

and then hopefully it goes back to normal.

And about another farm video, we'll see.

Once stuff starts growing in a few months,

I'll definitely make one.

See you in a couple days with another short English lesson.