Learn the English Phrases "You're one to talk!" and "Look who's talking!"

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you

learn the English phrase, you're one to talk.

This is kind of a sarcastic phrase that we

use to kind of make fun of someone when

they're being critical of other people, but they are

doing the thing, they're being critical of themselves.

That sounded a little confusing. Let me explain.

If I was eating a doughnut and if I said to

you as I ate the donut, those people eat too much,

and I pointed to some people across the street, you could

then say to me, You're one to talk!

You're eating a donut.

If I was to say, people in the world should

eat healthier food, and then I started on my second

donut, you could legitimately say to me, you're one to

talk, to kind of make fun of me because I'm

judging other people, but I'm doing the same action myself.

The other phrase I wanted to teach you

today is the phrase, Look who's talking!

This means exactly the same thing.

The two phrases are identical today.

Well, that is a loud truck, eh?

Let's have a look at that.

A big truck full of chips.

People eat too many chips.

And then you could say, look who's talking as I

sit at night and eat a big bowl full of

chips while I watch a basketball game on TV.

That was kind of timely to have a chip truck go by.

It's hard to believe a whole

truck is just full of chips.

But anyways, to review: You're one to talk! or

Look who's talking! are both phrases we use to

kind of make fun of someone when they are

expressing an opinion that they are guilty of themselves.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from Konstantin.

Great time, Bob.

We say free cheese is only in a mousetrap.

Our mowing season is yet to come,

but we're getting our trimmers ready, too.

And my response, I like that phrase.

I'm going to start using it.

Yeah, free cheese is only in a mousetrap.

That's related to my lesson the other day about

how there's no such thing as a free lunch.

So I'm just out in town.

Oh, by the way, Konstantin, thanks for that comment.

I'm just out in town.

Once again, pop out of work.

I guess I could show you things like this.

This is a sketchy alley, which you

may have seen in a previous video.

Behind me, though, is a really old building.

I'm not sure if that building is going to last.

I don't know if it's going to be torn down.

This whole area here, let me

give you a little bit better. Look at it.

Let me spin you and let

me cross the street safely here.

We'll look this way and then we'll look this way.

Look safe.

Here we go.

This whole area here, there was a sign up

here that they're going to build something here.

I don't know if they're going to build some

houses or if they're going to do something else,

but I think this building, this old building did

have a little yellow sign in the window, which

usually means that it's going to be torn down.

So usually in Ontario, Canada, if they're going to tear

a building down, especially in town, they have to tell

everyone so that you have time to complain about it.

So let's say I loved this building, and if it

was scheduled to be torn down in a year, there

would be a process where you could write letters to

the town to kind of say, hey, I like that

building, please don't tear it down.

Or my friends and I have lots of money, we'll donate

it to the town to keep that historic building open.

So again, I'm not 100% sure.

I'm not sure if it's going to be torn down,

but I do think I remember seeing that little yellow

notice sign in the window a couple of months ago.

So maybe that process is over and

it is going to be torn down.

Anyways, thanks for watching.

I hope you enjoyed this short little English lesson and

I'll see you in a couple days with another one.

As you can see, I have my winter coat on again.

The weather just doesn't know what to

do here in Canada, I guess. Anyways, bye.