Learn the English Phrases "scarred for life" and "That's going to leave a scar!"

In this English lesson, I wanted

to help you learn the English

phrase scarred for life.

Now, this is a more serious phrase,

and we use it to talk

about when something traumatic

happens to someone and it's

something that they will remember

for the rest of their life.

I guess the best

example would be this.

When I was a kid, we were sitting,

waiting for a lift, bridge

to come down, and a,

person hit us from behind.

And in some ways, in a very small

way, I was scarred for life.

I'm always afraid when I'm stopped

somewhere now that someone's going

to hit our car from behind.

Luckily, when I was a kid, when

that happened, no one was hurt.

We had a really big car.

The people who hit us, though,

were injured quite badly.

And I do remember I was probably 9

or 10 years old seeing the ambulance

come to take those people out.

So in a small way, I mean,

other people have far more

serious things happen to them.

But in a small way, I

was scarred for life.

I don't teach serious

phrases very often.

But I think it's important.

The second phrase I wanted to teach

you is that's going to leave a scar

or that's going to leave a mark.

This phrase is sometimes

used in a humorous way.

Here's an example.

Let's say you're watching a soccer

game or a football game.

Someone kicks the ball and it

hits another player in the face.

You might react by going, ooh,

that's going to leave a scar, or,

oh, that's going to leave a mark.

Basically what you're saying is,

there's probably going

to be a bruise or

something after that happens.

You can also use this figuratively

when something happens to someone

that isn't an actual action.

Maybe at work you get fired

and you can say, you know,

that's going to leave a mark.

That's going to, going to leave

a mark for that guy or for you.

Because, yeah, losing your

job is not fun to review

when you are scarred for life.

It means something traumatic

happened when you were younger

and you still at times think

about that in a negative way.

You have negative emotions, and then

that's going to leave a scar or

that's going to leave a mark simply

means that something physical has

happened or something, you know, an

action has just occurred that will,

you'll remember it for a long time.

Let's, let's look at a comment

from a previous video.

I'm not in the right mood

to teach serious phrases.

It's a tough thing to do, you

know, I want to do an English lesson

about death at some point, but I

don't know how to do it well.

So I just never do it.

But maybe someday.

This is from Zerevan.

That old car needs a lot of gas.

It's tough to have an old car.

And my response, for sure, I'm

surprised how much better on gas our

new car is, although I am comparing

it to my minivans, which are older

and bigger, so maybe not a fair

comparison.

Thanks, Zerevan, for that comment.

But, yeah, yeah, there was a car,

in a video the other

day a couple days ago.

Whoa.

That was a fast turn, Bob.

And it was huge.

It was enormous.

What surprised me is many

of you commented about the car,

which was cool, but no one

commented about the huge family

of kids that walked by.

At the beginning, I didn't

realize they were behind me.

I was in the zone when I was

making that English lesson.

And then when I sat down

to edit it, I was like,

how many kids are in that family?

There was, like, one kid, two,

three kids, four kids, five kids.

It was a big family.

So I'm glad my camera blurs people

in the background out a bit,

because I don't want to

inadvertently put people in a video

that don't want to be.

But, yeah, it was a large family.

Hey, how's everybody doing?

I hope you're having a good day.

I'm just, trying to get some

stuff done today because,

this weekend there is a trip.

My school's going on a trip.

It's just an.

What?

Like, it's.

It's not an overnighter.

I'm just.

We're just going

to a Blue Jays game, so.

But I'm really looking

forward to that.

Jen's coming with as well to be

a chaperone, so that should be fun.

Anyways, I hope you're having a good

day, and I'll see you, in a few days

with another short English lesson.

Bye.