Meaning of BURST YOUR BUBBLE - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So have you ever played with bubbles?
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As a kid did you ever get water and soap and mix it together and then blow bubbles and
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they would float around in the air and then you would poke them and the bubbles would
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burst?
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Well we have a saying in English, "burst your bubble".
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When someone bursts your bubble it means that they tell you some news that makes you realize
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something you thought was true isn't true.
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A great example would be if you thought you won the lottery.
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Maybe you thought you picked the right five numbers and you think that you've won the
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lottery because you picked the right five numbers, but then someone might burst your
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bubble and tell you that you read the last number wrong and you actually didn't win the
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lottery.
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So that would be you being disappointed because someone burst your bubble meaning that they
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told you something that meant what you thought was true wasn't true.
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Usually before you burst someone's bubble you use the phrase, "I don't mean to burst
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your bubble, but..."
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So I'll say that again, if you are going to burst someone's bubble you usually say, "I
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don't mean to burst your bubble, but you read the lottery numbers wrong.", or, "I don't
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mean to burst your bubble, but you didn't actually win the lottery."
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So, anyways, hopefully no one burst your bubble today in any way, and I hope that you are
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having a really, really good day.
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