Learn the English Phrases "to takes sides" and "from all sides"

In this English lesson, I wanted to help

you learn the English phrase to take sides.

Now I'll tell you this.

It's actually better to not take sides.

When you take sides, it means

you agree with one person

when two people are arguing.

So let's say two of my kids are

arguing, I usually try to not take sides.

I don't try to say she's right and he's wrong.

Instead, I try to resolve

the situation without taking sides.

So when you take sides, it means you

agree with one person in a situation where

two people are arguing or more people.

Like there might be a hundred people that think

one way and 100 people that think another way

and you say, I'm going to take sides.

I'm going to agree with these 100 people over here.

But in my opinion, it's usually best not to take sides.

The other phrase I wanted to teach

you today is from all sides.

Sometimes you get in trouble from all sides.

If we had leftover pizza in the house and I came

home from work and no one was home and I ate

all the pizza, I would get in trouble from all sides.

Jen would be annoyed with me.

My kids would be annoyed with me.

Because in our house, leftover pizza

is kind of considered super yummy.

People usually like it when they come home

and there's some pizza leftover in the fridge.

But if I ate it, I would probably get in trouble

from all sides. Everyone would be annoyed with me.

So to review.

To take sides means to agree

with one side of an argument.

At school, when I see students

arguing, I don't take sides.

I usually try to help resolve

the situation without taking sides.

And from all sides means that

everyone is annoyed with you.

Sometimes the government does something and then

they get in trouble from all sides.

Everyone is annoyed with them.

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

This comment is from...

I printed this at school, so it's

hard to get this completely open.

From Yulia.

Bob, good morning.

Thank you for this lesson.

Please tell me which province you

are from and my response?

I am from Ontario, Canada.

I live north of Lake Erie and south of

Lake Ontario, outside the city of Hamilton, Ontario.

So thanks, Yulia, for that comment for that question.

Hey, we're going to walk out for a bit but

it's windy so I hope the audio stays okay.

Yeah, I live north of Lake Erie.

It's one of the Great Lakes.

I've actually featured Lake Erie in some of my

English lessons and I live south of Lake Ontario.

So Lake Ontario is to the north

of me, I live south of it.

Lake Erie is to the south of me, I live north of it.

I actually live almost exactly in

the middle of the two.

So it's about a 45 minute drive to Lake Erie

and it's about a 45 minute drive To Lake Ontario.

And I do like living between the two lakes.

It's pretty cool.

If you drive to Lake Erie, there are

nice sandy beaches and you can go swimming.

If you drive to Lake Ontario, there's usually a

cool northern wind in the summer that kind of

cools off as it comes across the lake and

it makes for a really nice visit.

It's a nice place to...

There's a few nice restaurants along Lake Ontario.

So yeah, that's where I live, right in

the middle of what's called the Niagara Peninsula.

Actually, If I drive 45 minutes east, I end up

at the border, the border with New York State.

The city of Buffalo is that way to the east of me.

So it's a pretty cool place to live.

I think I mentioned in another video that as I was

growing up I could watch Canadian TV and I could watch

American TV as well because the antenna that we had on

our house when I was a kid would pick up stations

from Canada and from the United States.

Anyways, it's getting a little too cold, so

I'm going to wrap this lesson up. Thanks for watching.

I'll see you with another short

English lesson in a couple days. Bye.