Meaning of OUT OF SORTS and ON EDGE - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

So in English when you're feeling out of sorts

it means you're not feeling normal.

It can mean that you're feeling a little bit sick,

but it can also mean that you just don't feel normal

and you don't feel like yourself.

So this can happen sometimes before you have to do something

like speak in front of a large group of people.

You could say, "I'm a little bit nervous

"to speak in front of people.

"I'm feeling a little bit out of sorts right now."

You're not able to think clearly,

maybe you're a little bit worried

that you'll do something wrong,

you're just feeling a little bit out of sorts.

And again, it can also mean

that you're feeling a little bit sick.

In fact, maybe just before you get sick

you might feel a little bit out of sorts.

Someone might say to you, "Hey, you're looking

"a little bit sick right now, are you feeling sick?"

And you could respond by saying,

"No, I'm just feeling a little out of sorts right now.

"Hopefully I don't get sick."

And we have another phrase here

that means to be a little bit nervous or irritable

when you say that you are on edge,

and we can use the same example here.

If you need to talk in front of a large group of people

you might feel really nervous about it,

you might be scared about it,

you might feel a little bit on edge about it.

So when you're on edge,

sometimes you're not nice to people when they talk to you

because in your mind you're thinking about

how worried you are that you have to talk in front of people

or do something else that's difficult to do.

Anyways, I am not feeling on edge right now,

I am not feeling out of sorts,

I'm actually feeling pretty good.

You can see, once again, we have a little bit of snow here

and that always makes me feel quite happy

so I'm not feeling out of sorts and I'm not feeling on edge.

Anyways, Bob the Canadian here,

and you're learning English with me every day

and I hope you're having a good day.