Learn the English Phrases "to take something for a spin" and "to spin your wheels"

In this English lesson,

I wanted to help you learn the English phrase,

"To take something for a spin."

Now, usually, this refers to a vehicle.

Maybe a friend of yours has a new car.

You could say, "Hey, could I take your car for a spin?"

That means you want to drive it for a little bit.

Maybe a different friend bought a brand-new sports car

and you've never really taken a sports car for a spin.

You could say, "Hey,

could I take your sports car for a spin?

Could I go and take a little drive around town

and see what it feels like to drive it?"

The other phrase I wanted to teach you today

is, "To spin your wheels."

Now, I'm having a funny feeling

I may have taught both of these phrases before,

but I'm gonna reteach them anyways

because it's been a little while

since I've made one of these videos.

When you spin your wheels with a vehicle,

it means they go around really fast

and you don't move forward.

Maybe you're in mud or something,

but in life, you can also spin your wheels.

This simply means you're not making progress on something.

Maybe you're working on a project at work

with some colleagues

and you haven't made very much progress.

Your boss could come and say, "Hey,

are you guys going to keep spinning your wheels?

I think you guys need to get something done,

so please start getting more work done.

Start to make some progress.

Stop spinning your wheels."

Sorry, I'm not using the exact phrase,

but I'm a little out of practice on this.

Anyways, to review.

To take something for a spin

is to go and drive it for a little bit.

You can take a car for a spin.

You could even ask someone

if you could take their new phone for a spin

or their new computer,

although that's less common.

And when you spin your wheels,

it simply means that you are not making progress.

Whatever it is you're doing, you're not making any progress.

You're just kind of stuck in one spot.

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

if I can find it.

Did I put it in a pocket?

It's not in that pocket, it's not in that pocket.

What did I do with it?

I don't think I have it with me.

I'll be right back.

Okay, I'm back, and I found it.

This is from Ok.

Hello, Bob.

All the expressions are interesting,

but there are too few examples.

And my response, I'll see what I can do about that.

So yeah, I try to describe...

By the way, thanks for the comment.

I try to describe and explain

the current expression or term in about a minute.

Sometimes, I give one example, sometimes I give two.

I will try my best to give more examples in the future.

Anyways, I'm back.

I'm back at it.

I know I took a little bit of a break there.

Life was busy, but I was also not feeling well.

I was close to losing my voice a few times,

and I thought I just need to rest it for a few more days.

I need to make sure that I don't overdo it

because if I lose my voice,

I can't make YouTube videos, I can't go to work,

I can't do what I'm supposed to do.

So I was able to rest my voice.

I basically just took some Advil, went to work,

didn't talk too much at work.

I tried to rest my voice as much as possible.

And even though I was a little bit sick, I did get better.

So it is nice to be feeling a lot better now

and it's nice to be doing this again.

I have to admit,

taking a week and a half off from making short videos,

I kind of forgot how to do it.

Obviously, I forgot to bring my comment out with me.

I haven't actually even prepared in my mind

what to talk about for the last two minutes.

I'm just kind of wandering around out here.

You may be laughing, though,

because maybe that's what I always do.

I end the video by walking around a little bit

and talking about random things.

Anyways, thanks for watching.

I'll have another one of these for you next week

and I'll see you then, bye.