Meaning of TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS and JUMP IN WITH BOTH FEET - An English Lesson with Subtitles

So, when I was a kid, we had cows in this barn behind me.

Entonces, cuando era niño, teníamos vacas en este granero detrás de mí.

We milked cows, but we also had a bull.

Ordeñábamos vacas, pero también teníamos un toro.

So, cows are female and bulls are male,

Entonces, las vacas son hembras y los toros son machos,

and the bull had really big horns.

y el toro tenía unos cuernos realmente grandes.

We have an English phrase though,

Sin embargo, tenemos una frase en inglés

to take the bull by the horns

para tomar el toro por los cuernos

or to grab the bull by the horns.

o agarrar el toro por los cuernos.

And that means when you have a job to do

Y eso significa que tienes un trabajo que hacer

and you just get started on it right away.

y lo empiezas de inmediato.

You don't wait around.

No esperas.

You don't sit around

No te sientas a

thinking about whether you want to do it or not.

pensar si quieres hacerlo o no.

When you take the bull by the horns,

Cuando tomas el toro por los cuernos

it means that you get started on that job right away.

, significa que comienzas ese trabajo de inmediato.

You just decide to yourself that you know what you're doing,

Simplemente decides que sabes lo que estás haciendo,

you know how to do it.

sabes cómo hacerlo.

You're just gonna take the bull by the horns

Vas a tomar el toro por los cuernos

or grab the bull by the horns

o agarrar el toro por los cuernos

and get started on it right away.

y empezar de inmediato.

By the way, when I was a kid

Por cierto, cuando era niño

and we had cows and we had one bull,

y teníamos vacas y un toro,

I was really afraid of the bull.

le tenía mucho miedo al toro.

He was really, really big and he was quite scary.

Era muy, muy grande y daba bastante miedo.

I would never have grabbed that bull by the horns literally.

Nunca hubiera agarrado literalmente a ese toro por los cuernos.

We have another phrase here, to jump in with both feet

Tenemos otra frase aquí , saltar con ambos pies

or to jump in with two feet.

o saltar con dos pies.

When you jump in with both feet on something,

Cuando saltas con ambos pies sobre algo

it means almost the same thing.

, significa casi lo mismo.

It means you're excited to do it, you want to get started,

Significa que está emocionado de hacerlo, quiere comenzar

and so you just jump in with both feet

, así que salta con ambos pies

and you get started right away.

y comienza de inmediato.

When spring starts on the farm, Jen jumps in with both feet.

Cuando comienza la primavera en la granja, Jen salta con ambos pies.

She gets outside right away,

Ella sale de inmediato,

even if the weather isn't very nice,

incluso si el clima no es muy agradable,

and she starts doing all of her jobs on the farm.

y comienza a hacer todos sus trabajos en la granja.

You can actually see behind me a little bit

De hecho, puedes ver detrás de mí un poco

where she's cleaned up some of the area

donde ella ha limpiado parte del área

where peonies will be growing.

donde crecerán las peonías.

When spring starts to get beautiful--

Cuando la primavera comienza a ponerse hermosa...

When spring starts, Jen jumps in with both feet.

Cuando comienza la primavera, Jen salta con ambos pies.

So, again, when you take the bull by the horns,

Entonces, nuevamente, cuando tomas el toro por los cuernos

it means you get started on something right away.

, significa que comienzas algo de inmediato.

And when you jump in with both feet,

Y cuando saltas con ambos pies

it means you get started on something

, significa que empiezas algo

with a lot of excitement.

con mucha emoción.

Anyways, Bob the Canadian here.

De todos modos, Bob el canadiense aquí.

I hope that made sense today

Espero que haya tenido sentido hoy

and I hope you're having a good day.

y espero que estés teniendo un buen día.

I'll see you tomorrow in the next video.

Nos vemos mañana en el siguiente video.