English Listening Practice: Talking about Winter - (The English Like A Native Podcast)

Now, today it is freezing cold.

Issa, illum huwa kiesaħ iffriżat.

Freezing cold.

Kesħa tal-friża.

It's interesting because we can say it's cold.

Interessanti għax nistgħu ngħidu li huwa kiesaħ.

And we can say it's freezing, but we often put those two together when

U nistgħu ngħidu li qed jiffriża, imma ħafna drabi npoġġu dawk it-tnejn flimkien meta

we want to say that it's very cold.

rridu ngħidu li jkun kiesaħ ħafna.

We say it's freezing cold.

Ngħidu li huwa kiesaħ iffriżat.

Actually, I think it's interesting because we use the phrase freezing cold

Fil-fatt, naħseb li huwa interessanti għaliex nużaw il-frażi kiesaħ iffriżar

even when it's not actually below zero.

anke meta fil-fatt ma jkunx taħt iż-żero.

When the temperature is above zero, but still quite low,

Meta t-temperatura tkun 'il fuq minn żero, iżda xorta pjuttost baxxa,

perhaps it's five degrees.

forsi huwa ħames gradi.

Then we might say, oh, it's freezing cold, or I'm freezing cold.

Imbagħad nistgħu ngħidu, oh, huwa kiesaħ tal-friża, jew jien kiesaħ tal-friża.

I feel freezing cold today.

Inħossni kiesaħ friżat illum.

So it is just a way of emphasising how cold you think it is, even if it's

Għalhekk huwa biss mod kif tenfasizza kemm taħseb li huwa kiesaħ, anke jekk mhux

not literally freezing temperatures.

litteralment t-temperaturi tal-friża.

Okay, so that's our first phrase, freezing cold.

Tajjeb, allura dik hija l-ewwel frażi tagħna, kiesaħ iffriżat.

And today it quite literally is freezing cold.

U llum huwa pjuttost litteralment kiesaħ iffriżar.

We've had very low temperatures in London in the last week.

Kellna temperaturi baxxi ħafna f’Londra fl-aħħar ġimgħa.

It's been dipping below zero every day and every night.

Ġie niżel taħt iż-żero kuljum u kull lejl.

In fact, it even snowed in London recently.

Fil-fatt, anke f’Londra dan l-aħħar għamlet silġ.

Not enough for us to be snowed in, but we did have a little light

Mhux biżżejjed biex inkunu bil-borra, imma kellna ftit

blanket of snow across the country.

kutra ħafifa ta 'borra madwar il-pajjiż.

So there I said there wasn't enough snow for us to be snowed in.

Allura hemm għidt li ma kienx hemm biżżejjed silġ għalina biex inkunu silġ pulzieri

I said, snowed in twice, actually.

I said, snowed in darbtejn, fil-fatt.

I said "it snowed in London".

Jiena għidt "il-borra f'Londra".

And then I used the phrase "to be snowed in".

U mbagħad użajt il-frażi "to be snowed in".

Now, the first time I said snowed in, in was the preposition.

Issa, l-ewwel darba li għidt snowed in, in kienet il-prepożizzjoni.

I was saying it snowed, where?

Kont qed ngħid li silġ, fejn?

In London.

F'Londra.

But the second time in was part of the phrasal verb.

Imma t-tieni darba in kienet parti mill-phrasal verb.

Snowed in, snowed in.

Silġ ġewwa, silġ ġewwa.

So, it's not enough snow for us to be snowed in.

Allura, mhux biżżejjed silġ għalina biex inkunu silġ fiha.

Now, to be snowed in means that you are trapped in your location because,

Issa, li tkun silġ fih ifisser li inti maqbuda fil-lokalità tiegħek għax,

there's too much snow for you to go out or go where you need to go.

hemm wisq borra għalik biex toħroġ jew tmur fejn għandek bżonn mur.

So, I can't travel to work today because I'm snowed in.

Allura, illum ma nistax nivvjaġġa għax-xogħol għax inkun silġ.

The trains are not running.

Il-ferroviji mhumiex għaddejjin.

My car is stuck on the drive because there is a lot of snow.

Il-karozza tiegħi hija mwaħħla fuq is-sewqan għax hemm ħafna borra.

Too much snow for me to actually get the car out and

Wisq silġ għalija biex fil-fatt noħroġ il-karozza u

drive to work, to be snowed in.

nsuq lejn ix-xogħol, biex nibqa' s-silġ

I don't think I've ever been seriously snowed in before.

.

I've certainly had days rearranged, whether it was work or an event

Żgur li kelli ġranet rranġati mill-ġdid, sew jekk kien xogħol jew avveniment

rearranged, because public transport hasn't been running due to snow or ice,

rranġat mill-ġdid, għax it-trasport pubbliku ma kienx qed jaħdem minħabba borra jew silġ,

or in some cases 'leaves on the track'.

jew f’xi każi ‘weraq fuq il-binarju’.

This is a part of popular culture.

Din hija parti mill-kultura popolari.

There was criticism one year that some of the trains weren't able to run

Kien hemm kritika sena li wħud mill-ferroviji ma setgħux jimxu

because there was heavy leaf fall, so the leaves were falling off the trees

minħabba li kien hemm waqgħa kbira tal-weraq, u għalhekk il-weraq kienu qed jaqgħu mis-siġar

and falling onto the train tracks, which was preventing the trains from going.

u jaqgħu fuq il-binarji tal-ferrovija, li kien qed jipprevjeni lill-ferroviji milli jmorru.

And so they were saying, "I'm terribly sorry.

U għalhekk kienu qed jgħidu, "Jiddispjaċini ħafna.

The trains have been cancelled due to leaves on the track", which we all

Il-ferroviji ġew ikkanċellati minħabba weraq fuq il-binarju", li lkoll ħsibna

thought was quite funny really, as much as it was annoying, it was quite funny.

li kien pjuttost umoristiku tassew, daqskemm kien tedjanti, kien pjuttost umoristiku.

It kind of shows that we are not really very good at dealing with weather, even

Din tip ta 'turi li aħna mhux verament tajba ħafna biex jittrattaw mat-temp, anke

something as simple as falling leaves.

xi ħaġa sempliċi daqs weraq jaqgħu.

Anyway.

Xorta waħda.

Have you ever been seriously snowed in to a point where perhaps you couldn't open

Qatt ġejt silġ serjament sa punt fejn forsi ma stajtx tiftaħ

your door to go outside of your house?

il-bieb tiegħek biex tmur barra mid-dar tiegħek?

Now, I also said that London has been covered in, in fact, the UK has

Issa, għidt ukoll li Londra ġiet miksija, fil-fatt, ir-Renju Unit ġie

been covered with a blanket of snow.

miksi b’kutra ta’ borra.

So, this is another phrase, a blanket of snow.

Allura, din hija frażi oħra, kutra ta 'borra.

Obviously a blanket is something you sleep with.

Ovvjament kutra hija xi ħaġa li torqod magħha.

It's a large piece of cloth material.

Hija biċċa kbira ta 'materjal tad-drapp.

Usually a blanket, well, a duvet is filled with feathers or synthetic

Normalment kutra, ukoll, duvet hija mimlija bir-rix jew

materials, and a blanket covers you, and it covers your bed, and it

materjali sintetiċi, u kutra tkoprik, u tkopri s-sodda tiegħek, u

covers you, and it keeps you warm.

tkoprik, u żżommok sħun.

But a blanket of snow is just a way of saying that snow has

Imma kutra tas-silġ hija biss mod kif tgħid li l-borra kisbet

covered the ground and the houses and the cars and everything.

l-art u d-djar u l-karozzi u kollox.

There's a blanket of snow covering everything, because sometimes

Hemm kutra tas-silġ tgħatti kollox, għax xi drabi

it snows and it doesn't stick.

tagħmel il-borra u ma teħelx.

We talk about snow sticking, "oh, it's snowing, but I don't

Nitkellmu dwar it-twaħħil tas-silġ, "oh, huwa silġ, imma ma naħsibx

think it's going to stick".

li se jeħel".

When snow sticks, it means that it stays, so it hits the ground or it hits a

Meta l-borra teħel, dan ifisser li jibqa ', għalhekk tolqot l-art jew tolqot wiċċ

surface and, it maintains its snow form.

u, iżomm il-forma tas-silġ tiegħu.

It doesn't melt into water or slush.

Ma jdubx fl-ilma jew slush.

Slush is melting snow.

Slush qed idub borra.

So, it stays nice and crispy, white, beautiful, fluffy snow for you to then

Allura, tibqa 'borra sabiħa u iqarmeċ, abjad, sabiħa, fluffy għalik biex imbagħad

enjoy, once you have a thick enough blanket of snow to go and dive into.

tgawdi, ladarba jkollok kutra ta' borra ħoxna biżżejjed biex tmur togħsa fiha.

So, if the snow sticks, then you will have a blanket of snow covering the

Allura, jekk il-borra teħel, allura jkollok kutra ta 'borra li tkopri l-

ground and you can go, hopefully and enjoy the snow, especially if you've

art u inti tista 'tmur, nittamaw u tgawdi l-borra, speċjalment jekk inti stajt

been snowed in and you can't go to work.

ġew silġ u inti ma tistax tmur għax-xogħol.

So, you can somehow get out of your house and go and enjoy the deep snow.

Allura, tista 'b'xi mod toħroġ mid-dar tiegħek u tmur u tgawdi l-borra fond.

Now, I am not a huge fan of the cold weather, I have to say.

Issa, jien mhux fan kbir tat-temp kiesaħ, irrid ngħid.

I always have very cold extremities.

Dejjem għandi estremitajiet kesħin ħafna.

I have cold hands and cold feet and a cold nose.

Għandi idejn kesħin u saqajn kesħin u imnieħer kiesaħ.

All the bits that kind of stick out of my body, but you know what

Il-bits kollha ta 'dak it-tip ta' stick barra minn ġismi, imma inti taf dak li

they say, "cold hands, warm heart".

jgħidu, "idejn kesħin, qalb sħun".

And that's my next phrase.

U dik hija l-frażi li jmiss tiegħi.

Cold hands warm heart is something you might say to

Idejn kesħin qalb sħuna hija xi ħaġa li tista 'tgħid lil

someone if they have cold hands.

xi ħadd jekk ikollu idejn kesħin.

You're just reminding them that even though they have cold hands,

Int qed tfakkarhom li minkejja li għandhom idejn kesħin,

they aren't cold as a person.

mhumiex kesħin bħala persuna.

They have a loving, warm heart.

Għandhom qalb mħabba u sħuna.

So, it doesn't really mean anything.

Allura, ma verament tfisser xejn.

It's just something we say.

Hija biss xi ħaġa li ngħidu.

I don't know why it exists, but if I say, "oh, my hands are cold".

Ma nafx għalfejn teżisti, imma jekk ngħid, "oh, idejja kesħin".

"Cold hands warm heart."

"Idejn kesħin qalb sħun."

You have cold hands, but you're still lovely.

Għandek idejk kesħin, imma int xorta sabiħ.

Or if you touch someone with cold hands, "ooh, your hands are cold".

Jew jekk tmiss lil xi ħadd b'idejk kesħin, "ooh, idejk huma kesħin".

You might say yourself.

Inti tista 'tgħid lilek innifsek.

"Well, I have cold hands.

"Well, għandi idejn kesħin.

But, cold hands, warm heart".

Iżda, idejn kesħin, qalb sħuna".

My hands are cold, but I'm a lovely person.

Idi kesħin, imma jien persuna sabiħa.

Yeah.

I don't really know why that phrase exists.

Iva.

Ma nafx għalfejn teżisti dik il-frażi.

It's just something that people say.

Hija biss xi ħaġa li n-nies jgħidu.

So, tell me, do you often have cold hands?

Allura, għidli, spiss ikollok idejk kesħin?

I think the phrase should really be 'cold hands, poor circulation',

Naħseb li l-frażi għandha tkun verament 'idejn kesħin, ċirkolazzjoni ħażina',

or 'cold hands, need gloves'.

jew 'idejn kesħin, jeħtieġ ingwanti'.

That would make more sense, then you're saying: I need some gloves.

Dan jagħmel aktar sens, allura tkun qed tgħid: għandi bżonn xi ingwanti.

Could I borrow some gloves?

Nista’ nissellef xi ingwanti?

Or, I've got cold hands.

Jew, għandi idejn kesħin.

I have poor circulation.

Għandi ċirkolazzjoni fqira.

Maybe that's something I should look into.

Forsi dik hija xi ħaġa li għandi nħares.

Can I improve the circulation in my body?

Nista 'ntejjeb iċ-ċirkolazzjoni fil-ġisem tiegħi?

Anyway, being cold is not fun.

Xorta waħda, li tkun kiesaħ mhux pjaċevoli.

I think it makes it hard to work and function, and in fact, and I guess

Naħseb li tagħmilha diffiċli biex taħdem u taħdem, u fil-fatt, u naħseb li

this is the same for many people, I find that I'm unwell more often

dan huwa l-istess għal ħafna nies, insib li jien ma tiflaħx aktar spiss

in the colder months of the year.

fix-xhur kesħin tas-sena.

I recently, I was under the weather, in fact.

I reċentement, kont taħt it-temp, fil-fatt.

I went out for a meal with some friends, quite late at night.

Ħriġt għal ikla ma’ xi ħbieb, pjuttost tard bil-lejl.

It was cold.

Kien kiesaħ.

And then the next morning I woke up with a very sore throat.

U mbagħad l-għada filgħodu qomt b’uġigħ ħafna fil-griżmejn.

I actually had laryngitis.

Fil-fatt kelli laringite.

I'd lost my voice, had a sore throat, a headache, a little bit of a temperature,

Tlift leħni, kelli uġigħ fil-griżmejn, uġigħ ta’ ras, ftit temperatura,

just didn't feel well at all.

sempliċement ma ħassejtni tajjeb xejn.

I was very much under the weather.

Kont ħafna taħt it-temp.

And under the weather is another phrase that's lovely.

U taħt it-temp hemm frażi oħra li hi sabiħa.

Most English learners learn that phrase very early on, so I'm sure those of you

Il-biċċa l-kbira tal-istudenti tal-Ingliż jitgħallmu dik il-frażi minn kmieni ħafna, għalhekk jien ċert li dawk minnkom li

listening have already heard this phrase, and it is commonly used so, keep using it.

qed tisimgħu diġà semgħu din il-frażi, u tintuża komunement għalhekk, ibqgħu użawha.

Hopefully you haven't felt under the weather at all because, you know, I

Nisperaw li ma ħassejtx taħt it-temp xejn għax, taf,

think once you get to a certain level, a certain age in your life, being ill is

naħseb li ladarba tasal f'ċertu livell, ċertu età f'ħajtek, li tkun marid

actually hard work because you can't have the rest that you need because we need

fil-fatt huwa xogħol iebes għax ma jistax ikollok il-bqija li għandek bżonn għax għandna bżonn

to function, especially if we're parents.

niffunzjonaw, speċjalment jekk aħna ġenituri.

And the children, they don't stop, you still have to look after them.

U t-tfal, ma jieqfux, xorta trid tieħu ħsiebhom.

You still have to get up in the night and you know, you have to cook for

Għad trid tqum bil-lejl u taf, trid issajjar għalihom

them and do all the administration that comes with parenting.

u tagħmel l-amministrazzjoni kollha li tiġi mal-ġenituri.

So, even if you're ill, you still can't rest when you're

Għalhekk, anki jekk tkun marid, xorta ma tistax tistrieħ meta tkun

an adult with responsibility.

adult b’responsabbiltà.

And I don't just have the kids, I also have my own business, so I'm

U m'għandix biss it-tfal, għandi wkoll in-negozju tiegħi stess, u għalhekk

often snowed under with work and admin and things that I have to do.

ħafna drabi nkun silġ bix-xogħol u l-admin u affarijiet li għandi nagħmel.

To be snowed under a commonly used phrase often used in the workplace.

To be snowed taħt frażi użata komunement użata spiss fuq il-post tax-xogħol.

If you are snowed under, it means that you have a lot of work.

Jekk inti silġ taħt, dan ifisser li għandek ħafna xogħol.

Almost as if it's on top of you.

Kważi bħallikieku fuqek.

You are overwhelmed with work.

Int megħlub bix-xogħol.

You've been snowed on.

Ġejt silġ fuq.

All this work is snowing down on you, weighing you down, and you're

Dan ix-xogħol kollu qed jonqoslek il-borra, iżżejjen, u int

really struggling to cope with it all.

verament tissielet biex tlaħħaq ma’ dan kollu.

You can't take anymore.

Ma tistax tieħu aktar.

You are snowed under.

Inti silġ taħt.

Okay, so I often feel snowed under, overwhelmed with work.

Tajjeb, allura ħafna drabi nħossni silġ taħt, megħlub bix-xogħol.

But the other thing that I find hard in the colder months is my battle with

Imma l-ħaġa l-oħra li nsib diffiċli fix-xhur kesħin hija li l-battalja tiegħi mal

my sweet tooth is often more tricky.

-ħelu tiegħi ħafna drabi hija aktar delikata.

It's a more fierce battle, should we say, in the winter months.

Hija battalja aktar ħarxa, għandna ngħidu, fix-xhur tax-xitwa.

Something about being cold makes me crave sugar and it makes me crave things

Xi ħaġa dwar li nkun kiesaħ iġiegħli nixxennaq iz-zokkor u ġġiegħli nixxennaq affarijiet

like a nice hot chocolate with melted marshmallows and chocolate biscuits and

bħal ċikkulata sħuna sabiħa b'marshmallows imdewweb u gallettini taċ-ċikkulata u

just chocolate, chocolate in any form.

ċikkulata biss, ċikkulata fi kwalunkwe forma.

And also things like cakes and, oh, just liqueurs as well.

U wkoll affarijiet bħall-kejkijiet u, oh, biss likuri wkoll.

I'm not a big drinker of alcohol, but I do like a sweet liqueur

Jien ma nixrobx alkoħol kbir, imma nħobb likur ħelu

on a cold winter's evening.

f'lejla kiesħa tax-xitwa.

So, I have this very fierce battle going on across the winter months to

Għalhekk, għandi din il-battalja ħarxa ħafna għaddejja matul ix-xhur tax-xitwa biex

keep control of my cravings for sugar.

inżomm il-kontroll tax-xenqa tiegħi għaz-zokkor.

What I really need to do, to be honest, is to try and go cold turkey

Dak li verament irrid nagħmel, biex inkun onest, huwa li nipprova niddejjaq id-dundjan

and just cut it out completely.

u naqtagħha kompletament.

Now, to go cold turkey, is our next phrase, and this means

Issa, li jmorru d-dundjan kiesaħ, hija l-frażi li jmiss tagħna, u dan ifisser

to give something up abruptly.

li nċedu xi ħaġa f'daqqa.

So often when you are giving up something that you're addicted to, then you

Hekk spiss meta tkun qed iċedi xi ħaġa li tkun vizzju għaliha, allura tista

might wean yourself off, to wean off.

’ tiftaħ lilek innifsek, tiftaħ.

That's another interesting phrasal verb.

Dak hu phrasal verb interessanti ieħor.

It means to give up something gently, incrementally.

Ifisser li tagħti xi ħaġa bil-mod, b'mod inkrementali.

Bit by bit, step by step.

Bit ftit, pass pass.

So, if you are going to wean yourself off sugar, then you might

Għalhekk, jekk inti se tiftma lilek innifsek taz-zokkor, allura inti tista '

just start day by day reducing the amount of sugary snacks you have.

biss tibda jum b'jum tnaqqas l-ammont ta' snacks zokkor li għandek.

You still have sugar, but just a little bit, not as much as before, and you

Għad għandek iz-zokkor, imma ftit, mhux daqs qabel, u tnaqqasha 'l

reduce it down and down and down until you're hardly having any sugar at all.

isfel u 'l isfel u 'l isfel sakemm bilkemm ma jkollokx zokkor.

But to go cold turkey, to go cold turkey is to completely give up straight

Imma li tmur id-dundjan kiesaħ, li tmur id-dundjan kiesaħ huwa li ċċedi għal kollox mill-ewwel

away, have no sugar whatsoever, or whatever it is you're trying to give up.

, ma jkollok l-ebda zokkor, jew tkun xi tkun qed tipprova tagħti qalbek.

You give up abruptly, suddenly, and that can be hard.

Tieqaf f'daqqa, f'daqqa, u dan jista 'jkun diffiċli.

That usually means that you have a few days of hell while you are

Dan normalment ifisser li għandek ftit jiem ta 'infern waqt li tkun qed

dealing with your withdrawal.

tittratta l-irtirar tiegħek.

So we talk about having withdrawal symptoms.

Allura nitkellmu dwar li jkollok sintomi ta 'rtirar.

Often if you give up something like caffeine abruptly, if you go cold

Ħafna drabi jekk taqta’ xi ħaġa bħall-kaffeina f’daqqa, jekk tiddejjaq id-

turkey and give up all caffeine, when you usually have a lot of caffeine in

dundjan u ċċedi l-kaffeina kollha, meta normalment ikollok ħafna kaffeina fid-

your diet, then you'll have withdrawal symptoms like a headache or you

dieta tiegħek, allura jkollok sintomi ta’ rtirar bħal uġigħ ta’ ras jew

might feel quite tired and grumpy.

tista’ tħossok għajjien pjuttost u qarmeċ.

Oh, I'm just looking out the window, and there's a fox in my garden.

Oh, jien biss inħares 'il barra mit-tieqa, u hemm volpi fil-ġnien tiegħi.

He's a beautiful fox.

Huwa volpi sabiħ.

And he looks lovely against the snow.

U jidher sabiħ kontra l-borra.

He's got a big bushy tail and he is, he's looking quite fat,

Huwa ltqajna denb bushy kbir u hu, huwa qed tfittex pjuttost xaħam,

actually, usually the foxes around here look a little bit skinny.

fil-fatt, normalment il-volpi madwar hawn jidhru ftit imqaxxra.

You know, they're city foxes.

Taf, huma volpijiet tal-belt.

They look a bit grubby and a little bit skinny, but this chap

Jidhru daqsxejn maħmuġin u daqsxejn imqaxxra, iżda dan ix-xagħri

looks like a real winter fox.

qisu volpi reali tax-xitwa.

Very bushy and like tawny, like burnt orange red kind of colour.

Bushy ħafna u bħal lewn, bħal oranġjo maħruq tip ta 'kulur aħmar.

Beautiful.

sabiħ.

Absolutely beautiful.

Assolutament sabiħ.

So anyway, back to going cold turkey.

Allura xorta waħda, lura għal dundjan kiesaħ.

Yeah, I thought once about going cold turkey and doing a zero sugar

Iva, ħsibt darba biex niddejjaq id-dundjan u nagħmel

diet, like cutting it out completely.

dieta taz-zokkor żero, bħall-qtugħ kompletament.

But after the first few hours, I got cold feet.

Imma wara l-ewwel ftit sigħat, kelli s-saqajn.

I just decided I couldn't do it.

Iddeċidejt biss li ma stajtx nagħmel dan.

To get cold feet is to feel like you can't do it.

Li tieħu s-saqajn kesħin huwa li tħossok li ma tistax tagħmel dan.

So you are committed to something and then if you get

Allura inti impenjat għal xi ħaġa u mbagħad jekk ikollok

cold feet, you have your doubts.

saqajn kesħin, għandek id-dubji tiegħek.

That's a good way to explain it, to doubt something.

Dak huwa mod tajjeb biex tispjegaha, biex tiddubita xi ħaġa.

So we often use this phrase when someone's about to make a

Għalhekk spiss nużaw din il-frażi meta xi ħadd ikun se jagħmel

big commitment like marriage.

impenn kbir bħaż-żwieġ.

So imagining your best friend is about to get married and then the

Allura timmaġina li l-aqwa ħabib tiegħek wasal biex jiżżewweġ u mbagħad il-

day before the wedding they start talking about, how awful married life

ġurnata ta’ qabel it-tieġ jibdew jitkellmu dwaru, kemm

might be, and they just seem a bit jittery, a bit nervous and anxious.

tista’ tkun orribbli l-ħajja miżżewġa, u jidhru biss daqsxejn mnebbħa, daqsxejn nervuża u anzjuża.

Then you might say to them, "you're not getting cold feet are you?

Imbagħad tista 'tgħidilhom, "m'intix qed tieħu s-saqajn kesħin hux?

I hope you are not getting cold feet."

Nittama li ma tkunx qed tieħu s-saqajn kesħin."

"Oh, no, no, no, no.

"Oh, le, le, le, le.

I'm not getting cold feet.

M'iniex qed ikolli saqajn kesħin.

I'm just a bit nervous.

Jien biss daqsxejn nervuża.

What if it doesn't work out?"

X'jiġri jekk ma taħdimx?"

Okay, so to get cold feet is to feel doubt about something you're about to do.

Tajjeb, allura li tieħu s-saqajn kesħin huwa li tħoss dubju dwar xi ħaġa li tkun se tagħmel.

So, the thing is with sugar and especially a Western diet.

Allura, il-ħaġa hija biz-zokkor u speċjalment b'dieta tal-Punent.

Our general Western diet is the sugar that's obvious, like sweets and biscuits

Id-dieta ġenerali tal-Punent tagħna hija z-zokkor li huwa ovvju, bħall-ħelu u l-gallettini

and the sugar that people add to tea.

u z-zokkor li n-nies iżidu mat-tè.

That is just the tip of the iceberg.

Dik hija biss il-ponta tal-iceberg.

Because actually sugar is such a huge part of everything that we eat, unless

Minħabba li fil-fatt iz-zokkor huwa parti daqshekk kbira minn dak kollu li nieklu, sakemm ma

you have like a whole foods diet.

jkollokx dieta ta 'ikel sħiħ.

Sugar is in our bread, sugar is in pasta.

Iz-zokkor huwa fil-ħobż tagħna, iz-zokkor huwa fl-għaġin.

You have a kind of a starch, um, uh, I can't remember what they call it.

Għandek tip ta 'lamtu, um, uh, ma nistax niftakar kif isejħulu.

Is it like complex sugars?

Huwa bħal zokkor kumpless?

Are in things like potatoes as well, so you know, it's hard to escape sugars.

Huma f'affarijiet bħall-patata kif ukoll, allura inti taf, huwa diffiċli li jaħarbu zokkor.

Then you've got fructose and fruit sugars.

Imbagħad għandek fruttożju u zokkor tal-frott.

Even if you have a whole foods diet, you are going to have sugar

Anke jekk għandek dieta ta 'ikel sħiħ, ser ikollok zokkor

in some form in parts of your diet.

f'xi forma f'partijiet tad-dieta tiegħek.

It's very hard to completely eliminate sugar.

Huwa diffiċli ħafna li telimina kompletament iz-zokkor.

It's very, very hard, especially if you have a busy life and you don't

Huwa diffiċli ħafna, ħafna, speċjalment jekk għandek ħajja impenjattiva u ma jkollokx

have the time to research, to plan, to shop, and to cook and prepare all

il-ħin biex tirriċerka, tippjana, tixtri, u biex issajjar u tipprepara

the food that you need to prepare.

l-ikel kollu li għandek bżonn tipprepara.

Now, I said that our sugar addiction, the basic sugars that we are familiar

Issa, għidt li l-vizzju taz-zokkor tagħna, iz-zokkor bażiku li aħna familjari

with, that's the tip of the iceberg.

magħhom, dak huwa l-ponta tal-iceberg.

If something is the tip of the iceberg, then it's just a small,

Jekk xi ħaġa hija l-ponta tal-iceberg, allura hija biss

visible part of the problem.

parti żgħira u viżibbli tal-problema.

So, for example, I might have some swelling in my finger, in my thumb joint.

Allura, pereżempju, jista’ jkolli xi nefħa f’subgħajk, fil-ġog tas-saba’ l-kbir.

My thumb might start to swell.

Il-kbir il-kbir jista’ jibda jintefaħ.

The joint in my thumb might start to swell.

Il-ġog fil-kbir jista’ jibda jintefaħ.

And you say, "oh, your thumb looks quite swollen".

U inti tgħid, "oh, il-kbir tiegħek tidher pjuttost minfuħa".

I'll say, "yes, yes.

Jien ngħid, "iva, iva.

It's quite a problem actually."

Fil-fatt hija pjuttost problema."

"Oh, well it's just a swollen thumb joint.

"Oh, ukoll huwa biss ġonta minfuħa thumb.

Just needs some anti-inflammatory."

Biss jeħtieġ xi anti-infjammatorji."

"No, no, no.

This is just the tip of the iceberg.

"Le, le, le.

Din hija biss il-ponta tal-iceberg.

I actually have a rare disease that causes inflammation throughout my

Fil-fatt għandi marda rari li tikkawża infjammazzjoni fil-

body, and there're so many things going on, and I'm slightly diabetic and all

ġisem kollu, u hemm tant affarijiet għaddejjin, u jien kemxejn dijabetika u

these problems that you have no idea about because they're not visible."

dawn il-problemi kollha li m'għandekx idea dwarhom għax mhumiex viżibbli."

So, this little visible part of my problem is just the tip of the iceberg.

Allura, din il-parti ftit viżibbli tal-problema tiegħi hija biss il-ponta tal-iceberg.

And of course if you think about a true iceberg, what you see coming out

U ovvjament jekk taħseb dwar iceberg veru, dak li tara ħiereġ

of the water, it, it could look large, but the tip of the iceberg is usually

mill-ilma, jista 'jidher kbir, iżda l-ponta tal-iceberg normalment tkun

only a very small percentage of what actually exists beneath the water,

biss perċentwal żgħir ħafna ta' dak li attwalment jeżisti taħt l-ilma,

which makes me think about Titanic.

li jagħmel naħseb dwar Titanic.

Now, hands up if you are a fan of the film, Titanic.

Issa, idejk up jekk inti fan tal-film, Titanic.

Obviously based on a real, tragic event back in 1912, if I remember

Ovvjament ibbażat fuq ġrajja reali, traġika lura fl-1912, jekk niftakar

correctly, of the huge ship, the first of its kind that on its maiden voyage.

sewwa, tal-vapur enormi, l-ewwel tax-xorta tiegħu li fil-vjaġġ ta’ xebba tiegħu.

A maiden voyage is, a ship's very first outing, first voyage.

Vjaġġ ta' xebba huwa, l-ewwel ħarġa ta' vapur, l-ewwel vjaġġ.

Its maiden voyage from, where did it go from?

Il-vjaġġ tax-xebba tagħha minn, minn fejn mar?

Was it from Liverpool to New York?

Kien minn Liverpool għal New York?

I can't remember where it set off from.

Ma nistax niftakar minn fejn telaq.

I think it was Liverpool to New York and it hit an iceberg.

Naħseb li kien Liverpool lejn New York u laqtet iceberg.

And it was surprising for many, first that the iceberg did so much damage.

U kien sorprendenti għal ħafna, l-ewwel li l-iceberg għamel tant ħsara.

And that's because icebergs are so dangerous 'cause we don't know how

U dan għaliex l-icebergs huma tant perikolużi għax ma nafux kemm

large they are under the water.

huma kbar taħt l-ilma.

You only see the tip, but it's a huge mass under the water.

Int tara biss il-ponta, iżda hija massa enormi taħt l-ilma.

And then people were also surprised by the fact that this supposedly unsinkable ship

U mbagħad in-nies kienu sorpriżi wkoll bil-fatt li dan il-bastiment li suppost ma kienx jegħreq

ended up sinking on its maiden voyage.

spiċċa għaraq fil-vjaġġ ta’ xebba.

I mean, it's just irony for you, isn't it?

Jiġifieri, hija biss ironija għalik, hux?

Very ironic and unfortunate.

Ironiku ħafna u sfortunati.

Yes, I digress.

Iva, niddejjaq.

Let's get back onto the topic.

Ejja nerġgħu lura fuq is-suġġett.

So, tip of the iceberg.

Allura, ponta tal-iceberg.

What other phrases have we had so far?

X'frażijiet oħra kellna s'issa?

We've had freezing cold, brr, to be snowed in, under a heavy blanket of snow.

Kellna kiesaħ iffriżat, brr, li jkun silġ fil, taħt kutra tqila ta 'borra.

Ah, something I didn't mention, which is very important.

Ah, xi ħaġa li ma semmejtx, li hija importanti ħafna.

If it is freezing cold and you are snowed in, or if there's just a blanket of snow

Jekk ikun kiesaħ iffriżat u inti silġ ġewwa, jew jekk hemm biss kutra ta 'borra

outside, then you want to wrap up warm.

barra, allura inti trid nagħlaq sħun.

Wrap up warm, and this is something we use very, commonly, very regularly.

Kebbeb sħun, u din hija xi ħaġa li nużaw ħafna, komunement, regolarment ħafna.

We tell people to wrap up warm, it's cold outside.

Ngħidu lin-nies biex jagħlqu sħun, barra huwa kiesaħ.

Or I might say, "I need to wrap up warm.

Jew nista 'ngħid, "Għandi bżonn nagħlaq sħun.

It's freezing" and it just means to cover yourself in lots of layers to

Huwa iffriżar" u jfisser biss li tkopri lilek innifsek f'ħafna saffi biex

wear very warm clothes in order to keep your temperature up in the cold weather.

tilbes ħwejjeġ sħan ħafna sabiex iżżomm it-temperatura tiegħek fit-temp kiesaħ.

So, wrap up warm because it's freezing cold, but you

Mela, wrap up sħun għax huwa kiesaħ iffriżat, imma taf

know, cold hands, warm heart.

, idejn kesħin, qalb sħun.

Useless saying.

Tgħid inutli.

If you don't wrap up warm, you might end up under the weather, which will be

Jekk ma tagħlaqx sħun, tista' tispiċċa taħt it-temp, li jkun

a disaster if you are snowed under with work and you need to, you know, get on

diżastru jekk tkun imxekkel bix-xogħol u trid, taf, tkompli max-

with work and function on all cylinders.

xogħol u taħdem fuq iċ-ċilindri kollha.

To be functioning on all cylinders means everything's full energy.

Li tkun qed taħdem fuq iċ-ċilindri kollha tfisser l-enerġija sħiħa ta 'kollox.

You're functioning full energy, you are fully aware.

Int qed taħdem b'enerġija sħiħa, int konxju bis-sħiħ.

Everything's 100%, but if you're under the weather, then you are not 100%.

Kollox 100%, imma jekk int taħt it-temp, allura m'intix 100%.

And then we talked about sugar, didn't we?

U mbagħad tkellimna dwar iz-zokkor, hux?

I talked about having a sweet tooth and the fact that I should go cold

Tkellimt dwar li jkolli ħelu u l-fatt li għandi mmur

turkey, but that every time I think about going cold turkey and just cutting

dundjan kiesaħ, iżda li kull darba li naħseb li mmur dundjan kiesaħ u sempliċement naqtagħha

it out, suddenly I get cold feet.

, f’daqqa waħda nieħu s-saqajn kesħin.

I have my doubts.

Għandi d-dubji tiegħi.

I think to myself, I can't do it, because I know that even the most

Naħseb bejni u bejn ruħi, ma nistax nagħmilha, għax naf li anke l-aktar

obvious sugar, even if I just cut that out, that's just the tip of the

zokkor ovvju, anki jekk inqatta’ dak, dak huwa biss il-ponta tal-

iceberg, and that actually sugar is such a huge part of everything we eat.

iceberg, u li fil-fatt iz-zokkor huwa parti daqshekk kbira minn dak kollu li aħna tiekol.

It would be very difficult to be completely without sugar.

Ikun diffiċli ħafna li tkun kompletament mingħajr zokkor.

So, we had quite a few cold wintery idioms and phrases there.

Allura, kellna pjuttost ftit idjomi u frażijiet kesħin xitwa hemmhekk.

I'm gonna share a few more with you.

Jien ser naqsam ftit aktar miegħek.

So, one phrase you might use to describe a person who is unpredictable,

Għalhekk, frażi waħda li tista 'tuża biex tiddeskrivi persuna li hija imprevedibbli,

is the phrase to blow hot and cold.

hija l-frażi li jonfoħ sħun u kiesaħ.

Now, if you blow hot and cold, it means that your mood changes from

Issa, jekk jonfoħ sħun u kiesaħ, dan ifisser li l-burdata tiegħek tinbidel milli

being a very warm personality.

tkun personalità sħuna ħafna.

So, when we talk about people being warm, we mean they're friendly,

Allura, meta nitkellmu dwar in-nies li huma sħan, infisser li huma faċli,

they're nice, they're warm.

huma sbieħ, huma sħun.

You might warm to somebody.

Inti tista 'tissaħħan lil xi ħadd.

"Oh, I really warmed to him.

"Oh, jien verament saħħan miegħu.

He was very nice."

Kien sabiħ ħafna."

I felt warm and friendly and nice towards this person.

Ħassejtni sħun u faċli u sabiħ lejn din il-persuna.

But if someone blows cold, then you know, if they're icy, you can

Imma jekk xi ħadd jonfoħ kiesaħ, allura taf, jekk ikun silġ, tista’

describe someone as being quite icy.

tiddeskrivi lil xi ħadd bħala li hu pjuttost silġ.

Then they're not very friendly, they don't make you feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Imbagħad ma jkunux faċli ħafna, ma jġiegħlekx tħossok sħun u fuzzy ġewwa.

So, if someone blows hot and cold, then they really switch between

Għalhekk, jekk xi ħadd jonfoħ sħun u kiesaħ, allura verament jaqleb bejn

being friendly and being unfriendly.

li jkun faċli u li ma jkunx faċli.

So, with these kinds of people, you don't know where you stand.

Allura, b’dawn it-tip ta’ nies, ma tafx fejn qiegħed.

You don't know if they like you or not.

Ma tafx jekk jogħġbukx jew le.

You don't know if they're going to be happy or if they're

Ma tafx jekk hux se jkunu ferħanin jew jekk hux

going to be angry and agitated.

se jkunu rrabjati u aġitat.

You don't know if they're annoyed with you and if you've done something wrong.

Ma tafx jekk humiex imdejqa miegħek u jekk għamiltx xi ħaġa ħażina.

It's really hard to know with someone who blows hot and cold what is going on.

Huwa verament diffiċli li tkun taf ma 'xi ħadd li jonfoħ sħun u kiesaħ x'inhu jiġri.

So, to blow hot and cold.

Allura, biex blow sħun u kiesaħ.

And another one similar to this is to go hot and cold.

U ieħor simili għal dan huwa li tmur sħun u kiesaħ.

You might say, "oh, it just went all hot and cold.

Inti tista 'tgħid, "oh, biss marru kollha sħun u kiesaħ.

I just went all hot and cold."

I biss marru kollha sħun u kiesaħ."

This is, although it sounds very similar to the previous one, to go hot and

Dan, għalkemm jinstema’ ħafna simili għal dak ta’ qabel, li sħan u

cold is a way of describing a feeling of being shocked or stunned usually

kiesaħ huwa mod kif tiddeskrivi sensazzjoni ta’ ixxukkjat jew stordut normalment

because it's, you know, bad news.

għax tkun, taf, aħbar ħażina.

So, perhaps you hear that trip that you've been planning for over a year

Allura, forsi tisma’ dak il-vjaġġ li ilek tippjana għal aktar minn sena

and you've spent a lot of money on.

u nefaq ħafna flus fuqu.

Perhaps you hear the news that everyone's going on strike, which is something

Forsi tisma’ l-aħbar li kulħadd qed jagħmel strajk, li hija xi ħaġa

that's happening in the UK at the moment.

li qed tiġri fir-Renju Unit bħalissa.

It seems like everyone is going on strike, which is causing havoc, especially for

Jidher li kulħadd qed jagħmel strajk, li qed jikkaġuna ħerba, speċjalment għal

those who are travelling over this period.

dawk li qed jivvjaġġaw matul dan il-perjodu.

So if I hear that this trip of a lifetime that I've put a lot of energy and

Mela jekk nisma’ li dan il-vjaġġ ta’ ħajtek li tajt ħafna enerġija u

finance into is potentially going to be cancelled because of strikes, then

finanzi fih potenzjalment se jiġi kkanċellat minħabba strajks, allura

I might suddenly go all hot and cold.

nista’ nibqa’ f’daqqa waħda sħan u kiesaħ.

"Oh, what?

"Oh, xiex?

Is my flight still going ahead?

It-titjira tiegħi għadha għaddejja?

Oh, I just went all hot and cold for a minute there, phew.

Oh, jien biss mort sħun u kiesaħ għal minuta hemmhekk, phew.

My flight is still going.

It-titjira tiegħi għadha għaddejja.

I'm very pleased about that."

Ninsab kuntent ħafna b'dan."

So to blow hot and cold, and to go hot and cold.

Allura biex jonfoħ sħun u kiesaħ, u biex tmur sħun u kiesaħ.

Very similar, but very different.

Simili ħafna, iżda differenti ħafna.

Now, in the cold light of day, this is a great phrase.

Issa, fid-dawl kiesaħ tal-ġurnata, din hija frażi kbira.

This means in reality.

Dan ifisser fir-realtà.

When you see something in the cold light of day, then you

Meta tara xi ħaġa fid-dawl kiesaħ tal-ġurnata, allura taraha

see it for what it really is.

għal dak li verament hi.

We often use this phrase when talking about a decision that's been made

Ħafna drabi nużaw din il-frażi meta nitkellmu dwar deċiżjoni li ttieħdet

probably a little bit too quickly.

probabbilment ftit wisq malajr.

So, if you make a decision, maybe to commit to something that's too

Għalhekk, jekk tieħu deċiżjoni, forsi biex timpenja ruħek għal xi ħaġa li hija wisq

much or to spend money on a product that's too expensive, or to agree

jew biex tonfoq flus fuq prodott li jiswa wisq, jew biex taqbel

to something like moving in with your boyfriend or girlfriend.

ma 'xi ħaġa bħal ma tmur toqgħod mal-għarus jew ħabiba tiegħek.

In the cold light of day, you might look at that decision and think,

Fid-dawl kiesaħ tal-ġurnata, tista 'tħares lejn dik id-deċiżjoni u taħseb,

actually, that was the wrong decision.

fil-fatt, li kienet id-deċiżjoni żbaljata.

So to see something in the cold light of day is to see something in

Allura li tara xi ħaġa fid-dawl kiesaħ tal-ġurnata hija li tara xi ħaġa fir-

reality with a level head, a clear mind, and we usually use it when

realtà b'ras livell, moħħ ċar, u normalment nużawha meta

talking about regret of a decision.

nitkellmu dwar dispjaċir ta 'deċiżjoni.

Or changing our mind about a decision we made when we weren't thinking

Jew nibdlu fehmna dwar deċiżjoni li ħadna meta ma konniex naħsbu

straight or in the heat of the moment.

sew jew fis-sħana tal-mument.

So there we go.

Allura hemm immorru.

Heat and cold.

Saħħan u kesħa.

You make a decision in the heat of the moment.

Inti tieħu deċiżjoni fis-sħana tal-mument.

Sometimes we feel passionate and we make a quick decision in the heat of the

Xi drabi nħossuna passjonati u nieħdu deċiżjoni malajr fis-sħana tal-

moment, but then in the cold light of day, we realise that was the wrong decision.

mument, iżda mbagħad fid-dawl kiesaħ tal-ġurnata, nindunaw li kienet id-deċiżjoni żbaljata.

Now, I'm sure I've been in this situation many times.

Issa, jien ċert li kont f’din is-sitwazzjoni ħafna drabi.

Can I think of one occasion right now off the top of my head?

Nista 'naħseb f'okkażjoni waħda bħalissa minn fuq ta' rasi?

Off the top of my head, that means right now, in the moment without preparing.

Minn fuq rasi, dan ifisser dritt issa, fil-mument mingħajr ma nipprepara.

Can I think of a time when I made a decision in the heat of the

Nista’ naħseb fi żmien meta ħadt deċiżjoni fis-sħana tal-

moment and then later regretted it?

mument u wara ddispjaċieh?

Yes, I decided, when I was younger, to enroll on a course

Iva, iddeċidejt, meta kont iżgħar, li nirreġistra għal kors

to become a driving instructor.

biex issir għalliem tas-sewqan.

I enrolled on the course because I was convinced by a salesperson that

Irreġistrajt fil-kors għax kont konvint minn salesperson li

it was the best side job I could do while I was studying and it was a

kien l-aqwa xogħol sekondarju li stajt nagħmel waqt li kont qed nistudja u kien xogħol

remote job, so I could do it anywhere in the world or in the UK at least.

remot, u għalhekk stajt nagħmel kullimkien fid-dinja jew għall-inqas fir-Renju Unit.

And so it would be a good thing for my future as well to have this side hustle.

U għalhekk tkun xi ħaġa tajba għall-futur tiegħi wkoll li jkolli din il-hustle tal-ġenb.

I made a split decision in the heat of the moment after listening

Ħadt deċiżjoni maqsuma fis-sħana tal-mument wara li smajt

to a very good sales pitch.

pitch tal-bejgħ tajjeb ħafna.

But then when it came down to it, to actually doing the course, the amount of

Imma mbagħad meta niżel, biex fil-fatt nagħmel il-kors, l-ammont ta’

money I had to spend, I realised in the cold light of day that I wasn't passionate

flus li kelli nonfoq, indunajt fid-dawl kiesaħ tal-ġurnata li ma kontx passjonat

about being a driving instructor.

li nkun għalliem tas-sewqan.

I hate being sat in a car for hours and hours and hours, and it was a

Ddejjaqni nkun bilqiegħda fil-karozza għal sigħat u sigħat u sigħat, u kien ħafna

lot of work, I gave it up in the end.

xogħol, ċedah fl-aħħar.

I had to cut my losses.

Kelli naqqas it-telf tiegħi.

To cut your losses is to walk away from something, even when you've lost,

Li tnaqqas it-telf tiegħek huwa li titbiegħed minn xi ħaġa, anke meta tlift,

either financially or maybe you've put in a lot of effort, a lot of time, and

jew finanzjarjament jew forsi għamilt ħafna sforz, ħafna ħin, u

you just have to say, I've lost that.

trid tgħid, jien tlift dak.

I can't get that back, but I'm not going to lose anymore.

Ma nistax nikseb lura, imma mhux se nitlef aktar.

I'm just going to cut my losses and walk away.

Jien se naqqas it-telf tiegħi u nimxi.

So I lost quite a lot of money, but I decided it just wasn't for me.

Allura tlift ħafna flus, imma ddeċidejt li sempliċement ma kienx għalija.

It was taking too much time and it was continuous money I was having

Kien qed jieħu wisq ħin u kienu flus kontinwi li kelli ndaħħal

to put into this training and I thought, I'm not gonna pay anymore.

f'dan it-taħriġ u ħsibt, mhux se nħallas aktar.

It's not for me.

Mhux għalija.

I'm gonna walk away.

Jien se nimxi.

So I cut my losses and I walked away.

Allura qatgħet it-telf tiegħi u tlaqt.

In the cold light of day, I made the right decision.

Fid-dawl kiesaħ tal-ġurnata, ħadt id-deċiżjoni t-tajba.

Have you ever made a decision like that?

Qatt ħadt deċiżjoni bħal dik?

A heat of the moment decision that you regretted in the cold light of day.

Deċiżjoni ta’ sħana tal-mument li ddispjaċik fid-dawl kiesaħ tal-ġurnata.

Okay, so we've had, to blow hot and cold, to go hot and cold -whew, in the heat of

Tajjeb, mela kellna, li jonfoħ sħun u kiesaħ, li jmorru sħun u kiesaħ -whew, fis-sħana tal-

the moment, and in the cold light of day.

mument, u fid-dawl kiesaħ tal-ġurnata.

Now, to add fuel to the fire, this is a phrase, which means you

Issa, biex iżżid il-karburant man-nar, din hija frażi, li tfisser li qed

are giving even more agitation to an already agitated situation.

tagħti saħansitra aktar aġitazzjoni għal sitwazzjoni diġà aġitat.

So, if someone is annoyed that you borrowed their car without asking and

Allura, jekk xi ħadd ikun imdejjaq li inti ssellef il-karozza tiegħu mingħajr ma staqsejt u

they're shouting at you, "I can't believe you borrowed my car without asking.

qed jgħajjat ​​lilek, "Ma nistax nemmen li sselleft il-karozza tiegħi mingħajr ma staqsejt.

That's terrible.

Dik hija terribbli.

How dare you?"

Kif tazzarda?"

And then you say to them, "I crashed your car while I was

U mbagħad tgħidilhom, "Ħraġejt il-karozza tiegħek waqt li kont

out, and it's a complete mess."

barra, u hija taħwid sħiħ."

Then you are adding fuel to the fire.

Imbagħad tkun qed iżżid il-fjuwil man-nar.

You are going to make that person explode with anger.

Int se tagħmel lil dik il-persuna tisplodi bir-rabja.

So to add fuel to the fire is, you can see it visually, can't you?

Allura biex iżżid il-karburant man-nar huwa, tista 'taraha viżwalment, ma tistax?

If you have a fire that's burning.

Jekk għandek nar li qed jaħraq.

And you add fuel to it, what's gonna happen?

U żżid il-fjuwil miegħu, x'se jiġri?

The fire is going to become more intense.

In-nar se jsir aktar intens.

So, adding fuel to a metaphorical fire is just giving it reason

Għalhekk, iż-żieda tal-fjuwil għal nar metaforiku qed tagħtiha raġuni

to be even more intense.

biex tkun saħansitra aktar intensa.

Usually fire represents passion.

Normalment in-nar jirrappreżenta passjoni.

In this case, it's usually anger, so it's a negative passion.

F'dan il-każ, ġeneralment tkun rabja, għalhekk hija passjoni negattiva.

So, to add fuel to the fire, to make a situation seem worse or

Allura, biex iżżid il-fjuwil man-nar, biex sitwazzjoni tidher agħar jew

make someone feel more angry.

tagħmel lil xi ħadd iħossu aktar rrabjat.

Now, talking about things growing.

Issa, nitkellmu dwar affarijiet li qed jikbru.

Our next phrase is the snowball effect.

Il-frażi li jmiss tagħna hija l-effett snowball.

A snowball effect.

Effett ballun tas-silġ.

When we talk about a snowball effect, we're talking about something

Meta nitkellmu dwar effett ballun tas-silġ, qed nitkellmu dwar xi ħaġa

becoming greater, becoming bigger than it was when it started.

li ssir akbar, li ssir akbar milli kienet meta bdiet.

So, imagine you have a teeny tiny little snowball and you continue to roll it,

Allura, immaġina li għandek ballun ċkejkna żgħira tas-silġ u tkompli tirromblaha,

roll it, roll it through the snow.

irromblaha, irromblaha mal-borra.

It will get bigger and bigger and bigger.

Se jikber u akbar u akbar.

So, if something is a snowball effect, then it's something that's growing.

Allura, jekk xi ħaġa hija effett snowball, allura hija xi ħaġa li qed tikber.

You could say that a trend has a snowball effect.

Tista 'tgħid li xejra għandha effett snowball.

If one person tries doing something new on social media, with a new piece of music

Jekk persuna waħda tipprova tagħmel xi ħaġa ġdida fuq il-midja soċjali, b'biċċa mużika ġdida

and they share it and a few people like it, but then someone with a big following,

u jaqsmuha u ftit nies jogħġobha, iżda mbagħad xi ħadd b'segwitu kbir,

they like it and they copy the trend.

jogħġobha u tikkopja t-tendenza.

Then it has a snowball effect.

Imbagħad għandu effett snowball.

The more people like it, the more they do it, the bigger the trend grows.

Iktar ma n-nies bhalu, aktar jagħmluha, iktar tikber it-tendenza.

So, that is a snowball effect.

Allura, dan huwa effett snowball.

Now, when it comes to trends, there's not a snowball's chance in hell I'm

Issa, meta niġu għat-tendenzi, m'hemmx ċans ta' snowball fl-infern jien

ever going to be one of those social media people who does every trend

qatt se nkun wieħed minn dawk in-nies tal-midja soċjali li jagħmlu kull xejra

because it's just, it's just not me.

għax huwa biss, mhux jien.

I just don't have the time.

Jien biss m'għandix il-ħin.

So, to have a snowball's chance in hell.

Allura, li jkollok ċans ta 'snowball fl-infern.

Or there's not a snowball's chance in hell means there's just no chance.

Jew m'hemmx ċans ta' snowball fl-infern ifisser li m'hemm l-ebda ċans.

Thinking about hell being all fire and brimstone.

Naħsbu dwar l-infern kollu nar u sulfur.

It's a very hot place, hell, and so a snowball in hell, it's

Huwa post sħun ħafna, infern, u għalhekk ballun tas-silġ fl-infern, huwa

not going to last very long.

mhux se jdum ħafna.

So, a snowball doesn't have a chance of surviving in hell.

Allura, snowball m'għandux ċans li jgħix fl-infern.

Okay, so there's not a snowball's chance in hell that I'm ever going

Tajjeb, allura m'hemmx ċans ta' snowball fl-infern li jien qatt se

to be one of these people who does all these social media trends.

nkun wieħed minn dawn in-nies li jagħmlu dawn it-tendenzi kollha tal-midja soċjali.

In fact, I will do daily trends when hell freezes over.

Fil-fatt, se nagħmel xejriet ta 'kuljum meta l-infern jiffriża.

That's another phrase that you can use to say something is never gonna happen.

Dik hija frażi oħra li tista’ tuża biex tgħid xi ħaġa qatt mhi se tiġri.

I'll do it when hell freezes over because hell is very hot

Nagħmilha meta l-infern jiffriża għax l-infern huwa sħun ħafna

and it will never freeze over.

u qatt mhu se jiffriża.

So, moving from snow through to ice.

Allura, nimxu minn borra għal silġ.

If you are in a situation where you don't know someone, or it's a little

Jekk inti f'sitwazzjoni fejn ma tafx lil xi ħadd, jew huwa ftit

bit awkward, no one's talking, then you might want to try an icebreaker.

skomdi, ħadd ma jitkellem, allura inti tista 'tixtieq tipprova icebreaker.

An icebreaker.

An icebreaker.

You might want to break the ice.

Forsi trid tkisser is-silġ.

So, this is when the situation is quite icy.

Allura, dan huwa meta s-sitwazzjoni hija pjuttost tħaddan.

Nobody's talking to one another.

Ħadd ma jitkellem ma’ xulxin.

It feels a bit awkward, it feels icy and cold.

Tħossha daqsxejn skomda, tħoss is-silġ u l-kesħa.

And so you might want to tell a joke or simply ask a question

U allura tista’ tkun trid tgħid ċajta jew sempliċiment tistaqsi mistoqsija

in order to break the ice.

sabiex tkisser is-silġ.

So, you break the cold atmosphere by trying to encourage conversation.

Allura, tkisser l-atmosfera kiesħa billi tipprova tħeġġeġ il-konversazzjoni.

Now, a phrase that means to discourage.

Issa, frażi li tfisser li tiskoraġġixxi.

If you need to discourage something you could say to pour cold water on something.

Jekk għandek bżonn tiskoraġġixxi xi ħaġa tista 'tgħid li ferra ilma kiesaħ fuq xi ħaġa.

For example, if I break the ice by talking about something generic like

Pereżempju, jekk inkisser is-silġ billi nitkellem dwar xi ħaġa ġenerika bħat

the weather, but then we move on to talking about politics and that

-temp, imma mbagħad ngħaddu biex nitkellmu dwar il-politika u dik

becomes a heated discussion which could potentially turn into an argument,

issir diskussjoni taħraq li potenzjalment tista’ tinbidel f’argument,

then I might want to pour cold water on that discussion and change the

allura forsi nixtieq inferra’ ilma kiesaħ fuqha diskussjoni u jibdlu s

subject completely, to stop it becoming too heated, too angry, too awkward.

-suġġett għal kollox, biex ma jibqax jisħon wisq, irrabjat wisq, skomdu wisq.

Another phrase that uses the word ice is to be on thin ice

Frażi oħra li tuża l-kelma silġ hija li tkun fuq silġ irqiq

or to be walking on thin ice.

jew li tkun mixi fuq silġ irqiq.

This means that you are in a precarious, a dangerous situation.

Dan ifisser li inti qiegħed f’sitwazzjoni prekarja, perikoluża.

You are perhaps behaving in a way that will get you into

Inti forsi qed iġib ruħek b'mod li jġiblek fl-

trouble if you're not careful.

inkwiet jekk ma toqgħodx attent.

For example, you are at work and you keep breaking the rules.

Per eżempju, inti fuq ix-xogħol u inti tkompli tikser ir-regoli.

Not in a big way, just in a little way, but you keep doing it and

Mhux bil-kbir, ftit biss, imma int tibqa’ tagħmilha u

you've had a few warnings, but you keep bending those rules, behaving

kellek ftit twissijiet, imma tibqa’ tgħawweġ dawk ir-regoli, iġib ruħu

in a way that's questionable.

b’mod li hu dubjuż.

Then your boss or your supervisor might say to you, "look, you are,

Imbagħad l-imgħallem tiegħek jew is-superviżur tiegħek jista 'jgħidlek, "ara, int,

you are on thin ice right now.

int qiegħed fuq silġ irqiq bħalissa.

If you don't start behaving yourself and doing the things

Jekk ma tibdax ġġib ruħek lilek innifsek u tagħmel l-affarijiet

you're supposed to do, then you might find yourself without a job.

li suppost tagħmel, allura tista' ssib ruħek mingħajr xogħol.

You are on very thin ice.

Inti fuq silġ irqiq ħafna.

I'm watching you".

Qed narah".

Okay, so it's to be in a precarious situation, which is different

Okay, allura huwa li tkun f'sitwazzjoni prekarja, li hija differenti

to putting something on ice.

milli tpoġġi xi ħaġa fuq is-silġ.

If you put something on ice, like a project that you're all

Jekk tpoġġi xi ħaġa fuq is-silġ, bħal proġett li tkun qed

working on, then it means that you delay it, you postpone it.

taħdem fuqu, allura jfisser li tittardjaha, tipposponiha.

You freeze it until a point in the future.

Inti tiffriżah sa punt fil-futur.

For example, I was building a course in the summer and I decided to put

Pereżempju, kont qed nibni kors fis-sajf u ddeċidejt li npoġġi

that project on ice until next year, while I focused on other things.

dak il-proġett fuq is-silġ sas-sena d-dieħla, filwaqt li ffokajt fuq affarijiet oħra.

So, to delay something for a little while.

Allura, biex tittardja xi ħaġa għal ftit żmien.

Ooh.

Ooh.

Well, I have definitely heated up with this discussion of wintery phrases.

Ukoll, żgur li ssaħħan b'din id-diskussjoni ta 'frażijiet tax-xitwa.

If this is your first time here, then I'd really appreciate your support

Jekk din hija l-ewwel darba tiegħek hawn, allura napprezza l-appoġġ tiegħek

by giving this a like, or rating the podcast or at least sharing it with

billi tagħti dan like, jew nikklassifika l-podcast jew għall-inqas taqsamha ma '

someone else who might find it useful.

xi ħadd ieħor li jista' jsibha utli.

Until next time, take care, wrap up warm and goodbye.

Sad-darba li jmiss, oqgħod attent, kebbeb sħun u addiju.