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We're cussing today in this English
lesson. Americans use the phrase
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"Sh*t out of" a couple of different ways.
First, "Sh*t out of luck." Notice "out of"
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becomes "outta". Sh*t out of luck.
This means what you want to happen,
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there's just no way it can happen. You look
into every possibility and and it's just not
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going to work out. For example, last weekend, last
minute, I decided to visit my friend, I needed to
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rent a car. And I tried Zipcar, I tried all the
car rental places in my neighborhood. I even
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tried some new app I never heard of before
but nothing was available, I was sh*t out
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of luck. We also use it with the verb "beat" and
"scared". If something scares the sh*t out of you,
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It's just really, really scary. Let's say I don't
think my husband is home, I walk in, it's late
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at night, it turns out he's there, huh! I see
him and for a second I don't realize it's him,
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I'm like "David, you scared the sh*t out of me."
Now I hope you're never in a fight because I hope
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no one ever beats the sh*t out of you. That means
they really got you good, it wasn't just a little minor
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scuffle, hfff, they beat the sh*t out of you.
Note: Sh*t out of luck can get shortened to SOL,
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if someone wants to use this phrase
but not cuss. Sorry, you're SOL.
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