Pregnancy Euphemisms | Learn English Idioms

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āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻŸāĻžāĻ‡āĻŸā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛-āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

00:00
Hi there. I'm Sarah.
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āĻšāĻžāĻ‡. āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻš.
00:02
And I'm going to explain some euphemisms to you for the word 'pregnant'.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ 'āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ā§€' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻŽāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
00:06
So maybe if your friend or somebody is pregnant, people will ask and you'll say, "Oh, she's pregnant".
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ā§€ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡, āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨, "āĻ“āĻš, āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ā§€"āĨ¤
00:12
But the word 'pregnant' might be a little bit too direct.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ 'āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ā§€' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤
00:15
So we have some euphemisms that we can use to  say 'pregnant' without saying 'pregnant'.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻŽāĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž 'āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ā§€' āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ 'āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ā§€' āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
00:20
So, let's look at the board.
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ‚, āĻāĻ° āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ¨.
00:23
So, right up front, "She's pregnant."
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡, "āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ā§€āĨ¤"
00:27
That is how you would say it. And everybody knows what it means.
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āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĨ¤
00:30
"She's pregnant."
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"āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ā§€."
00:32
Down here are euphemisms.
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āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻšā§‡ euphemisms āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
00:35
So the most common one,
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ•,
00:36
"She's expecting."
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"āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤"
00:38
So she's expecting a baby in the future.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤
00:41
You can just say, "Oh, she's expecting," and everybody knows  what that means.
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āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨, "āĻ“āĻš, āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻļāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡," āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€āĨ¤
00:45
Very, very common.
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āĻ–ā§āĻŦ, āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ.
00:47
Number two.
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āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ‡.
00:48
"She's preggers."
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"āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ—āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤"
00:49
So preggers is like a shortened form of pregnant.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ preggers āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ā§€ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻŽāĻ¤.
00:53
It's less serious. It's kind of funny.
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āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ°. āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻŽāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ°.
00:56
"She's preggers."
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"āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ—āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤"
00:58
"Eating for two."
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"āĻĻā§āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤"
00:59
"Eating for two," is she's got a lot of food on her plate.
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"āĻĻā§āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž," āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻŸā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
01:03
She's eating for her and she's eating for the baby.
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āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
01:06
"She's eating for two."
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"āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĻā§āĻ‡āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤"
01:09
These two are idioms.
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āĻāĻ‡ āĻĻā§āĻ‡āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‡āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĨ¤
01:11
So "Knocked up."
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ "āĻ¨āĻ• āĻ†āĻĒāĨ¤"
01:13
"Knocked up," is a little bit negative.
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"āĻ¨āĻ• āĻ†āĻĒ," āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĨ¤
01:15
In the past, it was used for somebody who's unmarried.
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āĻ…āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤ā§‡, āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤āĨ¤
01:19
So, "She's knocked up."
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡, "āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻŸāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤"
01:21
The baby wasn't expected. She's not married. It's a little bit of a surprise.
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āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻšāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤
01:25
So that wasn't a good feeling with 'knocked up,' but now people say it all the time.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ 'āĻ¨āĻ• āĻ†āĻĒ' āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĨ¤
01:31
So, "She's knocked up." It's not negative anymore.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡, "āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻŸāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤" āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ• āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
01:35
"She has a bun in the oven."
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"āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤"
01:37
This one's kind of funny. So you need to imagine that the woman's body is an oven.
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āĻāĻ‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻœāĻžāĻ°. āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻ°ā§€āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤
01:42
And inside there is a baby. The baby is the bread.
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āĻ†āĻ° āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻšāĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĨ¤
01:46
It's a little bun, just a little bun. And it's going to grow.
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āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨, āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨. āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡.
01:50
And babies grow, bread grows in the oven. So 'bun' is the baby 'in the oven', which is the 'stomach'.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ 'āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨' āĻšāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻšāĻž 'āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§‡', āĻ¯āĻž 'āĻĒā§‡āĻŸ'āĨ¤
01:59
So those are euphemisms for pregnancy. I hope they help you. I'll see you next time.
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