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See Home Club for details. When

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was the last time you hit

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the ceiling or hit the jackpot?

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Do you like to hit the town

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or even hit the sauce?

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What time do you usually hit

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the hay? Let's

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discuss. Welcome

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to another Happy English Podcast coming

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to you from New York City.

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And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Alright, thank you, John, and

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thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and

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I help people speak English

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better. And this is Happy

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English Podcast Episode 701. Five

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Things You Can Hit.

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I like helping you learn

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idioms because idioms always make

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your English conversation sound more

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colorful and more natural. For

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today's English lesson, we're going to

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take a look at five idioms

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which are things you can

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hit. By the end

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of this lesson, you're going to not

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only learn these idioms, but

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you'll also have an idea as to

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where they came from. Let's

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get the ball rolling. First

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of all, you can hit the ceiling.

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You remember the cartoon Tom and Jerry,

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right? Sometimes

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Jerry would do something and make

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Tom so angry that his head

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would fly up toward the

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ceiling. We have

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this image with the idiom,

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hit the ceiling, which means

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to become very angry or

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to lose your temper. Here

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are some examples. You

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had better call your wife to let her

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know you're coming home late. Otherwise,

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she's going to hit the ceiling.

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Emily hit the ceiling when her computer

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froze and she lost all her work.

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When Ted's teacher rejected his term

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paper, he totally hit the ceiling.

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Next, you can hit the

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jackpot. A jackpot

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is the top prize in

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gambling, and when you hit

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the jackpot, you win that

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prize. Well, with the same

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idea, when you hit the

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jackpot, you have a sudden

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and pretty significant success. For

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example, Amy hit the jackpot

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at the department store when she

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found all of her favorite stuff

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on sale. The

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new product launch was a huge

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success, and the company hit the

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jackpot in terms of sales. It

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seems like Taylor Swift hit

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the jackpot with her recently

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released concert film. If

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you hit the jackpot, the

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next thing you'll probably want to

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do is celebrate by going out

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and hitting the town. When

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you hit the town, you enjoy the

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nightlife in your town. town,

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including eating out

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and entertainment. Here

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are some examples. On their

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anniversary, John and Susan decided

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to hit the town and have

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a romantic dinner at a fancy

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restaurant. After weeks of

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hard work, the team wanted to

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celebrate their success by hitting the

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town and having a great time.

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Let's hit the town this Saturday night. Stella

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Cole has a gig in the

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West Village. Speaking

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of hitting the town, some

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people like to hit the

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sauce. In this case,

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when I say sauce, I'm not

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talking about pasta sauce. I'm

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talking about alcoholic drinks.

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When you say that someone hits

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the sauce, it means

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that they consume alcoholic

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beverages. And we

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usually use hit the sauce when

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we talk about someone who drinks

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too much. For

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example, Tom tends to

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hit the sauce at parties

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and it can lead to

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some embarrassing situations. After

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six months of being sober, Dona's

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husband started hitting the sauce

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again. It's not

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a good idea to hit the sauce

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before driving. It's not

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only illegal, but it's

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dangerous. And

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finally, after hitting the

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sauce, you'll probably want to hit

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the hay or hit the sack.

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Hay is dry grass that you

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would find on a farm. And

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a sack is a big bag. Well,

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in the old days, if they

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had an old sack, they

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would probably fill it with hay

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and make a pillow out of it

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or even a mattress. So

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when you hit the hay or hit

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the sack, you go to bed. I

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was so tired last night that I hit

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the hay at 9.30pm. Since

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you need to wake up early in the

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morning, I think it's time you hit the

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sack. Lisa decided to

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hit the hay early because she had

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an important meeting in the morning. Keep

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in mind the best way to

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remember this and any vocabulary is

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to take the word or phrase,

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write it in a sentence that's

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true for you or true

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in your world and then memorize

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your sentences. Well, that's

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it for this English lesson

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podcast. Looks like you

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