Hello everyone! And welcome back to English with Lucy
In this video we are going to be celebrating a very important day, especially in the Irish calendar
Yes, St. Patrick's day will be celebrated on the seventeenth of march
So I've teamed up with the guys from lingoda
They have a fantastic blog now which has lots of articles relating to specific events, days, seasons
So head over to that blog, the link is in the description box and you can read lots more about St. Patrick's day,
vocabulary used, language, the history; should be very interesting
So today I am going to tell you a little bit about St. Patrick's Day, how it's celebrated
And then I'm going to give you some idioms
And because the colour used to celebrate is the colour green
I am going to give you idioms related to the color green
So, for most people St. Patrick's Day is a day for celebrating everything to do with Irish culture
which normally involves going to the pub and drinking lots of beer or whiskey
and dressing up as leprechaun and shamrocks
If you want to find out what those are, check out the blogpost
And I must say I have joined in in those festivities I do like a pint of Guinness every now and again
However, it actually has much more cultural importance than that
In reality St. Patrick's Day celebrates the life of Saint Patrick, who would have guessed it?
Now, St Patrick's Day is celebrated on the seventeenth of March because it is believed to be the date he died
in around four hundred and sixty A.D
Now, St. Patrick's day is known for drinking because it actually falls within Lent
And that's a period of time where there are restrictions on food and drink
So the Irish people were given an exception, they were allowed to drink and feast on St. Patrick's Day
That's why it's associated with excess
Nowadays is celebrated all over the world, especially in America they love it over there
and people listen to Irish music, they drink Irish alcohol and drinks, they eat Irish food
And they sometimes talk with an Irish accent
Ireland. That's the best I can do
Oh! and very importantly they wear green, people wear green
So now, to help celebrate St. Patrick's Day
I'm going to talk to you about some idioms that are related to the color green
So the first idiom is: To be green with envy
So, I'm going to give an example of how I would use this idiom in conversation
and I want you to guess what it means Aftewards I will say the definition
My neighbor has a gorgeous new pug puppy and I am green with envy
My neighbor has a gorgeous new pug puppy and I am green with envy
Yep, so I could say My neighbor has a gorgeous new pug puppy and I am really jealous
To be green with envy means to be really jealous, really envious of what somebody else has
So the next one is: to have a green thumb
And I would say in the summer months my dad grows amazing food for us all
No, he really, really does. We have fresh tomatoes, potatoes, beans, fruits, everything
Now, all the vegetables taste delicious because he has a green thumb
The vegetables taste delicious because he has a green thumb
So, if somebody has a green thumb it means that they have a real talent to for growing things, for growing plants
The next one: To be green around the gills
Gills are slits here that fish use to breathe
So if you are green around the gills, what do you think that means?
I sent Sharon home from work today because she looked a bit green around the gills
I sent Sharon home from work today because she looked a bit green around the gills
If somebody is green around the gills it means they look ill or they look unwell. So poor Sharon looked unwell
Now, the fourth idiom is: to give the green light
If I give something the green light, what am I-- What am I doing?
So, say my boss gave me the green light to start my new campaign
My boss gave me the green light to start my new campaign
If you someone the green light it means you give them permission to start a new project
It's a useful one for the work place
Now the final idiom, idiom number five, is: to go green
So if I say: I've decided to go green, from now on I am going to walk to work
I've decided to go green, from now on I am going to walk to work
So, to go green means to make a conscious life style change in order to be more environmentally friendly
So walking to work is more environmentally friendly than driving to work
Right guys, that's it for today's lesson
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So that's it for today, don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media
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And also, check out the blogpost where you can find out lots about St. Patrick's Day
And also some really good St. Patrick's Day vocabulary as well that we haven't covered in this video