Idioms A to Z 7: Idioms with money 004

In this episode, Kevin and Jack discuss three more idioms about money 💰to be in the black/be in the redto make ends meetto have a Midas touchWebsite: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/idioms-7/Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes.Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/Directions: Use each idiom in a sentence.1.2.3.Full Transcript:Jack You are listening to the A-Z English podcast. Kevin Welcome to an A-Z English idioms from A-Z or. Today we're going to talk about three different English idioms first, starting with a quick example. Kevin Then we'll explain them and try and define and tell you how you too can use these idioms in your conversations. Kevin Remember to check our website for study guides and more. Kevin We also have links to our WhatsApp, Facebook pages and all our other social media so you 2 can join the conversation. Jack So, Kev, how's business? Kevin Not so good, man. Kevin These days I'm always in the red. Kevin I can barely make ends meet. Jack Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that. Jack You know, mark, his coffee shop is doing really well. Jack That guys got the Midas touch. Kevin I wish I was so lucky. 발표자 1 Right. Kevin So we had three idioms in there, and if anyone was listening, can you hear what they are? Kevin I know they were. Kevin They come quick. Kevin First was to be in the red, or you can be in the black as well in. Kevin The black or. Kevin Red the next is to make ends meet and finally. Kevin To have a Midas touch. Kevin So let's talk about these color ones first. Kevin To be in the black or in the red. Kevin What do these mean? Jack Yeah, so these. Jack These come down to kind of the old style of accounting. Jack So when you we used to do accounting books, we would, if you were making a profit, you would use a black pen. Jack To write down the numbers of the money that you have made. Kevin So it's like money coming in, yeah. Jack Right, the money coming in or the elders? Kevin Yeah, I made 10 mixtures. Jack Or the money. Jack Leftover like the you know, after you pay all your expenses and everything, and then whatever is leftover, that's your profit. Jack But, and your profit is, it was written in black traditionally. Jack Now everything is done on computers, but back in the day you would put it, you'd write it in black. Jack And what about red? Jack If you wrote the number in red, what does that mean? Kevin Well, I mean, I think we can probably guess this one right. Kevin If you see a red light when you're driving, it means, you know, caution. Kevin Be careful, right? Kevin So red for money probably means that's bad. Kevin You're you're negative money, you don't have any money. Jack That's how much money you owe. Jack You have to still pay and. Kevin Right. Jack Yeah, and so if you're in the red, that means that you have you owe more money than you have. Kevin Yeah, that's no good. Jack You know, it's no good, but if you're in the black, you have more money than you. Jack Oh, and you can buy things. Jack And so that's a that's a good thing. Kevin So it's always better to be in the black if if someone is in the red, that means they're struggling with their business or or whatever it is. Jack And yeah, oh, sorry. Jack I was just going to say during the during coronavirus you would hear this expression a lot because a lot of companies were in the red because of the pandemic. Kevin Because people aren't shopping and things. Jack So yeah, exactly. Kevin Yep, true. Kevin All right. Kevin So then, how about making ends meet? Kevin So what's an end? Kevin How do we what is an end and how? Kevin Does it meet? Jack Yeah, making an end pizza. Kevin Yeah, this is a tough one to get. Jack Yeah, this is a hard one. Jack This one is a very common expression that we use in English, though very common. Kevin Actually, yeah, this one. Kevin Yeah, one that I definitely would use more more regularly than some others. Jack Yeah, so making ends meet means earning enough money to pay your bills. Jack That's it, basically. Jack And so you might you might hear the expression it's difficult to make ends meet means it's hard to earn enough money to pay. Jack All of my bills, right? Jack My rent, my car payment, food, insurance, my children school fees, all these things are expenses that I have. Kevin Right, all your bills. Jack And so that means I have to. Jack Earn that much money in order to pay for all these things, and if I can pay for all of them, I make ends meet. Jack That's a good thing. Jack Make ends meet. Jack Everything is paid for in full. Jack But if I can't make ends meet, that means I'm not able to pay all of my bills. Jack For all of my expenses. Kevin Right, yeah. Kevin And if you if you make ends meet, it means that you're in the black like we just talked about, but usually not by a lot. Kevin You're not making a ton of money. Kevin You're not rich, right? Kevin If you're rich, you're not going to be talking about making ends meet. Kevin Making ends meet is like I can pay all my bills, I've got my food, I'm OK, but I'm not saving a ton or I don't have a lot of extra money, but I can make ends meet. Kevin I'm OK right here. close. Jack Yeah, exactly. Jack You're just making ends meet. Jack But that's if something bad happens.  Jack You know, if your car breaks down or. Kevin Yeah, you're going to be in the. Kevin Red very quick. Jack You might be in the red. Jack So you had. Jack So making ends meet is not exactly being super successful. Jack It's just surviving. Kevin Right. Jack You know? Kevin Right, exactly, exactly. Jack You're surviving. Kevin And then last, and this is more the opposite of that, is to have a Midas touch. Kevin And so someone has this, you have the Midas touch. Kevin And this is from a really old story. Kevin I don't know if our listeners would know. Kevin The story of King Midas. Kevin And we don't need to say the whole story, but basically the story. Kevin King Midas was a king way back in the day, or at least in this story. Kevin And everything that he would touch would turn to gold, right? Kevin So if he touched his desk, boom, gold desk, you know, if he, if he touched his glass, boom, gold glass and and there were problems and everything with the story. Kevin But we don't need to get into that. Kevin I think you can guess then what uh, Midas touch means, right? Kevin If everything you touch. Kevin Turns into gold. Kevin That's probably a good thing. Kevin Right, you've got a lot of gold. Kevin That's very lucky. Jack Yeah, and have you ever had a friend who no matter what kind of business that they start, it always ends up successful? Jack You know, so this person starts a business or starts a job and they make a lot of money and everything is just works out perfectly. 발표자 1 Right. Jack They have the Midas touch, you know? Jack It's just like everything you touch turns to gold and so. Kevin Everything just works out. Kevin It succeeds. Kevin Successful, yeah. Jack Yeah, we're often, oftentimes we become jealous of these people because are they lucky? Jack Are they just very talented? Jack Are they super smart? Jack What is their secret? Jack Why is why does everything? Jack When I try, I'm in the red. Jack When they try, they got the Midas touch, you know? Jack They're always in the black. Kevin Right. Jack So yeah, it's a funny thing. Jack Some people are just really good at business, you know, just good at making money. Jack So they have the Midas touch. Kevin Yeah, so I I wish I had a Midas touch, that's for sure. Jack Yeah, right. Kevin All right, so everybody that the three idioms there were, again to be in the black or in the red, to make ends meet and to have a Midas. Kevin Touch and these are some great idioms that we use from time to time in English. Kevin So come and join us in our WhatsApp or Facebook groups and try and use these idioms for for yourself. Kevin Give us an example of where or when you might use them. Kevin And remember, if you're on Apple Podcasts, if you can give us a good review, that would be. Kevin Really helpful for other people to get some more idioms from A-Z. 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