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[00:00.00]now the voa special english program
[00:04.07]words and their stories
[00:06.85]a person's nose is important for breathing and smelling
[00:12.07]the nose is also use in any popular expressions
[00:17.40]some people are able to lead to other by their nose
[00:23.35]for a example ,if a wife leads her husband by the nose
[00:28.37]she makes him do whate ever she want's him to
[00:32.15]some people are said to be
[00:34.60]hard nosed
[00:35.75]they will not change their opinions or positions on anything
[00:40.80]if some one is hard nosed chances are he will never
[00:46.05]pay through the nose or pay too much money for an object or service
[00:52.00]it is always helpful when people keep their nose out of other people's business
[00:58.60]they do not interfere
[01:01.27]the opposite this
[01:03.15]is some one who nose is around all the time
[01:06.92]this kind of person is interested in other people's private matters
[01:12.72]he is considered nosy
[01:15.80]some one who keeps his noses to the grindstone
[01:19.75]works very hard
[01:21.70]this can help a worker
[01:23.85]keep his nose clearn
[01:25.52]or stay out of trouble
[01:28.37]one a usually expression is
[01:31.82]that is no skin off my nose
[01:35.00]this means that a situation does not affect or concern me
[01:40.80]we also say that some thimes
[01:43.72]a person
[01:44.92]cuts off his nose
[01:46.80]to spite his face
[01:48.67]that is he makes a situation works for himself
[01:52.85]by doing something foolish because he is angry
[01:56.25]more problems can develop
[01:58.57]if a person looks down his nose
[02:01.40]at someone or something
[02:03.75]the person acts like something is unimportant or worthless
[02:08.80]this person might also turn up his nose
[02:13.17]something he considers not good enough
[02:16.87]this person thinks he is better than everyone else
[02:22.10]he has his nose
[02:24.22]in the air
[02:25.47]in school
[02:27.05]some students thumb their nose at the teacher
[02:31.65]they refuse to obey orders
[02:34.72]or do any work
[02:37.02]mabe this students
[02:39.45]do not know the correct answers
[02:42.90]my mother always told me
[02:45.50]if you study hard
[02:47.65]the answers
[02:48.92]should be right under your nose
[02:52.47]or easily seen
[02:55.05]i think we have explained the nose expressions
[03:00.12]what about ears
[03:02.95]well
[03:03.72]i hope you are all ears
[03:06.70]or very interested in
[03:08.97]hearing more expressions
[03:11.25]we might even put up bug in you ear
[03:16.07]or
[03:16.80]give you an idea
[03:18.40]about something
[03:19.82]we also advise you to keep you ear to the ground
[03:25.42]this means to be interested in what is happening around you
[03:30.40]and what people are thinking
[03:32.65]if you are a good person
[03:35.75]you will lend an ear
[03:38.02]to you friends
[03:39.57]you'll listen to them
[03:41.25]when they have a problem
[03:42.92]they need to talk about
[03:44.85]our last expression
[03:47.45]is to play it by ear
[03:50.32]this has two means
[03:52.70]one
[03:53.77]is to play a song on a music instrument
[03:57.55]by remembering the tune
[03:59.85]and not by
[04:01.47]reading the music
[04:03.20]play it by ear also means
[04:06.30]to decide what to do at last minute
[04:10.25]instead of making detailed plans
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