Catchword #171 – Take your eyes out

Do you want to jazz up your morning or evening routine with some fun expressions? Join Andrew and Morag as they introduce and explain some idioms related to getting ready for the day and getting ready for bed. worked out for them.   Morag: Let me tell you. I had a friend who left her contact lenses in for way longer than they should have been, and she got an ulcer in her eye. Andrew: Oh, what? Morag: Yeah, it is a terrible, terrible idea to leave your contact lenses in. Andrew: Ugh, that makes me so squeamish Morag: Always take your eyes out before you go to bed. Always. Andrew: Very good advice, I think. Excellent advice. Morag: Yes. Andrew: OK, cool. Well, let’s move on to our second set of expressions for today. What are they, Morag? Morag: Our second set of expressions are to put your face on and to take your face off. Now, this is something that I have a lot more experience with because I am a girl, and I do like to wear makeup. So before I go out, I put my face on. I put on my makeup. And always, again, before you go to bed, I have to take my face off. Andrew: So face is not talking about your actual face, right? Because it’s impossible to take that off. It’s talking about the makeup that you put onto your face. Morag: Mmhmm. It’s the face on your face, in some way. Expressions from this episode included in the Learning Materials: To put your eyes in/to take your eye out To put your face on/to take your face off In the end To take your time To be squeamish Audio/Learning Materials: Culips English Learning Podcast