I'm standing in the woods behind my home here in Massachussett because I'd like to share a few expressions that have to do with the "outdoors". What better place, right? Let's start with the first expression to be out of the woods. If you're out of the woods, you've just come out of a difficult situation, your problems have ended. And if someone said to you: You're not out of the woods yet. It means that difficulty will continue or you have more challenges that lie ahead. Come this way, there's another spot that I want to show you. This is my neighbor's garden. You can see a lot of plants and flowers and they're growing quite well. That's because she has a green thumb. If you have a green thumb, it means that you have a talent for gardening. You can make things grow well like my neighbor. Now these flowers are pretty but truthfully I prefer roses. And that make me think of the last expression: a bed of roses. If your life is a bed of roses, you have a life of ease and comfort, even luxury. And if life is no bed of roses, well you have a lot of hardship to deal with. Understand? Let's review.
We have 3 expressions: The first: out of the woods or to be out of the woods, which means to come out of a difficult situation. Then we have a green thumb or to have a green thumb, a talent for gardening or you can make things grow well. And the last a bed of roses: a life of ease and comfort. Got it? Let's see.
I have 3 statements. I'm going to read them to you and I want you to tell me which expression completes each one. OK?
My mother's garden is the biggest and most colorful in the neighborhood. She really has __________.
2-Next:
A fisherman's life is no _________. The sea can be rough, and the fishermen often sleep for only a few hours a day.
What completes it: no bed of roses.
Charlie's business stopped losing money, but he's not ___________ yet. He still has a large debt to pay.
Answer: not out of the woods yet.
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