Animal Phrasal Verbs! "Clam up", "wolf down", "monkey around"...

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Hey there. I'm Ronnie,and this is supposed

to be a rabbit, rabbitingon. So, this is fun.

Okay? My friend andI were walking in the

park, and all of asudden she says, "Oh, you

know what? He wasrabbiting on about something."

I'm like, "Oh my god, Ihate when people rabbit

on. They're so annoying." I was like, "Ohmy god, what a great idea for something for

me to teach you",because it's weird. Right?

"Animals", okay, got it.You learn some animals.

And then as a phrasalverb, what has happened?

Check out the lessonalso that I've done on

just the verbs of animals, which are fun,but then we get into more complicated, more

advanced levels ofthe phrasal verbs with

animals. So, again, aphrasal verb has a verb

plus a preposition. So, if you look at theboard, and I know you don't think these are

verbs, but if you watchmy other lesson, you're

going to know thatthey're verbs. So, "rabbit"

is a verb here, not a noun, and then "on".So, "on" is a preposition. Okay? "Around",

"for", "out", "out","up", "down", "away",

"on", and "with" areall prepositions. These

sneaky buggers havethree prepositions. Okay?

Sorry, two. "Out of"and "out of", but we'll

get to those later.So, let's start with the

first one. The meaning,the definition, and

I love this. "Rabbiton". Now, we don't think

of rabbits as talkinga lot, do we? But to

"rabbit on" means to talk too much, usuallyabout one topic. So, at a meeting, he was

rabbiting on about the sales, and I kind ofget the idea that you've just lost so much

interest in it, andit's just like this big

rabbit head going...His teeth. I don't know

how it came about, butthat's my imagination.

What's yours? So, ifsomeone's rabbiting on,

they're annoying youbecause they're talking

too much about boringshit, which happens

a lot. Okay? You'veprobably maybe heard this

one, "horse around".It's a very old expression,

or "monkey around". So, when I was a kid,you know, my dad would always say, "Ronnie,

stop horsing around."I'm like, "I'm not horsing,

Dad", but I was. Itbasically means for kids,

stop playing. Right? To"horse around" means

to play and not do yourwork properly. Whatever

work I had as a child,you know. People might

say, like, "Oh, stopmonkeying around and

get back to work", or "Stop horsing around,kids." Again, don't have a horse, Dad, but

thanks.

Next one, "fish for". Oh, I like this. So,you'll hear some people say, like, "She was

fishing for compliments", and you're like,"Huh? Is she catching the compliments?" So

to "fish for" somethingmeans to look for. So,

let's say I've got neweyeballs or something,

like, "Hey, guys. What'snew? Do you notice

something different aboutme?" Yeah, new eyeballs.

"I'm fishing forcompliments." Like, "Do you

like my new eyeballs?"So, we usually use

"fishing for compliments".It means that person

wants you to give thema compliment. You can

fish for other things."Look for", "fish for

compliments", "fishfor", well, I don't know,

problems. You want to start problems,you look for them, you find them.

And again, another fish.Thank you. "Find", "fish",

"find", what? "Fish out",to find something hidden.

Okay. Do you have a bagor a purse or a backpack

or something like asatchel that you carry

stuff in? I do. Here, look,see, see, see, see, see?

It's suede. It smellsamazing. It's made by a witch.

Anyways, if I try tofish something out, it's

like, you know, I'mtrying... Oh, I got it.

So, to "fish something out" means to findsomething that's probably hidden. Could be

anywhere, in your car, in yourhouse. It has nothing to do with fish.

"Bakak". This is anold one, too. Kids to

insult kids, like, "Oh,bakak, bakak, bakak,

you're a chicken, you'regoing to chicken out.

Bakak." Can't thinkof why it's a chicken.

Doesn't matter. But itmeans you become scared

and you don't dosomething. So, like, oh man,

okay. So, next week Ihave to go to a party.

Yeah, but you knowwhat? I'm going to chicken

out. I'm... I don't wantto go. I'm too scared

to go, so I'm not goingto go. Or he chickened

out of the sports event. He was like, yeah,yeah. Oh no. So you lose confidence because

you're scared and you don't do it. Thathappens. That's cool. Don't worry about it.

"Clam up". So, aclam is a shellfish. It's a

shellfish, and it opens.It's not an oyster,

but it's smaller. And to clam up, it's likethe sea animals close. So it means you stop

talking because you're nervous or, again,scared. Some people get stage fright, and

they're like... Theyjust can't talk anymore.

So, if you clam up, itmeans you're scared

and you can't talk.Does this happen to you?

When do you clam up?Do you clam up at meetings

or social events? You can clam up at homeunless you're talking to yourself. That's

not a problem. Butclamming up is kind of

like a social thing.Okay, wolf down. I like

this one. We alsohave pig out, which isn't

on the board, but I'vetaught you that before.

Wolf down. Oh, yeah.Wolf down, wolf down. It

means eat quickly. Iguess wolves eat really

fast and they're down. I don't know. Again,not trying to figure out the epitomology of

these, just teachingyou what they are.

Squirrel away. I like this. Have you seen asquirrel? Squirrels are awesome. Okay? So,

what they do is theyhang out and they have

some nice tails, andbasically they go around

and get nuts andstuff for the winter. It's

like the whole park istheir shopping centre,

right? So, they go and they get all theirnuts, and I think they keep them in their

cheeks. Could be chipmunks, not too sure.And what they do is they save them in their

tree house. Yes, theylive in a tree. Wish I

lived in a tree. So, tosquirrel away means

to save something. So, nuts go around, nutsgo around, squirrels go around, they gather

nuts and they savethem in their house, and

they're like, no nutshere. Nope, just a squirrel.

Rat on. Super oldexpression as well. You'll

see these in lots of,like, black and white

cool movies. He'sa rat. He's a dirty rat.

To rat on someonemeans to give information,

usually to the authoritaz, or authority, ifyou say it in a normal way. We use this

a lot in jail terms. Oh, that guy ratted onme, or he ratted me out. When you're a kid,

like, oh, Kevin rattedon me to the teacher.

So, basically Kevintold the teacher that

you did something bad. Kevin,rabbiting on, are we, Kevin?

Monkey with. I likethis one, too. Monkeys

are getting prettypopular here. Now, pretend

to fix. Do you know what "pretend" means?Yeah, it means, like, you're not doing it

properly. So, maybe you have something thatneeds fixing in your house, and someone in

your house is like, oh,don't call a professional,

I can fix it. It's like, no,you have no experience

in plumbing, whichmeans fixing water. No, no,

that's fine. So, theymonkey with something,

inevitably, which means100% going to happen,

it's not going to work.So, you pretend to

fix something, but itdoesn't work and you're

just in a worse-offsituation. You monkey

with something, it'slike you play with it,

but you don't knowwhat you're doing and you

mess it up. Part of life, right?

Oh, man, this one'sgood. A worm. Worm's like

a little guy that livesin the earth. You

worm your way out.Oh, man, I like this one.

It means you talk,or rabbit, your way out

of a problem. Somepeople are very good at

this. Is it manipulation?We haven't figured

it out yet, but to wormyour way out of something

means you're in aproblem or kind of a bad

situation, but you use the gift of the gabor your talking abilities to get out of the

situation. So, he wormedhis way out of the problem.

Last but not least, quack,one of my favourites.

Duck, quack, out of.Now, duck, a verb, means

you, like, move, usually down, so somethingdoesn't hit in your head. So, if you duck

out of something, itmeans you escape or leave

quickly. Great for allmy fans out there who

have to leave meetings.You're not leaving

now, you're quack.You're going to duck out.

Like, oh, man, I got toduck out of this meeting.

I'll be back soon. Notcoming back. So, duck

out of means to leavequickly, escape, flee,

business meetings,any kind of meetings that

are boring, you cando that. Again, I don't

know why we haveanimals as verbs, but I guess

we get bored and drunk,and this is how we do it.

So, I'm ducking outhere, quack. See you later.