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
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