Hi Bruce Sure, this one is quite interesting in that it has two meanings. We created a video and will link it soon once I upload it to the channel. Have a great day :)
Okay, here is the promised video on "to coin a phrase": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-THs-GKIH2bY.html It has two meanings. Either you are creating a new phrase, or you are being a bit more humorous, and emphasizing a common or overused phrase, which is likely the more popular meaning these days. So, you may say to someone, "your viewpoint is so brilliant, to coin a phrase, you hit the nail on the head". This doesn't mean you invented or created the phrase "hit the nail on the head", but instead, you are in a way ironically suggesting you know the phrase is overused. Anyway, hopefully the video explains it well, and goes into the origin.
I know you are using AI for this, but I must say your presentation is actually quite good. So many AI videos are crap and have nonsense scenes that often do not compare well what is being said. Well done for that.
Hi RIP. Yes, we have been asked or criticised regarding this in other videos. It is a matter of time. We enjoy sharing this content, but with our other activities time is not on our side. So we do use AI, but it is not as simple as people may think. We check all our content and do additional research as AI gets it wrong at times. The video clips we try pretty hard to connect to the words. That can take quite a while as AI is terrible at doing that, so it is often a manual task.
If this revealed the origin of inscrutable idioms, it might be entertaining; but this treats phrases whose meaning is right there on the surface. Anyone who had not sussed out the origins of these prior to this video should be checked for a pulse.
Hi Steve Jeffryes, I can see why meanings could be seen as obvious, however, origins are unknown to most, at least in my opinion. Another aspect of this is that a large number of people viewing English idioms are not English speaking. They are still learning. So, it helps to have an explanation of what may be obvious to some. Even then, I guess you are correct, many English speakers probably do need to be checked for a pulse owing to their level of English. :) Anyway, have a nice day.
My daughter certainly has a pulse. She needed to do an assignment on ten American idioms. Looking on youtube, googling and reading up about them, even if they were obvious was a good place to start getting some background one the ones she wanted to choose.
