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freeze your butt off English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Apr 09 2009

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I’m freezing my butt off for a good cause!”

- Jason on attending an extreme fund raiser in a very cold river.

2. Video - Watch the video before learning the definition.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

to be really cold, so cold you can’t feel your butt

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

Everyone knows that when you get really cold, you start to lose feeling in different parts of your body. First your fingers and toes get numb. Your ears and nose get cold too if they’re not covered. But your butt? That’s a pretty big part of your body. You have to be really cold for your butt to get numb. That’s why any time you’re really cold, you can say, “I’m freezing my butt off!”

But, let’s see…what could actually make you so cold you can’t feel your butt? What could cause you to really freeze your butt off? How about jumping into a freezing cold river in the winter?

Well, that’s what Jason did just to demonstrate the meaning of freeze your butt off, and to raise money for the Special Olympics. And he wasn’t alone. Hundreds of other people froze their butts off with him, raising thousands of dollars for the charity and creating our first edition of Extreme English, baby!

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“It’s snowing out there. You must be freezing your butt off. Come inside and get warm.”

“I’ve been freezing my butt off in line for this movie for an hour. I hope it’s really good!”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

VOLTS to feel a cold temperature in the body
by VOLTSSuper Member!
Vivian83 SHEEVER AND COLD
by Vivian83
vikiD u r cold n ur butt is too!
by vikiD
blue_bear be cold
by blue_bear
feel really cold
by silverwicce
i think he feel cold maybe he
by vinacaphe
very cold
by EmmaA

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salim-inelec

Algeria

Helllllllo allll

01:49 PM Apr 14 2009 |

.l mi

.l mi

Taiwan

Taiwan hot

12:39 PM Apr 14 2009 |

amian

Algeria

neither do i.I'm from algeria , it's not as hot as saudi arabia but in the summer it is very hot especially in august .Neverthless, the weather is changing due to many factors….

12:02 PM Apr 14 2009 |

Rufita

Rufita

Kazakhstan

hi everybody! i live in Kazakhstan and we  always have  cold winter. for exsample in February we had – 45 C, but i don't like this weather (((( I love summer hot and warm water in the river Cool

07:24 AM Apr 14 2009 |

amyshao

China

english baby, i know nothing about it

07:04 AM Apr 14 2009 |

VladimirR

Russian Federation

I from Siberia and I know that is not cold. In the last winter we have – 51 C ( centigrade degree) – this  is cold))) But we think that is not extreme because it is normal for us.

04:23 AM Apr 14 2009 |

aopalin

Poland

regards from Poland

 

11:03 PM Apr 13 2009 |

Marcelolic

Marcelolic

Brazil

I love cold! although I live into a tropical country.I want to feel a really cold when I get to live in europe :)

07:31 PM Apr 13 2009 |

Marcelolic

Marcelolic

Brazil

I never felt a really cold! But I will soon when I get to live in Europe ;) hehe

07:28 PM Apr 13 2009 |

meenam

Pakistan

i could'nt understand properly

10:56 AM Apr 13 2009 |

NAJLA

NAJLA

Saudi Arabia

I read about that phenomina many people around the world freeze thier butts off in a cold river,It is so healthy

thank you Jason ,you freeze your butt off to teach us this slang Laughing

12:18 AM Apr 13 2009 |

carlosbertholdi

Brazil

"super-shrinkage", that's hilarious.  

3° degrees Celsius is really cold, if I'd stay in a weather like that with just a T-shirt and a short, I would get a throat infection, let alone jumping in a freezing river.

Jason and the guy holding a camera must be on dope to do that.

01:53 AM Apr 12 2009 |

likunaK

Germany

There is such an expression in Russian,but I didn't expect to find it in English

08:26 PM Apr 11 2009 |

harishvijay

India

I can n't freeze butt off . Why becz iam Indian . Our's is not a cold country. I really enjoy the Video

03:29 PM Apr 11 2009 |

tiagon85

Brazil

I never freezed my butt off. In Brazil the temperature is very hot.

12:33 AM Apr 11 2009 |

Melody Xu

China

Right now I'm studying Spanish in Cuba and it's so hot here that I can hardly stand it .It seems that I  can't  get a chance to freeze my butt off until I go back to China.

12:16 AM Apr 11 2009 |

thanhhang

Viet Nam

Wow now so hot in Vietnam, i wish I will have chance to feel freezing my butt off

 

01:25 PM Apr 10 2009 |

anhtruong

Viet Nam

oh I think all someone enjoin play. in Vietnam 

08:36 AM Apr 10 2009 |

anhtruong

Viet Nam

vietnam

08:31 AM Apr 10 2009 |

UniverseINF

Ukraine

In ukraine we have a lake with the temperature 4C the whole year :)

08:14 AM Apr 10 2009 |

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