Ingls Online Podcast: Idioms com FOOT

Hi, all. No episdio de hoje, falo sobre dois idioms do ingls com a palavra foot. omo voc diria
esses idioms em port!g!s"
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7o let3s start 4ith a ver6 nice idiom: shoot 6o!rself in the foot. &gain: shoot 6o!rself in the foot. 8hat does
shoot mean" 8ell, 4hen 6o! have a fire 4eapon and 6o! !se the 4eapon to shoot something or someone,
6o!3re gonna h!rt or ma6be even 5ill 6o!r target, right" 7o thin5 abo!t this idiom: shoot 6o!rself in the foot.
That3s 4hen 6o! do or sa6 something that, in the end, 4ill ca!se 6o! problems. Or ma6be it 4ill p!t 6o! in a
position of disadvantage.
2ere3s an e%ample: I read an article the other da6 4ith tips for job intervie4s that stated that not being
prepared to tal5 abo!t 6o!r s5ills and strengths is a s!refire 4a6 to shoot 6o!rself in the foot. 8hat does that
mean" It means that if 6o! go to a job intervie4, 6o! sho!ld probabl6 be able to e%plain to the intervie4er
4hat 6o!r s5ills are, the things 6o!3re good at' 6o! sho!ld be able to tal5 abo!t 6o!r strengths, the things 6o!
do best. The a!thor of the article thin5s that going into an intervie4 !nprepared is shooting 6o!rself in the
foot. The intervie4er 4ill probabl6 as5 6o! to tal5 abo!t 6o!r s5ills and strengths. If 6o!3re !nprepared' if 6o!
didn3t ta5e the time to thin5 4hat 6o!r s5ills and strengths are, there3s a good chance 6o!r ans4er to that
#!estion 4ill not be a good one, and it ma6 h!rt 6o!r chances of getting the job. &nd this is something 6o!
co!ld have 4or5ed on' 6o! co!ld have prepared. 7o b6 not getting prepared, 6o!3re shooting 6o!rself in the
foot. 9o!3re shooting 6o!rself in the foot.
&nother job e%ample: 7o let3s sa6 6o! 4ent to the intervie4 and got the job. 7o 6o! start at the ne4 office
and on 6o!r second da6 6o!3re late. :i5e, thirt6 min!tes late for a meeting. Then 4hile 6o!3re in the meeting
6o!3re te%ting 6o!r friends and not reall6 listening to 4hat3s being said. 9o!3re totall6 shooting 6o!rself in the
foot 4ith s!ch behavior. 9o!3re doing things that 4ill h!rt 6o!r chances of being s!ccessf!l at the ne4 job.
9o! got the ne4 job, 6o! s!cceeded at the intervie4 + that3s great/ $!t no4 6o!3re being careless' 6o!3re not
being professional b6 being late and not pa6ing attention in the meeting and that3s li5el6 to have
conse#!ences... $ad ones. 9o!3re shooting 6o!rself in the foot.
&nd here3s another good one 4ith the 4ord foot: p!t 6o!r best foot for4ard. 8hen 6o! p!t 6o!r best foot
for4ard, 6o!3re tr6ing to ma5e a good impression. 9o!3re tr6ing to act 6o!r best. Plain and simple, 6o!3re
acting in a 4a6 that hopef!ll6 4ill ca!se other people to have a good opinion of 6o!. In 4hat sit!ations do
people !s!all6 p!t their best foot for4ard" 8hen the6 4ant to impress someone. In a job intervie4. 8hen
the6 go on a date. 8hen the63re on T(, ma6be. 8hen the63re going to meet someone 4hose opinion the6
val!e, for e%ample.
Tell me: 8hen is it that 6o! p!t 6o!r best foot for4ard" :et me 5no4 in the comments and tal5 to 6o! ne%t
time.

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a s!refire 4a6 = !m jeito certeiro, garantia , de algo acontecer.
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