Hi and welcome back to the American slang and idioms course how to understand Americans when they talk
in this video we're looking at some words and phrases with the letter P The first phrase is piece of
cake.
Piece of cake.
Piece of cake means easy easy.
A similar slang phrase that we've already learned is easy as pie easy as pie.
And let's look at some examples with the word piece of cake.
Winning this soccer game will be a piece of cake winning this soccer game will be a piece of cake.
Winning the soccer game will be a piece of cake
everyone in class passed the tests.
It was a piece of cake everyone in class pass the test.
It was a piece of cake.
Everyone in class passed the test.
It was a piece of cake.
High school was a piece of cake.
But college is a lot harder.
High school was a piece of cake.
But college is a lot harder.
High school is a piece of cake but college is a lot harder.
And the next word is pig you'd call someone a pig and it means a gross or a rude person and it's almost
always a negative name to call someone a gross or rude person.
Let's look at some examples of pig.
Look at all that food on your shirt.
You're such a pig.
Look at all that food on your shirt.
You're such a pig.
Look at all that food on your shirt.
You're such a pig.
Don't talk to her like that.
You pig.
Don't talk to her like that.
You pig.
Don't talk to her like that.
You pig.
Just ignore that guy.
He's a total pig.
Just ignore that guy.
He's a total pig.
You see again there is that word total we could say he is a pig.
But when we say total pig we're putting emphasis on how bad or how big of a pig he is.
OK.
Just ignore that guy.
He's a total pig.
OK.
And here's a very different phrase.
Pig out pig out pig out means to eat a lot.
And it's actually used mostly in a positive way.
And I'll show you some examples here.
I can't wait to get home and just pig out.
I can't wait to get home and pig out.
So that means I can't wait to go home and eat a lot of food.
I'm very hungry.
OK.
I can't wait to get home and just pig out.
Come over tonight.
I'll cook a ton of food and we'll all pig out come over tonight.
I'll cook a ton of food and I'll pig out.
I can't afford to feed him anymore.
He's always pigging out.
I can't afford to feed him anymore.
He's always pigging out.
I can't afford to feed him anymore.
He's always pigging out the next ones.
Pain in the neck pain in the neck pain in the neck and pain in the neck means difficult or a hassle
or something or someone who is slowing you down.
The short version of this phrase is just a pain a pain and we usually call someone a pain.
He's being a pain and I'll show you some examples here.
My boss is such a pain in the neck.
Why won't he just let me do my job.
My boss is such a pain in the neck.
Why won't he just let me do my job.
We could also say My boss is such a pain.
Why won't he let me do my job.
OK my boss is such a pain in the neck.
Why won't he just let me do my job.
Dude stop being a pain in the neck.
Just finish your project and let's go.
Dude stop being a pain in the neck.
Just finish your project and let's go.
And again you could say Dude stop being a pain.
Just finish a project and let's go.
That means stop being difficult.
Stop slowing me down.
Hey dude stop being a pain in the neck.
Just finish a project and let's go.
Homework is such a pain in the neck.
I wish I could just play videogames.
Homework is such a pain in the neck.
I wish I could just play video games.
Homework such a pain in the neck.
Wish I could just play video games.
My little brother is such a pain.
He always follows me everywhere I go.
My little brother is such a pain.
He always follows me everywhere I go.
The little brother is such a pain.
He always follows me everywhere I go.
So here's the short version.
You could also say my little brother is such a pain in the neck but this is shorter and easier to say
that.
So those are phrases that start with the letter P such as.
Pig.
Pig out.
Pain in the neck and piece of cake.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video.