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jump through hoops English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Jan 21 2010

Quote

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“Sure, you can have a cookie, Jason, but you’ll have to jump through hoops to get it.”

- Mason after Jason asked for a cookie.

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Definition

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do extra things before you get what you want

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It’s wonderful when it’s easy to get what you want. But that’s not always the case. Often, you have to do many things before you accomplish your goal and some of them may seem rather indirect. Doing those steps along the way is called jumping through hoops.

Jason wants to eat a cookie of Mason’s and Mason says he can have it. Great! All Jason has to do is grab it and start eating it, right? Wrong. Mason is going to make Jason jump through hoops first. He says Jason needs a plate and napkin. Luckily, there’s a plate and napkin in the room, so Jason doesn’t mind jumping through these hoops.

But just when Jason gets to the cookie, plate and napkin, Mason puts an actual, physical hoop in his way! Since this is EXTREME English, baby! Jason jumps through the hoop, no problem, and reaches his goal.

Can you think of a time when you had to jump through hoops to get what you wanted?

Examples

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“If you want to study abroad, there are lots of hoops you have to jump through. You have to get accepted to a school, get a student visa and do other things as well.”

“I can’t wait until my in-laws leave. I have been jumping through hoops to make them comfortable while they have been staying here.”

“She made the sale, but it wasn’t easy. She had to jump through hoops to convince the customer to buy the product.”

Winners

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

ilovepeace to do everything possible to obey or please someone
by ilovepeace
amaryllis to do a lot of extra things so you can have or do something you want
by amaryllis
work hard for it or do something difficult to get it
by periwinkle.chic
OlgaSummer to realize your wish you should make an effort before. nothing is for free in our lives.
by OlgaSummer
sofree make more efforts, do some extra things.
by sofree

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khawlina

United Arab Emirates

these are the steps one may take in order to reach the peak of success

07:10 AM Apr 21 2010 |

xbarny

Czech Republic

nice

11:01 AM Apr 11 2010 |

kpl

kpl

Taiwan

working just be to jump throug hoops ,few days pass , you got salary .

08:52 AM Mar 11 2010 |

queenlia

queenlia

China

to reach the goal we have to jump through a lot of hoops . and it is necessary .that is why the success exits . and the experience of jumping through the hoops make us improved .

07:15 PM Feb 20 2010 |

Marcelolic

Marcelolic

Brazil

This expression pretty funny…Will it be really useful by americans??? :P

It is similar to a brazilian expression called "rebolar (in portuguese) or "lie around" (in engish)...for ex: I had to "lie around" to get money,got it? ;)

11:51 AM Feb 04 2010 |

lalobrown

lalobrown

Dominican Republic

life is all about jumping through hoops…

04:52 AM Jan 27 2010 |

piyooo

Japan

I liked the movie

11:18 PM Jan 26 2010 |

rosendo

rosendo

Mexico

nice slang !!!

10:40 AM Jan 26 2010 |

glaciernew

glaciernew

China

you have to jump over many hoops to fulfill your dream

04:47 AM Jan 26 2010 |

alexbello

alexbello

Romania

we can do everything we desire in our lives…we just have to dedicate mind , soul and body to reach our purpose ;-)

02:09 AM Jan 26 2010 |

kukuka

kukuka

Ukraine

He is extremely crazy that Jason man, I really admire him.

11:46 PM Jan 25 2010 |

s id

Saudi Arabia

 I have to jump through hoops to get my dreams come true 

08:59 AM Jan 25 2010 |

Shinichi Lover

Bahrain

haha.. interesting .. I do this many times in my life .. I must jumping trough hoops to reach my goals in my univecity ..

08:09 AM Jan 25 2010 |

larryting

China

I hv to jump through hoops tp get a good job,for my house,for my car!

04:05 AM Jan 25 2010 |

penny810428

Taiwan

hah …i like the way he says "oh yea"

this is kinda funny X)

06:25 PM Jan 21 2010 |

williamzch

williamzch

China

In our livers, we have to jump through many hoops for our family, our interestings, and so on. recently I have been working hard to try to jump through one hoop for my career,please wish me I will  jump through it.hahaha

04:47 PM Jan 21 2010 |

abuwalad

Malaysia

 

i wanna jump through more hoops to make clear my fucking dreams

04:23 PM Jan 21 2010 |

*butterfly wings*

Saudi Arabia

I have to jump through some hoops to make my dreams come true

03:52 PM Jan 21 2010 |

willhuang

China

want achieve you goal, you have to work hard firstly. what you have to do for accomplish your goal

02:06 PM Jan 21 2010 |

Deyw

Deyw

Brazil

work hard to get what we want … it's a kind of breakthrough .(=  <!-Session data-><!-Session data->

11:22 AM Jan 21 2010 |

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