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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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little cherry

Lithuania

Really extreme lesson ;DD

07:52 AM Apr 10 2009 |

susihayati

susihayati

Indonesia

In the past time i had experienced to dipped in 40 degrees cel. hot pool and on the other side there was pool with icy cold water, after dipping from hot pool then moved to the cold pool that freezed my butt off. 

02:31 AM Apr 10 2009 |

Fausta

Italy

2 years ago I was in Montreal and I froze my butt off waiting for a bus,  it was  -39 C

12:30 AM Apr 10 2009 |

tea1405

Saudi Arabia

hi how are you doing?

10:04 PM Apr 09 2009 |

Gustavo Boechat

Brazil

I was wondering if I have such corage to do the same thing,... I don't think so!

But I really appreciated the courage which lead the reporter into the cold water.

While I am warm here, he completely froze his butt off …

08:06 PM Apr 09 2009 |

Christoph07

Germany

Wow …...cool….:-) pretty lesson with a good movie and a nice benefit action.

06:12 PM Apr 09 2009 |

diddy k

Germany

I wouldn't do such crazy things…Tongue out

04:52 PM Apr 09 2009 |

volts0621

Taiwan

So sad, I wana try freeze my butt off too.

I can't imagine that.

04:30 PM Apr 09 2009 |

Yingqiu

China

In Calgary, it is easy to freeze your butt off in the winter if you wear nothing. LOL

03:41 PM Apr 09 2009 |

mi young

South Korea

wow, I never can do that… ; ;

Eventhough I just saw the video, I seemed like freezing my butt off.

I remember one day when I went to another city to see birds, and it was very cold and long way to walk.

I freezed my butt off and it was the coldest i've ever experienced.

03:40 PM Apr 09 2009 |

Jiyada

Jiyada

Thailand

I like to feel freezing my butt off but my country never has snow or even cold.

03:33 PM Apr 09 2009 |

duwaissr

Saudi Arabia

For anybody wana to try the freeing butt off, he can use the refrigerator. About me I felt it in Austria last summer there is a summit (I forget what they call it) and it a very nice summit and it is easy to get freeze your butt off there.

03:03 PM Apr 09 2009 |

Rose.

Rose.

Saudi Arabia

nice experinace Smile

in some day i'll do it

Sealed

03:00 PM Apr 09 2009 |

Bullet

Bullet

Russian Federation

That`s cheerful lessonLaughing.

Soon I`ll go to the river with my friends, we`ll float on the catamarans. The river very cold and very fast and I need in warm diving suit because I dont want to freeze my butt off

02:28 PM Apr 09 2009 |

Naomi1010

Naomi1010

Taiwan

It’s a pretty cool experience. Jumping in the water in February? lol

01:53 PM Apr 09 2009 |

nada

nada

Saudi Arabia

Laughing i like this experience

 i dont freeze my butt off before coz my country is so hot

01:14 PM Apr 09 2009 |

June1

June1

Malaysia

Wow I can't imagine that I live in a town with the temperature below 0C. There is no winter in Malaysia.

01:14 PM Apr 09 2009 |

blackrussian

Israel

Cool!!! i froze my butt off when i lived in ukraine and swam in the winter in Dnieper after sauna…

12:49 PM Apr 09 2009 |

Futuristic

Futuristic

Philippines

During, rainy season and christmas season, I felt, I had freezed my butt off.

12:39 PM Apr 09 2009 |

zoeinbeijing

China

I am in the northen part of China. It is very cold in winter, extremly at night! I really freezing my butt off!

12:38 PM Apr 09 2009 |

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