Name: A sting in the tail: The English We Speak
Uploaded: 2017-10-24T02:01:50.000Z
Duration: 2 min 42 s
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Feifei: Hello I'm Feifei and welcome to The English

Feifei: So Rob, I hear you have a new a hobby?

Rob: Yes that's right - it's very exciting -

Feifei: Arghh! Bees! I don't like them - shut the door!

Rob: Yes I'm a bee keeper - and I love it -

Feifei: Of course there's a sting in the tail -

bees sting - and it hurts, that's why I don't like bees.

Rob: They only sting when they're angry Feifei -

and anyway, when I said 'there's a sting in the tail'

comes with something that is meant to be pleasurable.

Feifei: Yes, as I said - looking after bees means

Rob: That's true - but what I meant was bee keeping is

fun but I wasn't expecting it to cost so much money -

Feifei: Yes, you do look silly! So you're saying

but it had a sting in the tail - when we got home

we discovered our house had been broken into.

I love her new book - the story is funny and romantic -

but there's a sting in the tail when someone dies.

Feifei: So that's 'a sting in the tail' -

a phrase that means something unpleasant and

Rob: OK Feifei, one of the good things about bee

- and that's free - go on Feifei, try some.

Oh no, you've brought something else with you...

Rob: Don't panic - I'll try to catch it... ouch! That hurt.

Feifei: Oh dear - it looks like bee keeping