Learn the English Phrases "the wrong side of the bed" and "to make the bed"
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In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to get up on the wrong side of the bed or to wake up on the wrong side of the bed or to get out of the wrong side of the bed. There's a lot of different variations to this phrase, but basically it means that you're in a bad mood. If I was crabby and cranky, Jen might say, hey, did you get up

on the wrong side of the bed. I wanted to make sure I said this version of the phrase, did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? And that would simply mean, wow, did you not sleep good? Did you have a bad sleep and now you're in a bad mood? The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is simply to make the bed. This is what you do after you get up. You put the pillows nice at the top of your bed and you put the blankets nice and flat. We have what's called a sheet blanket.

And then we have a comforter and we just kind of make the bed every morning after we get up. So we put all the blankets nice and flat and tidy. So to review, to get up on the wrong side of the bed or to wake up on the wrong side of the bed or to get up out of the wrong side of the bed, however you say it, it means you're in a bad mood. And to make the bed simply means, yeah, to put all of the blankets and sheets flat so they look nice.

So let's look at a comment from a previous video. If you're wondering why I'm out of sorts, it's so bright out here. I have to find my sunglasses. You'll notice I can hardly keep my one eye open. I'm not sure if the camera...

communicates that. But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Ismael. Hi Bob. That sign that says more points more ways on the gas pump. I think it's about a rewards program, like getting points when you buy gas. But I wasn't sure how it works exactly in that place. Just curious what's it all about? And my response, yes, you get points when you buy gas. This is from the video from a couple days ago at the gas station.

You can then use the points to get four cents a liter off your purchase. I think you need about 4,000 points to do that. So thanks Ismael for that question. Yeah, at our gas station and at a lot of places, you get points if you buy certain things and then you can use those points like money. I don't know how many points you get for a tank of gas, but I do know that every once in a while, I have enough points that I can,

get four cents a liter off. So what am I doing here? I wanted to show you dandelions. So we are in prime dandelion season. Dandelions are of course these little yellow flowers that show up in lawns probably in a lot of different places in the world. I'm kind of curious.

whether you have dandelions where you live or not. For the next week or so, there'll be a lot of dandelions around. Like, this is a local soccer field. They do a lot of work here to make sure the grass

is nice and green, but the dandelions, they still come. They are pretty good at growing almost everywhere in Ontario, Canada. I don't want to go over there, but in the distance, there's actually some sort of school event

It's not my school. I wonder if it's a track and field meet. Track and field meet is where you run the 100 meter, the 800 meter. You do long jump and triple jump and all those other kinds of events. Because there's children involved, I don't want to walk over there. They want their privacy and it's just not a good idea. If I'm in a

public place like when I'm at the public or the plaza, the strip mall. I don't mind if people end up on camera, but I'm not going to go disturb them. But it looks like there are a lot of parents there and a lot of kids running around enjoying this beautiful day and the dandelions. Hey, thanks for watching this short English lesson. I'll see you in a few days with another one. Bye.

Hi, Bob the Canadian here. Thank you for listening to this English podcast lesson. If you would like to support me in the work that I do as an online English teacher, please visit patreon.com slash bobthecanadian.