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Hey, Lindsay, how are you? I'm doing fantastic, Michelle. How's everything in your world today? Everything is good. Lindsay, do you have any stores near you that have just everything you could possibly want or a restaurant, something that you just know there's everything there? Oh, my gosh. Well, usually that's a diner for me. But you know what, Michelle? Diners are not really a thing out here.

Yeah. It's really an East coast. I think the diner was invented on the East coast. I have a feeling. Um, I feel like I've read that it was invented in Jersey, but I'm not sure our listeners will have to research that. Um, I have a feeling it's Jersey. Cause Jersey is like the diner state. Yeah. I, I,

There's a lot of diners here, a lot, but okay. What is a diner? A diner is the place where you can go and get pretty much anything. When I think of a restaurant where I could get anything, usually they have huge, well in New York and New Jersey, they're often open all night, which is very cool. Um,

you get a huge menu and it's got tons of things on it. Usually the food is not necessarily outstanding, but it's good enough for, you know, a midnight snack or a nice breakfast with your friends. And it's just a true experience. Cultural experience. Yes, exactly. Exactly. Yeah. So yeah, we love diners here in New Jersey. So today we're

Today we are going to answer a really fun question from Omid that came to us on YouTube. Yeah, I love it. And here is the question. By the way, guys, don't forget that we have an entire YouTube channel for All Ears English. So if you'd rather watch this episode, which some people prefer to listen, some people prefer to watch, go over to YouTube and hit the subscribe button today so you don't miss a single episode. We put all five episodes over there on All Ears English on YouTube. That's right.

All right. So here's Omid's question. Hi, Lindsay and Michelle. I love your podcast a lot and the way both of you explain the natural expressions. Recently, I've come across an idiom called, you name it, we've got it. And was wondering if there's a common daily natural expression. If this is a common natural expression in conversation, could you please make a video and explain about it? Thanks so much. I love you all. Omid from Iran. Beautiful.

All right. Yeah, that is a great question. I love it. Yeah, definitely. Now that you're saying it definitely makes me think of diners. Um, a hundred percent. We're going to get into this today. Great question. Guys, remember to hit the follow button wherever you listen to all ears English. So Lindsay, do you hear people say this? You name it. We've got it.

This feels like something you'd hear from someone in the 90s, like spinning a sign outside of a dollar store or something, you know, trying to get people in there. I don't know. It just it feels like a something from an age of like heavy commercialism. Right.

But yeah, you might hear it, especially in like a Walmart, a big box store. Yes. Kmart's gone now. I think Kmart's gone, isn't it? Kmart. Do you remember Kmart? Of course. Yeah. No, I do remember Kmart. But yeah, actually. Yeah. Now that you think of it, I know there was one in New York that closed down. I think they're closed. But I didn't realize they were all

- They're all gone, yeah. I haven't seen a Kmart in a while. - No, there might still be a few. It's a competitor to Walmart, but Walmart kind of won out in the end. But essentially these big box stores are kind of common in the United States, right? We can walk in, we can buy pretty much anything in that store.

Yeah, I think we did a whole episode about Costco, didn't we? We did. Costco for sure. The Costco effect. Yes. The Costco effect. That's right. So, yeah, I mean, you would hear this. You might hear it at a store, like a big box store, restaurant, cafe. I mean, I was also thinking some sort of client service, like a party planner, a florist, whatever.

Something like that. Anywhere where you're getting something from a selection of items. And who might say this? Who's going to be the person who says this? Well, I think certainly the owner of the business, if they're present on the floor of the store or the restaurant, the barista may be just a floor manager, something like that.

someone who's in charge of selling maybe or signs I think more often you'd see this on a sign actually ah could be that too yeah I mean and the if you're the one doing the buying you could say it I mean let's say you're recommending a store to someone you could say oh you name it they've got it right um but let's do some examples here here we're at the coffee shop all right perfect here we go let's do it Michelle all right what kind of milk do you have

Almond milk, cashew milk, soy, 2%, half and half, you name it, we've got it. Great. Yeah, I guess your local barista might say that too, right? Though I find that often these trendy cafes tend to have just one thing, like they might have almond milk and then that's it. Maybe almond milk and skim milk. They usually don't have the whole gamut of options from what I've seen, at least. Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, it really depends. Well, you don't get any milk, right? Because you drink it black. No, I don't. That's right. But usually like I'll hear, you know, if someone I'm with asked for it or something. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Awesome. All right. So here we go. Here's another one. Now we're at the shoe store. All right. Do you have a size seven? Yep. You name it. We've got it. Nice.

Nice. Well, I would hope they would have all this side, but not always. Right. Oh, no, not not always at all. But yeah, I mean, so how does this feel to you? You've kind of touched on it seems to you like to me, I felt it's kind of casual, cool and breezy. But to you, the way you're talking about it sounds like you have a different impression of it.

No, I mean, I think it's common. I think it's, it sounds, uh, it just depends on what kind of store you're in. It just reminds me of just a heavily commercial environment, right? Where people, there's just a lot of buying happening, right? Uh, we have everything you could possibly want, right? Right. Right. Um, reminds me of a bygone era, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think it's, it's generally,

positive. I mean, the only other context I could think of it is totally different. I mean, like talking about sickness. So for example, let's do this. Lindsay, well, I'll ask you, did you get a lot of the typical winter illnesses this year? No, not really. I actually don't think I got a head cold this year. What about you, Michelle? Did you stay healthy or did you catch something?

I mean, I definitely had a few colds, but I'm scared to say anything because it was a really everybody on the East Coast was super sick this whole winter. But you might hear something like this. Oh, it's been such a rough winter. Yeah. Oh, gosh. Did you get the flu? You name it. We got it. Stomach bug, flu, all of it.

Oh my gosh. Yeah. So that's another good example. Or I guess another scenario could be if you have a friend over to your house and they're not feeling well, maybe they need like aspirin. You have all the kinds of aspirin, Tylenol, Advil, whatever it is.

Then you open your medicine cabinet. You name it, we've got it. What do you need? Yeah, right, right, right. Exactly. But generally, you would hear this more in a commercial sense. You go to a store. It's really about buying things, right? Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep.

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Okay. Love it. Michelle, what are some other things that we might say? Because we don't want to always be saying the same thing, especially if we work on the floor of a store, a big box store. What else could we say? All right. Well, you could say anything and everything. For example, check out our candy selection. We have anything and everything you could think of. Oh, nice.

- Nice. - Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. Also you could say, we've got it all. So you could say, yes, we do have a ton of stickers. We've got it all. Dinosaur stickers, stars, princesses, all of it. - Yes, I love it. So this is good before listing things or after listing things, right? For example, we have a giant selection. So this is maybe more direct, more commercial sounding. We have a giant selection of gift wrap here. So take a look around.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, and you could also do something, use it to recommend some thing to someone. Right. So if you want to talk about a place's inventory, you name it, they've got it. Right. So like, you know, a target, Oh, head on over to target. If you're looking for X, Y, Z, you name it, they've got it. Right. Um, I mean, Lindsay, do you shop at any, like, what's your, what's your big box store of choice? Yeah.

Yeah, I think it's Amazon, Michelle. Yeah, that's the way we're all going, right? I mean, if I need toilet paper or just like printer paper for my printer, I will usually just go to Amazon. Yeah, so that's what I do. What about you, Michelle? Do you go to Target? I will go to Target, but not...

oh i i make the mistake of going with my kids to these places i'm like oh let's do it let's go it's horrible i mean it is just it is a nightmare they see something they want right and then yeah everyone we all they all walk out with toys i don't think i bought anything for myself in a year i don't know i i'm like oh can i look and no um oh no we don't

We just have to go to Costco a couple of times because we had my daughter's birthday party. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I love that. Yeah. So we were there and then it's yeah, it's.

It's an experience guys. You should listen to, we just did an episode about saying experience. So definitely head on over and listen to that one. But yeah, so let's do another role play. We've done a few mini ones. Let's do one more before we go. All right. And this time we're in a flower shop. I love being in flower shops, Michelle. It's just, I want to smell everything, you know, um, it's just, it's an awesome experience. So here you work at a flower shop. Lucky you. That sounds like a dream retirement plan. Yes.

And I am looking for flowers. Okay. Okay.

- Okay, yes. Hi, do you have azaleas? - Yes, we have a giant selection. Feel free to take a look around. - Oh, thanks. Oh wow, you've got it all. Look at these. - Yep, thanks. Yep, anything and everything. - I see. Oh, and do you have tulips, yellow tulips? - Ooh, yes. You name it, we've got it right over there in that corner. - Excellent. Nice, nice. So yeah, I definitely, I agree that it's friendly.

it's kind of showing good service at the same time. But what I was saying earlier, broadly, it points to like a massive amount of selection in commercial, you know, in a commercial market, you know? So it's kind of both like the person on the floor is being friendly, but also,

there are a ton of options, which I don't think is true everywhere, right? Like there's just a lot of things you could buy because our economy is so dependent on buying. - Yeah. - Right? - Yeah, exactly. - Yeah. - Do you buy flowers for your home?

I wish I did more often. I wish I did. You know, cause when I do, I think, oh, this was a great thing to do. It just brightens up the kitchen. Do you tell me once you did do that a lot? Do you, that's really funny that you remember that? Yeah, I used to, I, I used to, I always get into it. I'm like, oh, I'm going to start buying flowers every week. And then,

It never happens. My friend gave me some flowers recently because she was going on vacation and she's like, these flowers are just going to die. So you might as well enjoy them for a little bit. So I have some tulips. They're all dying, but that's... I think especially in the springtime, it's really nice to bring...

spring like tulips are a spring flower right bring or no they're a winter fly spring spring winter I don't know anything about flowers okay we'll change the subject quickly let's go back to the

I love it. All right. Good stuff. Next time. Next up. Yeah. All right. So here I asked you, do you have azaleas? And you said, yes, we have a giant selection, right? Yep. And then you said, oh, wow, you've got it all. Look at all these. I mean, this sounds like an amazing shop. Totally. Exactly. So and then you said, yep, thanks. Anything and everything. Right. Anything and everything, as you said.

And then you said what, Michelle? Well, you asked me, do you have yellow tulips? And I said, yes, you name it, we've got it right over there in that corner. Right, exactly. Very friendly salesperson on the floor. Love it. Love it. And Michelle, is there another episode that we could check out today just as we're finishing up today's episode?

Yes, this was really fun. I loved this episode. We had a good time with this one. Really good one. Check out episode 2385. That was Order in the Court, Everyday Courtroom English. Yes, Order in the Court. That was one of my favorite episodes. It is so cool when we take these, I don't know, these fields, these industries, these areas of life, and we bring it into English. Yeah, yeah. I love that kind of episode. Yeah. So Michelle, what's the takeaway for today?

oh man well we've talked today a lot about really commercialism and you know buying things and how we express that in different contexts um it can be used in kind of a carl car salesman type of way like anything and everything but at the same time your local barista could say it as well so you will hear this good to know um and yeah but i

I love it. And it's important to know if someone says this, they're not trying to push things on you most of the time, right? Unless you are in a salesy situation, maybe like a car buying situation. They're just trying to be friendly. So love it. Good stuff, Michelle. And you have a good day. I'll see you very soon. All right. Thanks, Lindsay. Bye. All right. Take care. Bye. Bye.

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