Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO DIG UP SOME DIRT and TO DIG IN YOUR HEELS

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to dig up some dirt. When you dig up some dirt on someone, it means you look for things that they've done in the past that weren't good things to do. A lot of times, people who are running for office, if they wanna be mayor or prime minister, the people who don't want them to be will dig up some dirt on them, or they'll try to dig up some dirt on them. So they'll try to find out if they did anything when they were younger that people would frown upon. When you frown upon something, it means it's something that you shouldn't have done. And they might even try to dig up some dirt on them in the sense that they are trying to find out if they did something illegal. That would be bad. It's really hard to get into office. It's really hard to become mayor, or prime minister, or president if you did something illegal in the past. So sometimes they'll try to dig up some dirt on people who are trying to be in a position of power.

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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is to dig in your heels, when you dig in your heels, so your heel is like, I don't know if I can get my leg up that high, I can't. Your heel is at the back of your foot. When you dig in your heels, it means that you stubbornly refuse to agree with someone, or you stubbornly refuse to do what someone is asking you to do. Our children, at least one or two of our kids, often dig in their heels. One of my kids will definitely dig in their heels quite easily. If I say, "You need to clean your room," sometimes they say no, which, kids shouldn't do that, should they? They shouldn't disagree with their parents. But when I think back to when I was a young Bob the Canadian, I would often dig in my heels when I was arguing with my mom and dad. I was a good kid. I was definitely pretty stubborn.

So to review, when you dig up some dirt on someone, when you go to dig up some dirt on someone, you're trying to discover things they did in the past that were either illegal, or just not very nice. And when you dig in your heels, it means that you stubbornly refuse to do what someone is trying to get you to do.

Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from Mohammad, and Mohammad says, "Thanks, dear Bob, useful lesson. By the way, I really enjoyed playing 'GeoGuessr.' My mom watched it. It was 3:30 AM here. So we were at our wit's end." My response was this, "Wow. That is really early in the morning. I'm impressed that you stayed up so late, or maybe you got up early. I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching."

So, yes, I've been playing "GeoGuessr." By the way, thanks, Mohammad, for that comment. I've been playing "GeoGuessr" on Sunday evenings. It is a pretty fun thing to play. I have been enjoying it. It's a game where you travel using Google Maps and you try to guess what country you're in. And so I've been playing it most Sunday nights. We just played last Sunday night. There's about 90 people or so that show up and it's a lot of fun. I've enjoyed it. We had a streak of 19 correct answers a while ago. So that was a lot of fun. So anyways, if you're interested, "GeoGuessr." It's hard to hold this camera. Sorry if I'm making you a little seasick. "GeoGuessr" Sunday nights.

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Learn the English Phrases TO DIG UP SOME DIRT and TO DIG IN YOUR HEELS