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Hello everyone!
Welcome to Idiom 100, where we learn 100 commonly used idioms by native English speakers.
All of the explanations are in English, so it might be challenging for you,
but just try to imagine the meanings in your head and study hard and soon you'll be able to use these idioms in your conversations.
Is everyone ready? Let's begin.
Hello everyone! Welcome back.
Today's idiom is: rip off.
Rip off.
Alright, so we know the meaning of 'rip off'.
Rip means kind of to pull very quickly, rip off.
Yeah, maybe you have a bandage you rip off, okay?
So, let's imagine you go shopping, you go to a store and you see a price tag for a TV, okay?
And the price tag says 100,000 yen, okay?
Ah, okay and then you walk away and you look back and the sales clerk ripped off the price tag
and it says 50,000 yen after you walked away.
Alright, so he ripped off the price tag and actually the price of the TV was much lower than he showed you, right?
The price for you was 100,000 yen. The real price was 50,000 yen.
He ripped you off.
Rip off.
Alright, so let's listen to some examples and try to understand the meaning of this idiom.
How do you like my shirt? It was 200 dollars!
That's a rip off, I saw the same one at Walmart for 20 dollars!
Oh, okay, so he paid 200 dollars, but the other person saw the same shirt for 20 dollars and he said, 'It's a rip off.'
Okay, let's listen to another example.
I think lunch at that restaurant was a rip off. They charged 500 yen for water!
Really? It must have been very delicious water!
Okay, so they're saying that lunch at the restaurant was a rip off.
They charged 500 yen for water.
Yeah, usually water is free, so if you have to pay 500 yen for water, most people say it's a rip off.
Yeah, could you guess the meaning of 'rip off' in these situations?
If you did and you guessed that it means something is not worth it or it costs too much, you're right.
Alright, so 'rip off' means the price was too high.
Yeah, and something can be a rip off.
Yeah, that shirt was a rip off.
It cost 200 dollars, but it's only worth 20 dollars.
Yeah, you paid too much.
And something can be a rip off or you can get ripped off.
Yeah, I paid 200 dollars for the T-shirt. That store ripped me off.
Okay, so those are kind of the two ways you can use rip off.
The t-shirt was a rip off.
The store ripped me off.
Yeah, they charged me too much money.
Alright, so I hope you don't have any problems in your life with getting ripped off
and you should be careful when you're shopping and when you're traveling.
Be careful not to get ripped off and be careful not to buy a rip off and I'll see you next time.