This mini episode teaches you the idiom “catch wind of something.”
Episode 250 of the Everybody ESL podcast is a mini episode that teaches you the idiom “catch wind of something.” Send your questions about English and your suggestions for future episodes to EverybodyESL@gmail.com! (And let me know if you’d like to record the introduction to a future episode.)
Intro
“Yo! This is Sarosh, from India. And you’re listening to Everybody ESL.”
Welcome to episode 250 of Everybody ESL, the podcast for everybody who wants to improve their English, practice their English, or just learn more English. My name is Ben, and I have a mini episode for you today, where I am going to teach you about one English topic. You can subscribe to the Everybody ESL podcast at Apple podcasts, on the Stitcher app, and wherever you find your podcasts. If you like Everybody ESL, leave it a good review so other people can find out about it too. And if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for me, please send an email to everybodyESL@gmail.com. Okay! Let’s get on with this mini episode.
The episode
I have another interesting idiom for you in this episode. If you don’t remember, an idiom is one of those interesting phrases or expressions that you just have to learn and memorize. You cannot usually understand an idiom by looking at each of the pieces. And that is especially true for the idiom I’m going to teach you today.
That idiom is “catch wind of.” Catch wind of.
That’s catch: c-a-t-c-h, wind: w-i-n-d, of: o-f. To catch wind of.
What does it mean to catch wind of something? To catch wind of something means to learn about something accidentally. And we usually use it when someone learns something secret, or maybe when someone learns about a rumor.
Let me give you an example of a situation where we might use this idiom, catch wind of something:
“If the kid’s parents catch wind of his plan to skip school, he might be in trouble.” If the kid’s parents catch wind of his plan to skip school, he might be in trouble.
In other words, we are saying, “If the parents learn about this plan, if the parents hear about this plan, if the parents discover this plan.” To catch wind of something means to learn about information or a rumor accidentally.
This idiom has another form as well. In addition to “catch wind of something,” you will hear “get wind of something.” Get wind of something. That’s get: g-e-t. You will hear “catch wind of something” and “get wind of something.” These mean exactly the same thing.
And that is “catch (or get) wind of something,” an interesting idiom that I think you should know.
Outro
This is the end of episode 250 of Everybody ESL. Remember: if you have questions about English, or if you have comments or suggestions for the podcast, or if you would like to record an introduction that I can use at the beginning of future episodes—the same way Sarosh recorded the introduction you heard at the beginning of this episode—send an email to everybodyESL@gmail.com. I’ll be back soon with a new episode, and until then, keep going, keep practicing, and keep learning. Goodbye! I’ll see you soon.