In this mini episode, you will learn the idiom “get your feet wet.”
Episode 289 of the Everybody ESL podcast is a mini episode that teaches you the idiom “get your feet wet.” 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
“Hi! This is Roza, from Iran, Kurdistan Province. And you are listening to Everybody ESL.”
Welcome to episode 289 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
In this episode, I am going to teach you an interesting and useful expression. And that expression is “get your feet wet.” Get your feet wet. That’s get—g-e-t, your, feet—f-e-e-t, wet—w-e-t. Get your feet wet.
What does it mean to get your feet wet? “To get your feet wet” means to begin doing some activity or to begin getting familiar with some activity or situation. When you get your feet wet, you are just starting to do something, or just starting to become familiar with doing some activity.
I guess the idea has something to do with going swimming. Maybe? When you begin to go swimming, you start by getting your feet wet. As you walk into the water, your feet get wet first. Maybe that’s where the expression comes from, and that’s why we use this expression to mean to begin an activity or to begin learning about or becoming familiar with some activity.
Here is an example of a situation where someone might use the expression “get your feet wet”:
I have never gone skiing before, but my friend is really good, and he said he could teach me. So, it sounds like a good time for me to get my feet wet.
In other words, it sounds like a good time for me to start learning about skiing. It sounds like a good time for me to start becoming familiar with skiing. It sounds like a good time for me to try to ski.
That is “get your feet wet,” an interesting and useful expression that I think you should know.
Outro
This is the end of episode 289 of Everybody ESL. Remember: if you have questions about English, or if you have comments or suggestions for me, or if you would like to record an introduction that I can play at the beginning of future episodes—the same way Roza 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. I’ll see you soon. Goodbye!