Easy English Expression 0504 cry me a river

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Cry me a river. Sorry, that was a New York accent. Cry me a river. Cry me a river. Cry me a river. This is a great expression. Do you know somebody who complains?

They're always complaining. Oh, the weather's too hot. Oh, the weather's too cold. Oh, the food is too hot. Oh, the food is too cold. It's too small. It's too big.

It's too salty. It's too bland. It's too sweet. It's too bitter. It's too just shut up. Stop complaining. Instead of shut up, which is not very nice, instead of

stop complaining, you can use this expression. Oh, cry me a river. Cry me a river. Oh, yes, life is so difficult. Oh, it's so tough for you. Oh, you're crying.

How much are you crying? The tears are coming down your face, Creating a river. Below you, a river, cry me a river. Yes, this is an informal expression.

If your boss says, Last month our sales were down. Do not tell your boss, Cry me a river. I think your boss will fire you, and then you will come to me and complain to me,

and then I will tell you, Oh, cry me a river. Don't say these things to your body. This is an informal expression. Use it with your friends. Check out the dialogue.

Oh, Paris was wonderful, but the wine was so expensive. Uh-huh. Oh, really? And we paid over 100 euros every night for dinner. Oh, cry me a river. in America

We have the idea that anybody who takes a vacation in Paris , in Paris, France, they must be rich. They're probably staying at a lovely hotel, very expensive

hotel on the Champs-de-Laison, and they are eating wonderful French cuisine, the best French food, the best French wine. And they are spending lots and lots and lots of money

because they're rich. They're probably shopping at Chanel and reading books written by Robespierre. I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. Anyway, the idea, any American who goes to Paris, they must

be rich. They must be spending lots of money. So this person was saying the wine was so expensive. Dinner was over 100 euros. Yeah, that is expensive.

Cry me a river, quit complaining. You are so lucky to have gone to Paris to have experienced such delicious wine and delicious food. I'm jealous, quit complaining.

Cry me a river. Yeah. So tell me, are you a complainer? I want to hear you complain. Complain about something. Complaint about, I don't know, clothing or the weather or

where you live or something like that. And see if your complaint is good. If your complaint is not good, then everybody else, we need to respond with,

Cry me a river. Now, usually after you say, Cry me a river, you should say why you don't care. So once again in this dialogue, oh, cry me a river, you're lucky to go to Paris.

I stayed at home eating hamburgers every day. Boring. This is the idea. Give them a reason why their complaint is so stupid. Now, I'm not joking. I want to hear you complain.

And if your complaint is not good, our response will be, cry me a river. So where can you complain? On Twitter, at Coach Shane, C-O-A-C-H-S-H-A-N-E. And on Facebook, ESL Coach Shane, I want to hear you

complain. If your complaint is no good, the response will be, Crimea River. Let's check out the dialogue two more times. Oh, Paris was wonderful, but the wine was so expensive.

Oh, really? And we paid over one hundred. euros every night for dinner. Oh, cry me a river. Oh, Paris was wonderful, but the wine was so expensive. Uh-huh. Oh, really? And we paid over 100 euros every night

for dinner. Oh, cry me a river. Thanks so much for listening. Make sure to check out our webpage, www.letsmasterenglish. com. Try a free lesson. Get our newsletter.

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