'Watching the Grass Grow' Is Not Fun - March 11, 2025

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1. 0:07And now, words and their stories from VOA Learning English.
2. 0:19Springtime is a time of renewal and growth.
3. 0:25Many plants end their long winter sleep and form new buds and shoots.
4. 0:33Beautiful flowers will soon be showing their bright colors.
5. 0:37and the grass will grow thicker and greener again.
6. 0:43Some flowers bloom in a very noticeable way, but that is not the case with grass.
7. 0:52Imagine you are sitting in a grassy field, and you have only one job to watch the grass grow.
8. 1:01That does not sound very interesting.
9. 1:04In fact, it sounds really boring.
10. 1:10That idea is what gives us the expression like watching grass grow.
11. 1:16We use this expression to describe an experience that is uninteresting.
12. 1:23Another good word to describe it is tedious.
13. 1:29We use this expression in many situations.
14. 1:33Let's hear a few examples.
15. 1:37After the politician won his campaign, he gave a two-hour-long acceptance speech.
16. 1:45Two hours? It was as much fun as watching grass grow.
17. 1:51I really don't like watching long sports games.
18. 1:56It's like watching grass grow.
19. 1:59Now, grass grows on the ground all the time, and usually we don't give it much thought.
20. 2:07If you stand in one place for a long time, the grass will continue to grow under your feet.
21. 2:15For people who are always active, always moving, always on the go,
22. 2:21we can say they don't let grass grow under their feet.
23. 2:25feet. We can also say beneath their feet.
24. 2:30And sometimes we use this expression as a command.
25. 2:36Let's hear some examples.
26. 2:39Don't let the grass grow beneath your feet.
27. 2:42Get back to work.
28. 2:44She certainly doesn't let the grass grow under her feet.
29. 2:48She's been traveling nonstop for over a year.
30. 2:51And that's all the time we have for this words
31. 2:56and their stories until next time I'm Anna Mateo