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🎭 In a pickle - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks'

🎭 Not having the right English vocabulary can leave you ‘in a pickle’! So make sure you have some cool and interesting British expressions at your fingertips by learning about this idiom, first made famous by William Shakespeare. Tell us about a time when you were in a pickle! 👇👇👇 👩‍🏫 FOR TEACHERS: Download a FREE lesson plan and worksheet here! 👉 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/learningen... More videos in this series: 🎭 As dead as a doornail 👉 http://bit.ly/bbc_shakespeare_speaks_... 🎭 Mum's the word! 👉 http://bit.ly/bbc_shakespeare_speaks_... 🎭 I'll send him packing 👉 http://bit.ly/bbc_shakespeare_speaks_... 🎭 Strange bedfellows 👉 http://bit.ly/bbc_shakespeare_speaks_... 🎭 Forever and a day 👉 http://bit.ly/bbc_shakespeare_speaks_... Shakespeare Speaks is a co-production between BBC Learning English and The Open University. Visit our website for activities and extra materials connected to this episode: 👉http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/... Shakespeare Speaks is a co-production between BBC Learning English and The Open University. TRANSCRIPT Narrator It was a chilly November evening. William Shakespeare's play The Tempest, full of music, magic and monsters, is being performed for the first time. King James I and the Queen are having dinner while they watch. King James I do like a good play… mmm… and this meat is delicious - bring me more of that pickle… Mmmm… I love a bit of pickle with my dinner… and a nice glass of wine… Queen Don't you think you've had enough wine, dear? King James Oh do be quiet dear: I can't hear the actors. Now, Mr Shakespeare, is that a King I see on the stage? Will Your Majesty, that is King Alonso of Naples. He is lost on a magical island. King James And who is this fellow in the jester's costume? Will Your Majesty, that is Trinculo. He drinks a lot, and plans to murder people. King James A drunken jester? Murder? No good will come of it… does the King know about this? Will Yes, your Majesty. Now, the King is going to find Trinculo - in a drunken mess. Your Majesty might care to listen… King James 1 Ooh yes, yes, I want to hear this, be quiet everybody.   Alonso How camest thou in this pickle? Robert Harley as Trinculo I have been in such a pickle since I saw you last that, I fear me, will never out of my bones: I shall not fear fly-blowing. King James 1 Hahaha! He's in a pickle! I like it, Will, very good, very good! Narrator We'll leave them there for now. Pickles are a very messy food, made from fruit and vegetables, crushed and preserved in vinegar and spices - sometimes with alcohol too. When Trinculo says he is in a pickle, he's probably saying that he is very drunk - but he's also got himself into a mess - a very difficult situation. Nowadays, when someone has drunk a lot of alcohol, they can say: I'm pickled - and when they've got problems, they can say: I'm in a pickle. Take The Hunger Games actor Liam Hemsworth, who said: Clip 1 Most of the time if I'm in a pickle I'll call one of my brothers. They've usually got somewhat uplifting advice. Clip 2 Ooh, you're in a pickle with those bags aren't you? Let me help. King James I Now Mr Shakespeare, sit down and eat with us. Have some cold meat! Servant Anything with that? Will Hmmm… To pickle, or not to pickle: that is the question. 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ps3hplv #LearnEnglish #Idiom #Shakespeare