English Slang Idiom Hits the Spot

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useful idiom that’s pretty casual and

you could call it slang but it’s not

rude it’s something that you can use in

daily life thank you everyone who’s

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Poland Ukraine we’ve got friends all

around the world so today all around the

world you’re going to be learning this

important slang idiom with our community

I have a question for you we’re going to

use your answer in our idiomatic

expression a little bit later I want to

know when it’s hot outside it’s so hot

imagine it’s the middle of summer and

you walk outside and your face and your

body is immediately red and sweaty it’s

just so hot outside

tell me what do you want to eat what is

the perfect food when it’s hot outside

maybe for you it’s gonna be something

different than for someone else but I

want to know what is the perfect food

for you to eat when it’s hot for me when

it’s really hot outside I like something

super simple just a drink that’s cold

a cold drink it could be iced tea it

could be ice water it could be lemonade

Oh a lot of people say ice cream ice

cream ice cream ice cream just water

watermelon juice oh yes I love

watermelon uh orange juice chili Oh

interesting

mmm maybe something hot to balance beer

beer lemonade well let’s use your answer

to talk about our idiom today for me

let’s say watermelon because you know

how close watermelon is to my heart in

fact I saw watermelon at the grocery

store yesterday which is good news it

means watermelon season is coming it’s

my favorite food so let’s use today’s

idiom hits the spot I could say when

it’s hot outside

watermelon hits the spot

hmm can you imagine what that means when

it’s hot outside

watermelon hits the spot I’m going to

write that sentence here so that you can

see it when it’s hot outside

watermelon hits the spot

so you probably know these words

individually hits the spot it is usually

like hit you’re using your hand and to

attack something hits and the spot this

spot is a point the spot so what does

this mean altogether you’re hitting a

specific spot hmm well really if you

imagine this is an idiom so it doesn’t

mean exactly hitting a specific spot

we’ve got some great answers here it’s

exactly what’s required yes it’s the

best option I love it

great explanations for this hits the

spot means it’s perfect for that moment

so the moment is it’s hot so it’s

perfect for that moment and when I was

thinking about this idiom I was trying

to think can we use this for things that

are not food but in reality we use this

for food 95% of the time if you have

already heard this idiom and you’ve

heard it used without talking about food

write a comment let me know but most of

the time we’re talking about food it

hits the spot

and I wanted to talk about this idiom

because it’s something that native

speakers definitely use I made a video a

couple weeks ago about how many idioms

you need to know to be a fluent speaker

is it important to know idioms and the

conclusion that I made in that video was

you need to know idioms that native

speakers actually use don’t just study

tons and tons of idioms because you

don’t know if they’re actually used

often and you want to make sure you’re

using your time efficiently so whenever

I use an idiom in daily life and I

recognize it I try to write it

found and create a lesson for you about

it so last week I went to a restaurant

and I was really hungry really hungry

and at the end of the meal the waiter

asked me how was your food and I said it

hit the spot it hit the spot thanks so

much

and that means it was perfect that

moment I was really hungry and the food

at the restaurant hit the spot maybe it

wasn’t the best food I’ve ever had in my

whole life but at that moment it was

perfect it hit the spot

so you can imagine your stomach your

stomach is where your body processes all

your food and maybe there’s a spot a

point in your stomach a hungry point we

can imagine a hungry point when you eat

something that’s perfect it kind of

fills or covers that spot so for me in

the summer when it’s really hot

watermelon always hits the spot

what about for you how can you use this

in a full sentence I want to read some

of your sentences and then we’ll talk

about another situation when it’s hot

outside I like to eat Italian ice cream

Federica says Khan says when it’s cold

warm soup hits the spot

oh yeah something nice and warm and

liquidy feels really good

Andrei says when it’s hot outside beer

hits the spot for me something cool to

drink like Lucas does too when it’s hot

outside coke hits the spot that sounds

like good advertising for coke coke hits

the spot so it’s something that’s

perfectly satisfying and I saw earlier

that some of you wrote this livelesson

hits the spot

for me now here we’re not talking about

food you can’t really eat this live

lesson so in in this situation you’re

talking about

material that you’re learning is perfect

for maybe a moment in your English

Studies it’s important for you so can we

say this live lesson hits the spot for

me yes we can but I want to make sure

that you if you use this you fully

understand the meaning of the idiom

because as I said it’s most common to

use it with food so if you say it for

English lessons or for another situation

that’s not food you have to say it a

little bit playfully a little bit like

not a joke but a little bit with a light

heart because people might imagine that

you’re eating the live lesson so it’s

kind of a creative or clever way to say

this English lesson is great for me

right now so make sure you have a smile

on your face and if you want to say it

you could say I watched a live lesson

yesterday and it hit the spot for me it

was great it hit the spot so make sure

that you’re using it not so seriously

but with a smile and a playful face so

let’s make sure that we’re using this

correctly about food generally and I

want to know for you let’s talk about

this in the past because here we have a

present tense verb hits hits does anyone

know what is hits in the past I used it

just a moment ago what do you think is

hit mmm in the past a lot of you are

writing this yes it is hit yesterday

watermelon hit the spot so we’re just

taking out the s so let’s write some

sentences let’s talk about this quickly

in the past tense before we have a

practice that it’s all together so I

might say yesterday I was so hungry that

I ate two burritos and

they hit the spot hit the spot in the

past so I want to know for you what is

something that you ate recently that

perfectly satisfied you you felt like

all this is the perfect food for me at

the moment so for me I would say

yesterday I was so hungry that I ate two

burritos they hit the spot all right so

here we have our lovely past tense they

hit the spot I’m talking about an

activity that happened in the past

Giovanni says my mom’s dinner hit the

spot great this is something that you

thought was the perfect food for this

moment

yesterday I was so hungry that I ate two

burritos they hit the spot a sandwich I

ate yesterday hit the spot great

eating pizza hit the spot for me

barbeque always hits the spot

excellent so for you that’s something

that is important and tasty perfect for

that moment I think you guys understand

wonderfully how to use this idiom so

let’s use this in a sentence all

together and all of our friends from all

over the world are going to use this

sentence together so just imagine

friends in France in Indonesia in Russia

in Taiwan in Brazil in Canada everyone

saying this sentence together and it

kind of feels like you’re part of a

community then because sometimes

learning online can be a little bit

lonely so participating in live lessons

and

also imagining the other people who are

learning with you it helps to make it

more realistic so let’s say a sentence

using hits the spot

and how about ah we can talk about a

food that is oh let’s talk about a drink

let’s talk about a drink in the morning

because it’s morning for me so let’s

talk about something in the morning that

hits the spot right when you wake up Oh

feels so nice well here I have my water

bottle I’m always carrying it because I

drink water all the time

it’s my favorite drink kind of boring

but I love it so let’s talk about

something that you like to drink in the

morning and I’m gonna say the sentence

and I want you to write the sentence

kind of like a practice dictation so I’m

gonna say it you can write it and then

we’ll say it all together are you ready

when I wake up water hits the spot or we

can make it a little longer when I wake

up a glass of water hits the spot when I

wake up a glass of water hits the spot

it means that you’re kind of thirsty and

it’s not a good time to drink a beer or

to drink something else maybe something

sugary you want just something to help

your thirst go away

you want to quench your thirst so a

glass of water is perfect when I wake up

a glass of water hits the spot and then

after you finish your glass of water you

can have some coffee or tea or breakfast

or maybe you don’t eat breakfast I don’t

know how people survive without eating

breakfast but some people do I love

breakfast so let’s say the sentence

altogether when I wake up a glass of

water hits the spot we’re all human all

around the world and we all need water

so let’s say this slowly practice your

pronunciation

if you’re in a place that you feel

comfortable saying it out loud I

recommend doing that and if you’re not

you can say it quietly so let’s say this

slowly imitate my mouth and then we’ll

say it quickly when I wake up a glass of

water hits the spot when I wake up a

glass of water hits the spot can you say

it really fast when I wake up a glass of

water hits the spot when I wake up a

glass of water hits the spot whoo good

practice thank you everyone for writing

this down and saying it out loud with me

I hope for you you feel comfortable

using this idiom I called this a slang

idiom but it’s not rude and really you

can use this in professional situations

when you’re talking with someone about

the meal that you had last night or at a

restaurant like I did I told the server

this food hit the spot great it’s not

it’s not so casual that you can only use

it with your close friends feel

comfortable using this in a variety of

situations and use English so if you

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