AEE 2519: Don't Take It Literally! Four New English Expressions

Summary

All Ears English Podcast: Episode 2519

Title: Don't Take It Literally! Four New English Expressions
Hosts: Lindsay McMahon and Michelle Kaplan
Date: November 25, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this engaging episode, Lindsay and Michelle explore four common English expressions that don’t mean exactly what the words suggest—expressions you should NOT take literally. The hosts break down their meanings, usage, and share stories, role plays, and cultural insights to help English learners sound more natural and fluent. They focus on using everyday idioms and metaphors that are common in American English, building language skills around “connection, not perfection.”

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introduction – Literal vs. Metaphorical Language

• The hosts start with a playful conversation about head lice, pivoting to the episode’s real theme: expressions that are physical in wording, but metaphorical in use.
• Michelle: “We’re not talking about lice today...but we are going to talk about an expression that has to do with the word head and scratching. It’s more metaphorical though. So: ‘head scratcher.’” (03:31)

2. Expression 1: “Head Scratcher”

Meaning:

• Used to describe something confusing or difficult to understand.
• Example scenarios: instructions, sports rules, strange situations.

Notable Quotes & Examples:

• Lindsay: “Something that is a head scratcher is something that is hard to figure out.” (04:04)
• Lindsay: “A lot of sports rules...can be a little bit of a head scratcher for me.” (05:20)
• Example: “I want to build my own furniture, but the directions are a real head scratcher.” (05:56)

Usage Tips:

• Informal, but not slang.
• "A real head scratcher" is more emphatic.
• Can apply to situations, instructions, choices, or even outfits.

3. Expression 2: “Hit Me”

Meaning:

• Means “tell me” or “give me the information,” especially when bracing for something surprising or potentially negative.

Notable Quotes & Examples:

• Michelle: “Is this actually saying hit me?” (10:38)
• Lindsay: “No, it’s basically saying, give me the information. Tell me something. Even if it’s something that’s going to give an impact.” (10:38)
• Role Play:
  • Lindsay: “Hey, I have a story to tell you, but you might not like it.”
  • Michelle: “All right, hit me.” (11:00)

Additional Insight:

• Other uses: “It hit me” (for realizations).
• Can be confused with literal use in contexts like sports, so knowing the situation is key.

4. Expression 3: “Drop It”

Meaning:

• Means to let go of a topic, issue, or argument—stop pursuing or discussing it.

Notable Quotes & Examples:

• Lindsay: “Let something go, right? Stop talking about something is what this means.” (12:05)
• Michelle: “I really wanted to ask him about a raise, but I’m going to drop it until next year.” (12:12)
• Michelle: “I wish she would just drop it.” (15:22)

5. Expression 4: “Spit It Out”

Meaning:

• Used to encourage someone to say something they’re hesitating to say; “Just say it!”

Notable Quotes & Examples:

• Lindsay: “Please don’t spit. This is when you tell someone something that may be tough for you to say. They say, ‘come on, just spit it out.’ Just say it.” (13:19)
• Role Play:
  • Lindsay: “I don’t know how to say this...”
  • Michelle: “Oh, come on Lindsay, just spit it out.” (13:41)

Usage Tip:

• Very informal, not appropriate for formal work settings.

6. Application Through Role Play

• The hosts reconstruct a real-world, relatable scenario: trying to assemble furniture, and mix in all the learned expressions.
• Key moments of the role play demonstrate all four expressions in use in a natural, friendly conversation (14:55–15:24).
• Lindsay: “Michelle, spit it out.” (14:58)
• Lindsay: “They are a head scratcher for sure.” (15:12)
• Lindsay: “Hit me. Do we have to start over?” (15:16)
• Michelle: “I wish she would just drop it.” (15:22)

7. Discussion: Literal vs. Metaphorical in English

• The hosts wrap up with general advice:
  • Lindsay: “One key piece of fluency is understanding what is actually literal and what is not literal.” (18:02)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Michelle: “And don't hit. Don't spit and don't hit. If you don't do those things, you'll be just fine.” (17:19)
• Lindsay: “It’s true in our listeners’ languages too. Not everything is literal and you—one key piece of fluency is understanding what is actually literal and what is not literal.” (18:02)
• Michelle: “These are all common, useful...they’re kind of fun and, and yeah, enjoy.” (17:49)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:31 – Introduction to “head scratcher”
• 05:56 – Example: Using “head scratcher” with furniture
• 10:38 – Introduction to “hit me” (metaphorical use)
• 11:00–11:02 – Role Play: “All right, hit me.”
• 12:05 – Introduction to “drop it”
• 12:12 – Example: “I’m going to drop it until next year”
• 13:19 – Introduction to “spit it out”
• 13:41 – Role Play: “Just spit it out.”
• 14:55–15:24 – Compound role play using all the expressions
• 17:19 – “Don’t spit and don’t hit” closing advice
• 18:02 – Fluency advice—literal vs. metaphorical meaning

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Final Takeaways

• These four English expressions—head scratcher, hit me, drop it, and spit it out—are perfect examples of phrases you shouldn’t take literally.
• Understanding contexts and cultural cues is critical; literal interpretation could lead to misunderstandings.
• The episode encourages learners to experiment with these phrases in casual, friendly settings to build natural, native-like fluency.

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If you want to speak more like a native and connect, not just perfect your grammar, these expressions are a great place to start!

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“As long as you’re not spitting or hitting, you’re good. Pretty much.”
— Michelle Kaplan (17:49)

Transcript

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Michelle Kaplan]

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[Michelle Kaplan]

Hey Lindsay, how are you?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Hey, doing great Michelle.

[Narrator/Announcer]

How are you?

[Lindsay McMahon]

How's everything?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, I'm doing well. Lindsay, did you ever have lice as a kid?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, I think I had a couple of bouts of it as a kid. It goes around with kids, you know, like sharing hair brushes in school. And yes, I do remember a couple of bouts of lice. Unfortunately, it's very common for little kids.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, I, I. Every once in a while I'll get a email from my daughter's school saying yeah, a student has been found with voice.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So nervous. I haven't. Knock on wood. I never got it as a kid.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Lucky.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

But I, I know at some point it's coming coming from me. I'm almost afraid to talk about it, but I am assuming. Did you scratch your head a lot? Sure.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, absolutely. As a kid you don't know what's going on.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And so and you have to use that special comb and a special kind of shampoo. I think my mom had to spend. You know, I was really young. My mom probably had to spend hours just picking them out. Oh, gosh. Awful topic.

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[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, I know. Hello, everyone. I hope you enjoy this ye today, but we're not talking. Don't worry, guys. That's not what we're talking about today. We are. It doesn't have anything to do with lice, but we are going to talk about an expression that has to deal with the word head and scratching. It's more metaphorical, though. So head scratcher. Lindsay, what is it? If I say something's a real head scratcher, what does that mean?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, it has nothing to do with having license. Goodness. So we could stop talking about that.

[Michelle Kaplan]

We're done. We're done.

[Lindsay McMahon]

But it's that something. You know, there's another reason we might scratch our heads. Beyond head lice. It's actually when we are maybe a little confused. Although I don't do that. I don't actually scratch my head when I'm confused. But this is what this means. Something that is a head scratcher is something that is hard to figure out.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right. That is interesting. I don't think that many people actually. No, I do this, but it just came to be, this expression, oh, it's us. A head scratch scratcher.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. I don't know where it came from. I don't know.

[Michelle Kaplan]

But you say this. Oh, it's a head scratcher.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I. Yeah, I probably would. I probably would. This is a real head scratcher. I gotta think about this a bit more.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right, right. Yeah. Is there anything you can think of that is a head scratcher for you?

[Lindsay McMahon]

I. Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of sports rules. I actually went to a hockey game last night, and we had amazing seats right on the. Right on the ice. We got them through my partner's work. And I wish that I understood the rules a bit better of hockey. I guess hockey is a little more straightforward than football, but I still don't know all the rules. So I was just there watching it back and forth. You know, you watch the puck flying around the ice, and it's fun, but you're not totally in it because you don't know the rules.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So sports can be a little bit of a head scratcher for me. Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, I would say that about football.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

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[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes. Good stuff. All right, let's get into some examples so our listeners can actually take this term and start using it in their real lives. So are you ready for the first example, Michelle?

[Michelle Kaplan]

I'm ready.

[Lindsay McMahon]

All right.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I want to build my own furniture.

[Lindsay McMahon]

But the directions are a real head scratcher. Oh, my gosh. Following instructions. When you get something in a box.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh, my gosh. Yeah. And a lot of times people might say, a real head scratch. Right. It's a head scratcher or a head scratcher. But if you want to be more emphatic, you can say are a real head scratcher.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

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[Michelle Kaplan]

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[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay.

[Michelle Kaplan]

No, I took it out of the box. I was exhausted. I had a headache. And he's like, oh, can we open it? We opened it. There's no words, only pictures.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh, no.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I have no idea what it's asking me to do. So I. I built the E. I chose the easiest one to start off with. There's many you can build. And I. I did it. And he kept on, like, coming in and going out, and I just like, okay, I'm just gonna do it.

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[Michelle Kaplan]

I finally get one, and he's. And he goes, oh, I think that one's a boring one. You should do it.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh, no. You spent all your time putting it together. Yeah. And then he was bored with the game. Yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

He was bored with that particular course that I made because I chose the one like, you do it. Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

You should have had him put it together. He.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I did. I know, but then the. Then my daughter was around, and they were fighting. Anyway, it's a whole thing. Here's another example. She explained the situation to me, but honestly, it was a head scratcher. You may want to call her.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yep. So something that just was really unclear. You came out of it pretty confused. You're still confused about that situation. Yeah. Here's another one. The outfit she chose is kind of a head scratcher. I don't think she took the weather into consideration. I do that a lot.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I was gonna say. I know you've talked about do that a lot.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I just did that. Let's see. I just went somewhere that was cool. Where did I. What was it recently? In the last few weeks, I guess I went to the mountains, and it was you know, 25 degrees again, and I just went in jeans and just not. Not smart. Not smart.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Would you say this is a formal or informal expression?

[Lindsay McMahon]

I would say this is probably pretty informal, Michelle. You know, so. Yeah, but it's common. I think It's. It's. It's not slang, but it's pretty informal. Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

And we're gonna go. We're gonna take a quick break, but then we're gonna go over some more with you right after.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

All right, Michelle, we are back. So are there other expressions that kind of. Yeah, tell us.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So. Well, what I thought we could do is talk about some more, like, physical expressions that have more of a metaphorical meaning. So again, you're not really. It's not really like, oh, I'm scratching my head because I have lice. Sorry, knock on wood. But it's more, oh, this means I'm confused, even though you're not really doing it. So I thought we could go over some of these similar expressions with a similar idea. Right. So the first one is hit me with something. So, Lindsay, is this actually saying hit me?

[Lindsay McMahon]

No, no, it's really not. It's. This is interesting. Right? So it's basically saying, give me the information. Tell me something. Even if it's something that's going to give an impact. Right. That's going to be difficult. Let's do a role play so our listeners can see exactly what we mean.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

Hey, I have a story to tell you, but you might not like it.

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right, hit me.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay. And then I would proceed to tell you the story. Right. So you're basically just saying you are braced for impact.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes. Yeah, exactly. It's when. When something, you know, it's a little bit more intense, Right? Yeah. And it's very important for us to know what this means, because I am not actually asking Lindsay to hit me.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So if somebody says to you, oh, my gosh.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, hit me.

[Sponsor/Advertisement Voice]

Don't.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And there's other ways we use this, too. There's actually. I think we could do an entire episode just on hit me. Right?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Like, it hit me.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Finally. I was trying to figure it out, and then finally it hit me. The idea came to me another way of using that phrase. So, guys, maybe hit the follow button. Hit the follow button. And we will see if we can come back to that. This expression. Yeah, okay.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, Definitely a good one. There's a lot there.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

What's the next one, Lindsay?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Drop it. Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Drop it.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So this is. I'm sure you may say this to your kids sometimes when they're being annoying and they want ice cream. You're like, drop it. We're not getting ice cream today, Right? Oh, yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Every day.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Let something go. Right. Stop talking about something is what this means. Right. So what would be an example, Michelle?

[Michelle Kaplan]

I really wanted to ask him about a raise, but I'm going to drop it until next year. So I'm not feeling physically dropping something. I'm, you know, this is more metaphorical. I'm letting it go metaphorically and not physically.

[Lindsay McMahon]

You're setting it aside until later. Exactly. You're stopping. You're not going to pursue it at that moment.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Or here's another. I'm still a little upset, but I'm going to drop it. But it's too much negativity for me.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I mean, sometimes we have to make that decision in life, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Whether we're going to hang on to something, keep a chip on our shoulders about something, be offended or upset. Upset forever. Or are we just going to get over it and move on?

[Michelle Kaplan]

And sometimes I think in the moment when. When something happens, you feel like, oh, I could never drop this. This is going to be, you know, always. So because you're still dealing kind of with the impact of whatever just happened. But as time goes on, you can start to let it go.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I totally agree.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yep.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, exactly. And then. I love this one. Spit it out. Yeah. Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Are we actually talking about spinning?

[Lindsay McMahon]

No, guys, please don't spit. When someone says this, you.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right y.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Please don't spit. This is when you tell someone something that may be tough for you to say. They will say, come on, just spit it out. Just say it.

[Sponsor/Advertisement Voice]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So say spit it. Saying spit it out is saying say it. Just say it.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right. So here's a little role play.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay. Okay. I don't know how to say this.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh, come on, Lindsay.

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Just spit it out.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. And this is very casual. I would never say this in a formal work scenario. Right. I mean, maybe you and I would say this because we're very casual at work, but in, like, a boardroom meeting. No, I wouldn't avoid this. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. All right, Michelle, shall we mix it all up into a role play?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Let's mix it. All right. So here we are, friends, and we are trying to build furniture together.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh, geez. Yeah. Just over the weekend, we were trying to assemble a fire pit for our front. You know, our little front area, sitting area. Luckily, it wasn't too bad, but it could have gone really bad. You know what I mean? It's. This kind of thing can really just. And then you start throwing things, and it's not good.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yep. Yep. Exactly. Do you typically look at the instructions very thoroughly first, or do you kind of feel it out?

[Sponsor/Advertisement Voice]

I don't.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I don't want to read the instructions. Like, I just want to get into it, you know? But then I'm halfway through, and I realize I use the wrong screws for something, that I have to do it over, so it takes longer.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, I know. It's so hard.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right, Here we go. Okay, so what do we do now?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh, gosh.

[Michelle Kaplan]

What?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Michelle, Spit it out.

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Lindsay.

[Lindsay McMahon]

We made a big mistake. The piece should go here.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh, no. Let me see that.

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I wish these directions were easier to understand.

[Lindsay McMahon]

They are a head scratcher for sure. Okay, so what do we do? Hit me. Do we have to start over? I would ask Hazel to help, but she's still mad at me.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I wish she would just drop it.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Me too. So we're going into our side conversation about Hazel, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, Hazel. I'm always trying to come up with different names.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Hazel, Right, right. What was the name that you used to use in, like, every role play for a while?

[Michelle Kaplan]

I don't know, probably.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I can't. I can't think of it now, but it was fun.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I don't know. Now I'm always just.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Lots of new names. Yeah. I love it. Yeah. So here we go. So we're. This is casual. We're friends. We're assembling something. So we're okay to use Spit it out.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Because it's not for. Not a formal situation.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yep. So, yeah, you said spit it out because we're figure you. You realize that we made a big mistake. And you're right. But it's hard for you to say.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And I'm afraid to say it. I'm like, oh, Michelle. Oh, I don't want to tell you this, but.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. And then you said, I wish these directions were easier to understand. I. I swear, Michelle, they try to make the directions hard and complicated on purpose and drawings sometimes are impossible to understand.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Gosh. I know, I know. And then you said, they are a head scratcher for sure.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. See, I'm just saying. Yeah. They're really confusing for anyone.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

And then you said, we're not so sure what to do. And then I said, again, you're hesitating to say something. And I'm saying, come on, hit me. Meaning just say it.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right. Yep. Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

And then we move on to Hazel being mad. And I said, I wish she would just drop it. So let it go. Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Nice. And I feel like this is a pretty realistic role play too.

[Sponsor/Advertisement Voice]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

You know all these. Because these are very different expressions. Right, Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

This is not really all about, you know, scratching your head, but it's just about these more metaphorical physical expressions that don't actually mean what it says. We don't actually spit something.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, that's the. That's the rul thumb from today's episode. Do not actually spit when someone spit it out.

[Michelle Kaplan]

And don't hit.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Don't spit and don't hit. If you don't do those things, you'll be just fine. Yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Okay. Exactly.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Where else can we go to keep listening to Allers English?

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right, so we did a great series on Allers English. It was start out with part one.

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[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And what is our final takeaway for today? Where shall we leave our listeners? I mean, I love what we just said. As long as you're not spitting or hitting, you're good. Pretty much. Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

That's. That's pretty much the takeaway for today. But yeah, these are all common, useful. So yeah, throw them in. They're kind of fun and, and yeah, enjoy.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Good stuff for today. I like how I mean it's true. I, I know that it's true in our listeners languages too. Not everything is literal and you one key piece of fluency is understanding what is actually literal and what is what is not literal because sometimes you might be at know a boxing gym and someone might say come on, hit me, you know what I mean? Like or in football or something, I don't know. They say they use the term hit. I guess he got hit. But yo, this is totally different. Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So if, if you, if you are not in a situation where that would make sense then yeah, figure that probably means it's being used in the more metaphorical sense.

[Lindsay McMahon]

All right, good stuff today Michelle. Guys, if you love our show and you don't want to miss any of the ideas that came up for today's episode. For future episodes go ahead and hit the follow button. All right, good stuff Michelle. I'll see you very.

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right, bye guys.

[Lindsay McMahon]

All right, bye.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Lindsay McMahon]

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