1-minute Talk: Back Idioms Mum:
(Student)?!!!
(Student):
Yes, Mum?
Mum:
What are you doing?
(Student):
Watching TV. Please be quiet.
Mum:
Have you done your homework?
(Student):
No.
Mum:
When are you going to do it?
(Student):
Later. Get off my back.
Mum:
What?! Number 1, that’s very impolite. And, number 2, I am not on your back. I am on the ground.
(Student):
No, Mum. “Get off my back” just means leave me alone.
Mum:
Ooohhhhh, I understand. Well I will not get off your back. Do your homework. Now.
(Student):
OK.
Narrator:
(maybe with music) Later that day.
Mum:
(Student)! What are you doing?