Name: 1分でわかる英語イタチごっこをする (English in a Minute: Weasel Out of (Something))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T11:14:21.000Z
Duration: 1 min 1 s
Description: VoiceTubeの動画で発音を聞きながら英語表現を覚えよう！学べる英語：

基礎受動態

A weasel is a small animal with brown fur, but weasel is also used to describe a person you cannot trust weasel out of something.

I told the boss that my 102 year old great aunt is coming to town that weekend.

If you weasel out of something, you avoid doing something, usually by lying or persuading someone in a clever way.

 In this expression, Jonathan probably weaseled out of going on the work trip by lying to his boss, and that's English in a minute. 