Name: ビジネス英語表現Idiom10/50: Water under the bridge (ビジネス英語表現Idiom10/50: Water under the bridge)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:42:55.000Z
Duration: 2 min 52 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：

Hello everyone and welcome to E-com Business Idiom 50,

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where we'll go over 50 common idioms used in the business place.

All of the explanations are in English, but don't worry, listen carefully

and try to imagine what the idioms might mean.

It may take a while, but hang in there and try hard.

Today's idiom is: water under the bridge.

Alright, so let's picture a big river and this river is so troublesome for us.

Then we build a bridge and now it's fine.

We can go across the river and it's water   under the bridge, but it's no problem.

Alright, so let's listen to some examples with this image in our head.

Your last project with this company was a failure.

Well, that's water under the bridge. I want you to lead this new project and show me why we hired you.

Thank you so much for this second chance. I won't let you down!

Alright, so he had a failure, but it's water under the bridge and he has a new chance, okay?

I know we have argued and had our differences in the past, but we really need to put it aside for the sake of our company.

Consider it water under the bridge. The company really needs us now.

Of course we're good. Now, let's get to work!

Alright, so they had some disagreements in the past, but it's gone.

It's water under the bridge and now they   can work together to help the company.

Alright, so 'water under the bridge' is talking about something that was a problem in the past,

but maybe you fixed the problem or just forgot the problem

So, if you've had problems with your English   studies in the past, forget about it.