{"id":1538,"date":"2015-08-17T13:36:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T19:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2019-06-27T13:26:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T19:26:10","slug":"world-is-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/world-is-burning\/","title":{"rendered":"politicians are having fun on our dime while the world is burning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>last week republican presidential candidate\u00a0<strong><\/strong> posted a political <em><strong>spot<\/strong><\/em> (ad) on his instagram linking u.s. president <strong>barack obama<\/strong> and democratic candidate for president <strong>hillary clinton<\/strong>, and accusing both of them of not taking their jobs seriously enough.\u00a0the conclusion of the 15-second ad reads &#8220;<em>politicians<\/em> are <em>having fun<\/em> <em>on our dime<\/em> while <em>the world is burning.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p> are <em>government officials<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1538-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/trump-political-spot.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/trump-political-spot.mp4\">https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/trump-political-spot.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>this short accusation\u00a0contains\u00a0three useful vocabulary expressions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1568\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/trump-world-is-burning.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1568 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/trump-world-is-burning-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"trump world is burning\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/trump-world-is-burning-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/trump-world-is-burning.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">trump  the world is burning (bill pugliano\/getty images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>the phrasal verb <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/have-a-nice-day-a-great-time-a-nice-trip-fun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>have fun<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is necessary to talk about the action of a good time. <em>fun<\/em> by itself\u00a0is not a verb.<\/p>\n<p>another new york city <strong><em>redhead<\/em><\/strong> (person with red hair), cyndi lauper, has a\u00a0much happier\u00a0example of <em>have fun<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Official Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PIb6AZdTr-A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>the world is burning<\/strong><\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/the-world-is-going-up-in-flames-we-didnt-start-the-fire-though\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a typical metaphor<\/a> used to\u00a0emphasize the magnitude of the\u00a0problems that humanity faces and evoke a feeling of chaos.\u00a0in trump&#8217;s ad, photos\u00a0of jihadi john and  of the attack on the u.s. consulate\u00a0in benghazi, libya promote a message\u00a0that the united states faces  in the middle east. the images of obama laughing in a golf cart and hillary dancing with her husband <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/apology-apologies-apologize-apologizes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill clinton <\/a>give\u00a0the idea that their reaction to these security threats is inappropriate.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dime-burning.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1569\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dime-burning-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"dime burning\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dime-burning-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dime-burning-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dime-burning.jpg 603w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><em>the front and back of a\u00a0<\/em><u><em>dime<\/em><\/u><em>\u00a0(heritage auction galleries)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><strong><em>on our dime<\/em><\/strong> refers to the american coin  10 cents. in this expression <em>dime<\/em> indicates\u00a0who is paying. trump is reminding u.s. taxpayers that they are paying for the president to go golfing and former secretary of state clinton to go dancing when they presumably should be at work putting out fires.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/prime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to read about\u00a0another idiom that uses <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>dime.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>what do u think? <em>is the world burning<\/em>? if it is, whose <em>dime<\/em> should pay for putting out the fires? \u00a0share your opinions under <strong>leave a reply\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>always have fun, amigos \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" 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