Introduction
You know what a ‘hat’ is – you wear it on your head! But did you know there are some English phrases with the word ‘hat’? Learn some of them here with Phil.
Phrases with ‘hat’
keep (something) under your hat
don’t tell anyone about (something)
- Lucia doesn’t know that I was the one who ate her chocolate… so please keep it under your hat!
wear many hats
do lots of different jobs or a wide variety of tasks within a job
- When I ran my own business I had to do the sales, the accounts and everything else – I wore many hats.
take your hat off to (someone)
congratulate (someone)
- Harry spent all morning trying to fix the printer but I have to take my hat off to him, because now it works.
TRANSCRIPT
Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript.
Phil
Here’s my hat. It’s better than yours! Let’s learn three phrases with ‘hat’.
I’m keeping something under my hat. No, it’s not my hair – it’s a secret. If someone asks you to keep something under your hat, then they mean don’t tell anyone else.
We’re planning a surprise party for Georgie, but keep it under your hat.
Next, we’re going to talk about wearing many hats. Usually, it’s talking about jobs you do, or the kind of tasks you do in those jobs. If you wear many hats, then you do different jobs or different tasks in your job.
You’ll need lots of skills because you have to wear many hats in this job.
Enough about wearing a hat – now, let’s take one off! If you take your hat off to someone, you recognise something good that they’ve done. You don’t actually need a hat – you just say, “I take my hat off to you.”
Thanks for this amazing day. I have to take my hat off to everyone involved in organising it – you’ve done so well!
You don’t need a hat – you just need these phrases with ‘hat’. Try to use them this week!