{"id":17141,"date":"2019-02-14T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=17141"},"modified":"2019-02-13T08:53:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T13:53:23","slug":"english-phrase-of-the-day-bear-the-brunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/english-phrase-of-the-day-bear-the-brunt\/","title":{"rendered":"English phrase of the day: Bear the brunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c0YA9kYeTgg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nHi students! In today\u2019s video, I\u2019m going to teach you what it means to <strong>bear the brunt of<\/strong> a bad situation. I encountered this phrase in a discussion about the weather. There was a hurricane approaching the area, and someone commented that the coast usually <strong>bears the brunt of<\/strong> the storm.<\/p>\n<p>To bear the brunt means to receive the main force of the damage, the problem, the attack, etc. If the coast usually bears the brunt of the hurricane, it means it experiences the strongest part of the storm and the most damage.<\/p>\n<p>Bear the brunt of can be used with any negative effects, not just natural disasters. For example, if a company makes the unpopular decision to raise the prices of its products, the customer service workers will probably bear the brunt of the customers\u2019 anger. In other words, customers will complain to and maybe even yell at the company\u2019s customer service workers. Those workers will receive a lot more of the negative effects than the company\u2019s managers and directors who don\u2019t work directly with the angry customers.<\/p>\n<p>The verb <strong>bear<\/strong> in the present changes to <strong>bore<\/strong> in the past and <strong>borne<\/strong> in the past participle. So you could say \u201cThe coast bore the brunt of the hurricane last month\u201d and \u201cInnocent people have always borne the brunt of the suffering in wars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Got it? Thanks for watching today\u2019s phrase of the day video, and I\u2019ll see you in the next one!<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Learn phrases and expressions to improve your spoken English!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/everyday-english-speaking-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/eesc-1-2.png\" alt=\"Everyday English Speaking Course\" width=\"486\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\"><a class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" style=\"color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/everyday-english-speaking-course\/\"><strong>Learn more about the Speaking Courses<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi students! 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