Licking your chops

Licking your chops

Licking your chops is today’s vocabulary word. Once you know what it means, it’s really easy to use. I want you to picture in your head a dog or other meat-eating animal. I want you to picture that animal being really really hungry. And I want you to pretend that animal is anticipating a big, delicious meal. That animal might lick its chops, it might stick its tounge out and lick its lips, getting ready to taste that first juicy bite. If your animal is a cat, it might lick its chops before chasing a mouse. Or if your animal is anything like the dogs I’ve had in the past, it might lick its chops over a dead turtle or wet newspaper or something else equally unappealing. Anyway, that is licking your chops. You see cartoon characters do that a lot.

Earlier on today’s episode you heard that Brazil is licking its chops for a chance to get back into World Cup action. That means they’re ready to go. They are eagerly anticipating the battle. They want to forget what happened against Germany last time. They want to devour their first-round opponent Switzerland—poor Switzerland! Brazil is going to take out all its pent-up rage on the nicest country on the planet.

I’m writing this on a Saturday and I have some pork chops and burgers for my new grill this weekend. As I start to smell the veggies and meat cooking on the grill, I’ll be licking my chops since I absolutely love cooking out.

That’s all for today. Thanks for joining me. Don’t skip work to watch the games. Or, if you skip work, at least try to use a believable excuse. Don’t forget to join us again on Monday for an episode about the latest disturbing trend in American schools. It’s called Juul—and it’s like a cool version of an e-cigarette. Then starting the week of June 25, we’ll have special World Cup episodes every Monday and normal episodes on Wednesday and Friday. Click subscribe on Apple Podcasts and follow on Spotify to make sure you catch all the future episodes. Thanks again for being in the audience