Lesson #81

August 30, 2018

TV’s ‘The Big Bang Theory’ to end after 12 years as star declines $50M offer

The Big Bang Theory, the longest-running comedy on television and the number-one show in the United States last year, will end after this year. The star of the program, Jim Parsons, declined a $50 million offer to do two more seasons. The show is an example of a situational comedy"”a type of show that was most popular in the 1980s and 1990s, but which is less relevant in the age of Netflix. Learn how to use the English phrase "to bit the dust."

Lingo

Crowd-pleaser

Something that appeals to a lot of people is a "crowd-pleaser"

Expression

To bite the dust

Something "bites the dust" when it dies, ends or fails

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