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jrineakter
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When you understand that

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you don't necessarily understand the expression. You understood the word "bad", the word "hair", you don't necessarily understand what it means to be in a bad mood.

The origin of this expression is quite interesting and dates back to the 19th century. As is often the case, there are several possible origins, several explanations, but it is said that hair is what we see before the skin on a human being's body. If you see someone, first you see their hair before you see their skin, since it covers the entire body.

And for someone's mood, it's also what we see first. We realize their mood, a person's mood when we meet them. As soon as we meet someone, the first thing we perceive is their mood, whether the person is in a good mood or a bad mood. So the first thing we see is the hair and the first thing we perceive is someone's mood.

So suddenly, there is a connection that has been made between hair and mood. To be in a bad mood means not to be in a good mood, to be in a bad mood, to be easily annoyed, to be irritable. This expression is used quite often, and I will give a few examples.

The first one, you can have a mother who says: "My daughter is in the middle of an adolescent crisis, she is in a bad mood all the time". That means that her daughter is irritable all the time, in a bad mood, she gets angry very easily. As soon as we tell her something, she gets angry. So, we say that she is in a bad mood.

Someone can say, a person who is tired, says: "Oh sorry! I'm in a bad mood today, I didn't sleep very well". Again, I'm in a bad mood today, that means I'm not in a good mood, I get angry iran whatsapp number data easily, I'm irritable and that is explained by the lack of sleep, by the fact that this person did not sleep enough.

Another small example, someone can say: "If I were you, I would avoid bothering Martin too much today. He seems to be in a bad mood". We understand that Martin seems to be in a bad mood, ready to get angry easily, he is irritable.

It reminds me of a book, a little children's book that Emma and Tom enjoyed reading when they were little, it was Little Hairy is in a Bad Mood . And that was the story... so that was the title of the book. It was the story of a little bird who was in a very bad mood. And so the title of the book was Little Hairy , this little bird, is in a bad mood. That's the little anecdote.

What I suggest to you, now that you have understood the meaning of this expression, "être de mauvais poil", I suggest you practice your pronunciation. We are going to try to work on the sounds "o" and "oi". I know that this "oi" sound is problematic for non-French speakers. It can sometimes be confused with "o", "o" and "oi". Here, when we talk about hair, it is the "oi" sound. So, I am going to have you pronounce a few words with "o", a few words with "oi" and a few words with both, with "oi" and "o".
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