Go for Broke

Welcome to English in a Minute.

If you’re Broke, you have little or no money.

Am I going to have to help Jonathan or Anna pay a bill?

Well, Jonathan, I’m doing it!

I’m joining the circus!

Excuse me?

That’s right.

But not just any circus.

The cirque du soleil!

You got into cirque?

Well, not yet.

But I already told my boss that I’m quitting!

And I found someone to move into my apartment.

Montreal, Here I come.

Wow. You are really going for broke!

When you “go for broke,” you take a big risk in hopes of having a big success.

The phrase comes from gambling, when a player bets all their money at once.

if they win, the win Big!

But if they lose, they really do go broke.

And that’s English in a Minute!