Off the Deep End

#####Off the Deep End

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Going off the deep end sounds dangerous.

Off the Deep End

I wonder if Jonathan and Anna

will need special equipment

to explain this expression.

I heard that John got kicked out

of a restaurant last night.

What happened?!

It was crazy! So, we were eating dinner

and I just asked about his new job.

Didn’t you hear? He got fired yeserday.

No, I didn’t.

But he totally went off the deep end,

Yelling and throwing food.

The deep end in a swimming pool

is where the water is the deepest.

in spoken American English,

to go “off the deep end” means

to lose control of your emotions,

usually anger or sadness.

And that’s English in a Minute!