Suck the Air out of the Room

Welcome to English in a minute!

We all need air to breathe.

Hey, Jonathan! Guess who ‘s coming to dinner tonight?

Who?

Franco!

Urgh Not him.

What? He ‘s fun.

And he really knows how to keep the conversation going.

He ‘s loud and talks only about himself.

He Suck the Air out of the Room

There ‘s no room for others to breathe, let alone talk.

A person who sucks the air out of a room takes up all the physical and emotional space.

There is no chance for other to talk or make an impression.

Sometimes, unpleasant issues can also “ sucks the air out of a room”

And that ‘s English in a Minute!