How to say it beats me - The English We Speak - YouTube

Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Feifei

and hello, I'm Rob.

Hey Rob, do you know what's going on

in the office today?

The boss has been shouting, Helen's crying

and Neil doesn't look very happy either.

Beats me.

Ouch. What did you do that for?

You said 'beat me'.

No, no. I mean it beats me.

Ouch!

You are strange Rob.

No Feifei. I said 'it beats me' to mean

I don't know or I don't understand something.

I knew that Rob , I just liked hitting you

with this stick!

Very funny. Shall we hear some examples?

It beats me how Stephanie ever got that promotion.

A: Can you believe that Dave and Andrea are

still married! He's always bossing her around.

B: It beats me why she stays with him.

It beats me how Jen can afford a new sports car when

she only works part-time.

So that is 'it beats me' - a phrase used for

saying that you do not know or understand

something. So there's no beating involved!

Definitely not. So now I can safely say,

it beats me what's going on in the office -

I haven't got a clue.

Well the situation seemed very tense and the boss was

shouting something about mice.

Mice? Ah yes, well in that case, it could be that I left my

lunch on my desk overnight

and it's possible the mice have found it

and eaten it. They do get everywhere.

Mice! In our office? I hate mice.

Ouch! Why are you beating me again?

I think it's time to go. Bye.

Bye.