Let's create conversations using this idiom and some pictures. Here's our first picture. Oh, how nice. Chuck and Susan are on a romantic date. They're eating dinner. Chuck is holding a glass of wine.

Susan looks like she still has a little bit of food left on her plate. She's smiling, showing some teeth. He's smiling too. He has it looks like casual business clothing on with a suit coat. She has a nice dress on in the background. You can see some flowers, things hanging on the wall.

They're probably in a nice restaurant. Let's see what they're talking about. Chuck, stick with me, baby. I never live beyond my means. Susan, I'm smiling because you're lying. You're in up to your ears.

Chuck. All Yeah, by the way. Can you pay for dinner tonight? Baby? Susan? Weird never dating again.

You never learned to not live beyond your means. Whoo. Let me go through quick and make the idiom bold. All right. So here's the conversation. Chuck.

Stick with me, baby. I never live beyond my means, Susan. I'm smiling because you're lying. You're in debt up to your ears, Chuck. Oh, yeah. By the way, can you pay for dinner tonight, baby?

Susan, we're never dating again. You never learn to not live beyond your means. Hmm. So this situation is not quite what it seemed. It looks like they're having a nice romantic dinner. But actually they're having quite a serious conversation.

Chuck wants to have an even stronger relationship with Susan. And she's like, Oh no, you are in debt up to your ears. up to your ears, means a huge amount. Think about if you're in a big pool of water in the water is up to your ears, and a little bit longer is going to be over your head. So Chuck has so much debt that the debt is up to his ears. That's another issue.

It's just another way to explain a massive amount of debt, which is probably too much to pay off for a very long time. And it makes Chuck now very responsible in a financial way. So Susan, we're never dating again. You never learn to not live beyond your means. So in other words, she could have said, You never learn to live within your means, or you never learn to save more than you spend. So, I would say this relationship is over.

And who's going to pay for the dinner tonight? I would say Susan's going to get stuck with the bill. I don't think she's going to be smiling much longer. When she really finds out that Chuck's not joking he can't pay and why she's smiling. Because he's lying. I'm not quite sure.

I suppose smiling is better than crying. He's a terrible boyfriend. He can't pay for things. Okay, let's move on and do another conversation. Wonderful. So we have Max and we have john.

Max is a cat. JOHN is a guy who is almost naked, man. I think he he's got some shorts on and off. He's got a hat. He can't be naked if he's wearing a hat. They're sitting in front of a house looks like there's a window in the houses either white or light blue.

I'm not sure. Max, the cat and john the human are looking at each other, and they're having a conversation. Should we find out what they're saying? All right. So Mack says, I see you sold your clothes. I guess you're still living beyond your means.

JOHN, it happens. I still have my hat though. Max, you've been living beyond your means for about 35 years now. How is that working out? For you? JOHN, am I really talking to a cat?

Hey, cat rhymes with hat. Okay, let's make idioms bold. living beyond your means. Number one living beyond your means. Okay, but here's the conversation, Max. I see you soldier close.

I guess you're still living beyond your means, john. It happens. I still have my hat though. Max. You've been living beyond your means for 35 years now, how's that working out for you? JOHN?

Am I really talking to a cat? Hey, cat rhymes with hat. Okay, so this is a silly conversation, but we can see how the idiom live beyond your means is used. And in both examples, we're using living, living beyond your means because it's a current condition that is still happening. It's still going on. And he's been living beyond his means for 35 years now.

So that means a couple of things. First, this cats very old. Also, Max is the cat John's the human. JOHN can see his face but I'm not gonna guess he's super old either. But for the majority or almost all of his life, he's been living beyond his means. He's been spending more money than he's been earning.

His income is much, much lower than what he owes or what, how many bills he has. So, I would say john is going to keep living beyond his means. I don't think he's going to change his lifestyle. If someone is so desperate to get money, that they're willing to sell the clothes, not any clothes, not clothes in the closet, but clothes that they're wearing right now. Hmm, that's very, very desperate, unstable and not very responsible. However, john is very happy that he still has his hat.

It looks like he has his shoes too wonderful. However, John's lifestyle must be really unpredictable and unstable and unattractive. So Max is the cat. And he's talking to john. I would say maybe there's something with something wrong with john upstairs. Maybe he is mentally challenged as well.

At the end, he's like, well My really talking to a cat. But then he goes back to being kind of stupid. Hey, cat rhymes with hat for the two words cat and hat sound like each other. And he thinks that's more important than actually finding a way to live in a better way, which is not so financially irresponsible. So, I don't think john is going to stop living beyond his means he's going to stay as he is. Okay.

We just finished practice fabulous.