I'm dead tired...

Hey guys, I am now back in my hometown after a grueling trip that took over a day! Grueling means physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion. The trip was fine and I even got upgraded to business class but traveling internationally these days is such a hassle with all the lines (security, immigration customs), paperwork and flight delays.

Anyways, right now I am feeling jet lagged (jisa boke in Japanese) and exhausted from my trip but happy to be back. So, today we will look at the casual English expression:

to be dead tired

It simply means that you are super tired, you are exhausted, you don't have any energy left to do anything.

Tracy: Sam ya wanna go out dancing?

Sam: Nah, I'm dead tired. I was helping out at my Uncle's farm all day.

Tracy: Wow, sounds exhausting. How about we go to a day spa and relax?

Sam: That sounds nice, but... how about tomorrow? I think if I go today, I'll fall asleep in the hot tub!

Tracy: OK, get some rest and see you tomorrow!

Any questions?

Phil

Um, sorry I didn't answer my cellphone but...

...my battery was dead.

The other day I was at work and thought about this sentence. It is becoming more and more useful because people are carrying more and more gadgets(high tech toys) that need batteries.

When I asked my co-workers:

What happened to the clock, did the batteries die?

They didn't understand me. So I had them tell me how to say it in Japanese...

電池がない。

But in English this can be translated in a few ways:

1- The battery is dead.

2- The batteries are dead.

3- There's no battery.

4- There are no batteries.

The expression "the batteries are dead" is a great and natural way to say that you lost power or something doesn't work because the batteries don't have a charge anymore. You can also use a similar expression:

The line went dead.

You will hear it often in movies, someone picks up a phone and suddenly it no longer works~! Usually, you hear it in horror movies where the killer has cut the phone lines... so when the phone line suddenly stops working while you are using the phone say "the line went dead" but if you pick up the phone and it doesn't work say "the line IS dead".

Ok that is it for now,

Phil