Learn the English Phrases "to feel the heat" and "to feel the pressure"

Learn the English Phrases "to feel the heat" and "to feel the pressure"

From Learn English with Bob the Canadian by Bob the Canadian

July 15, 2026 · 4 min · Season 7 · Episode 66

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This episode teaches the English phrases 'to feel the heat' and 'to feel the pressure' through various examples.

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to feel the heat. When you feel the heat, it means you're in a situation where you're supposed to do something and someone is making sure that you know that you're behind and you need to get it done. And they're putting pressure on you and they're telling you over and over again to get it done. So this happens a lot of times, in Ontario in the summer, because the government is supposed to fix the roads in the summer. And sometimes they feel the heat because people start to complain because their road hasn't been fixed or maybe it's taking too long for their road to get fixed, so they feel the heat. When you feel the heat, you hear a lot of people complaining. Sometimes when a coach of a team doesn't have a successful season, they start to feel the heat from the fans and from the press, the newspapers and the news reporters and sports journalists start to, really complain a lot about the job they're doing. So they start to feel the heat. The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is to feel the pressure. And this basically means exactly the same thing. Sometimes I have jobs to do here on the farm and, I get a…

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