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Hello and welcome to the English We Speak.
I'm Fei Fei and hello, I'm Neil.
Sorry to mention it, Fei Fei, but why is there a big coffee stain on your top?
Because I spill coffee all over me.
That was a bit silly.
And did I notice when you arrived that you were limping?
Yes, I.
I was.
And thereby hangs a tail.
Where did you trip over a tail?
No, Neil, I mean, there's more to tell you.
When we say thereby hangs a tail, we mean what I have told you involves a longer explanation.
Or there's more to tell you.
It's an expression taken from as you like it, by William Shakespeare.
So let me explain why I have a coffee stain and a limp.
If it involves me, then no, it does.
Oh, shall we have some examples of thereby hangs a tale?
Why are you covered in mud?