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Hello, I'm Jiayin and this is the English we speak.
And hello, I'm Neil.
Are those new jeans, Jae ing?
Yes, they are.
Do you like them?
I'm not so sure about them.
They're not a patch on my old ones.
Well, I was going to say you probably do need some patches.
They're covered in holes.
The holes are supposed to be there.
Neil, it's fashionable to have holes in your jeans these days.
Ah, right.
So why are you talking about patches?
I was using our expression for this program.
If something isn't a patch on something else, it means it's nowhere near as good as the thing you first mentioned.
I see.
So it's not connected to the word patch, which means a textile cover for something which is damaged.
That's right.