Giant killer

巨人杀手

Learning English Conversations

2019-02-12

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Here's a phrase to describe the success of a small team.
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  • I'm Fei Fei and hello, I'm Rob.

  • Hey, Fei Fei.

  • Did you see the match last night?

  • The match?

  • No, Rob.

  • I had better things to do.

  • Oh, you should have done.

  • My local team beat Manchester United 3.3nil.

  • It was a giant killing.

  • Well, I'm glad I didn't watch it.

  • Who wants to see giants being killed?

  • Fei Fei, Nobody was killed and there were no real giants.

  • The giant is the team that is usually stronger, more powerful or skillful than the other team.

  • And the killing happens when the weaker or less skillful team beats them.

  • And that's what happened last night.

  • It was brilliant.

  • I see.