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And welcome to the English We Speak.
With me, Neil and me, Fei Fei.
In this program, we've got an expression which means to be very rich.
And as usual, in order to demonstrate the meaning of something.
Going to make a fool of myself.
Now, Fei Fei, please describe what I'm doing.
Ok, so now Neil is rolling around on the floor covered in money.
So, Fei Fei, how much money does someone need to roll in it?
Lots.
And so we have an expression in English to be rolling in it.
It means to be extremely rich.
That's right.
Imagine a person has so much money they can literally roll around in it and you can understand this expression.
Now get up, Neil.
Ok, let's hear some examples.
Carlos is always moaning about lack of money, but his parents are rolling in it, so he should just ask them for some.
Since tuition fees have been introduced, you need to be rolling in it to afford university.