Take a rain check

下雨检查

Learning English Conversations

2014-02-03

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What does 'taking a rain check' mean? Do we need an umbrella?
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  • Speak from BBC Learning English.

  • This is the English we Speak with me, Rob and me, Lee.

  • Hello.

  • I'm a bit bored today, Rob.

  • What shall we do?

  • How about going to the library?

  • Boring.

  • We could go to the cinema.

  • Done that.

  • I want to do something exciting.

  • Hey, let's go to the fair.

  • You mean the fun fair with lots of people and all those big machines to ride on?

  • Hmm.

  • They make me feel a bit sick.

  • Could I take a rain check on that?

  • It's okay, Rob.

  • It's not raining.

  • We can still go.

  • No, Lee, it's nothing to do with checking the rain.