Welcome to the A to Z English podcast.
My name is Jack, and I'm here with my co host, Sochil.
And today we are going to explain one idiom.
And what is that idiom?
Sochil tie the knot, which is a very popular thing that people use when they get married.
Right.
I don't know about the origin of the saying, jack.
I do you?
I don't know about the etymology, which would be the origin of the, of this thing, but it is very popular.
And I don't know, maybe it denotes two families coming together and two people coming together, you know, two strands and tying the knot together.
Yeah, that's, that could definitely be it.
It may have something to do with some kind of tradition or some kind.
Of wedding tradition, I think.
Yeah, a good word, like some.
Or something.
Yeah.
You never know where these weird sayings come from in English.
We have a lot of them, but yeah, ultimately it means two people come together to get married.
You would say, we tied the knot in June.
We got married in June.