BBC Learning English
The English We Speak
24 July 2012
Sheepish
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Neil:
Hi, I'm Neil and this is Helen!
Helen:
Hello.
Neil:
What's wrong Helen? You're looking rather sheepish.
Helen:
Sheepish? Like a sheep? I know my jumper is quite woolly.
Neil:
I don't mean you look like a sheep. I mean you look sheepish, which is
quite different!
Helen:
(sarcastically) Of course, looking like a sheep and looking sheepish are two
totally different things, obviously!
Neil:
Yes. If I say you look like a sheep, it means, well, you look like a sheep.
But if I say you look sheepish, it means you look embarrassed or ashamed
about something.
Helen:
To look sheepish means you look embarrassed or ashamed – like you've
done something wrong or silly?
Neil:
Yes!
Helen:
Ah, yes.
Neil:
Listen to some examples:
Examples
Tom walked into the room looking sheepish.
Emily grinned sheepishly as she closed the door behind her.
James gave her a sheepish look.
Neil:
So, come on Helen, why are you looking so sheepish today?
Helen:
Ah, well...
Neil:
Yes?
Helen:
Well, you know that book you lent me?
Neil:
You mean my favourite book of all time – the original edition of The Private
lives of the Greatest Cats in History?
Helen:
Yes.
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Neil:
OK Helen, now you're looking very sheepish indeed, so you'd better hurry
up and tell me what happened to it.
Helen:
I dropped it.
Neil:
You dropped it? Well I hope it's not damaged, otherwise I'll have to -
Helen:
...in the river.
Neil:
In the river! You dropped it in the river!
Helen:
It was carried away, I couldn't get it out.
Neil:
Oh no!
Helen:
I'm so sorry. That's why I'm looking sheepish.
Neil:
You should be looking even more sheepish than that. In fact, I expect you
to look sheepish for several days. It was the best book in the world!
'Sheepish' doesn't do it justice...
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