Welcome to the English We Speak.
I'm Beth.
And I'm Jiayin.
We have an expression about upsetting
or annoying someone by involving yourself in something that is not your responsibility.
The expression is tread on someone's toes.
Tread on someone's toes when you're dancing?
It's not right to tread on someone else's toes.
It's not what you're supposed to do.
Although we're not actually talking about really treading on someone's toes here.
Can you give us some context here, Beth?
Well, remember when I was upset last week?
It was because you led the meeting that I was supposed to lead.
Oh, no.
I'm sorry.
I guess I did tread on your toes.
It wasn't my job to lead the meeting, but I did it anyway.
Don't worry.
It's okay.
I trod on your toes last summer.