Hello and welcome to the English We Speak with me, Jiayin and.
Hello.
I'm Neil.
In this program, we're talking about an English phrase that describes a situation that particularly annoys you.
We call this a pet hate.
Pet hate?
Let's be clear.
This has nothing to do with animals we keep at home, like a cat or a rabbit.
A pet it hasn't.
A pet hate is just something annoying.
Although something your pet does might annoy you.
My pet hate is when someone doesn't switch the lights off when they leave a room.
That is annoying, but not something I would say I hate.
Hate is a strong word that means to dislike something very much.
True.
A pet hate isn't such a strong dislike for something.
It is something that just irritates you.
And not everyone will feel the same way.
Think of pet as something that is personal to you.
So pet hate is a personal dislike for something.