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Re: Language fun (was Re: High Speed...)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sat, 28 Oct 2000 21:09:03 GMT
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In lugnet.fun, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.fun, Shiri Dori writes:
> > Ahhh, those are good. My dad always used to laugh at the phrase "taking a
> > shower" which I confused with "doing a shower" or "showering" (the literal
> > translation of the Hebrew phrases). I would translate the English phrase
> > literally (at 6, when we came back to Israel) and he used to tell me,
> > "you're not picking up the bath and taking it with you!" <grin>
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> LOL! I never thought of it that way. Hmm, what other "take a ..." idioms
> does English have...?
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> Take a bath
> Take a break/breather
> Take a guess
> Take a shot/stab [at it]
> Take a [various euphamisms for expulsion of liquid waste]
> Take a [various euphamisms for expulsion of solid waste]
> --Todd
My sons little league coach this year would tell the kids to "take a blow" when
they sitting out the inning. I never heard that one before, and thought it odd.
Julie
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| (...) LOL! I never thought of it that way. Hmm, what other "take a ..." idioms does English have...? Take a bath Take a break/breather Take a guess Take a shot/stab [at it] Take a [various euphamisms for expulsion of liquid waste] Take a [various (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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