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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 21:13:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Julie Krenz writes:
> 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>
> >
> > 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 euphamisms for expulsion of solid waste]
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> > --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.
Else the semi-idiomatic:
'Take a number!'
'Take a flying leap.'
Unintentionally callously,
LFB :)
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