Cerca tra vari insegnanti di Inglese...
Brainer
What is the meaning of "fancy ideas" in this sentence?
Don't come back with any fancy ideas.
11 ago 2014 23:35
Risposte · 6
2
Is this where you found the sentence?
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fancy_3
I don't fully agree, but perhaps it will work depending in context.
11 agosto 2014
2
Usually when someone says that ("Don't come back with any fancy ideas."), it means something along the lines of: Don't propose anything difficult to realize, as an answer to my idea.
But without a specific context, it's fairly difficult to provide a clear explanation.
12 agosto 2014
1
The dictionary first gives this definition no. 3:
"3 (sometimes disapproving) expensive or connected with an expensive way of life"
and then use this example to illustrate this meaning or definition:
"Don't come back with any fancy ideas."
So "fancy ideas" here means expensive ideas or ideas connected with an expensive way of life.
On that basis, let me construct another example:
She has left her previous boyfriend, who was a poor artist, to be with a billionaire, who gives her fancy gifts from Cartier and takes her on fancy holidays by private jet.
That is how I would use the dictionary. Does this help you at all?
12 agosto 2014
Non hai ancora trovato le tue risposte?
Scrivi le tue domande e lascia che i madrelingua ti aiutino!
Brainer
Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Giapponese, Portoghese
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese, Giapponese
Altri articoli che potrebbero piacerti

Same Word, Different Meaning: American, British, and South African English
14 consensi · 12 Commenti

How to Sound Confident in English (Even When You’re Nervous)
15 consensi · 11 Commenti

Marketing Vocabulary and Phrases for Business English Learners
12 consensi · 6 Commenti
Altri articoli