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A couple of phrases
1. "You left me high and dry in some fleabag motel."
What does 'high and dry' mean?
2. You throw being your boss in my face?
?????
Thanks in advance!
24 Ağu 2010 12:22
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1. "You left me high and dry in some fleabag motel."
What does 'high and dry' mean?
High and dry - This means without something important. Like money or food.
2. You throw being your boss in my face?
?????
When you "throw something in someone's face" it means you are threatening
or challenging them by using your power or higher position
(being a boss or being older than someone for example) or with
some threatening information you know (or some secret).
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24 Ağustos 2010
2
Think of a boating analogy: if a boat is left high and dry, it really can't do anything except feel useless and forgotten (if boats had feelings).
"To throw something in someone's face" is the expression. I think you get the imagery. ;) The thing being thrown in the face here is "being your boss". So the boss is using his/her status as the answer to everything: "I'm your boss!"
24 Ağustos 2010
1
High and dry = completely alone and without anything
Think being left high on a mountain without water.
You throw "being your boss" in my face. (something = "being your boss")
"Being your boss" is a noun phrase here and is the object of the sentence.
To throw something in someone's face = to tell them something all of a sudden.
24 Ağustos 2010
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