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Moonlight4u
You're about to make a fortune "off" us?
SCRIPT
Bree smiles and introduces herself and Rex to Dr. Goldfine. (A marriage counselor)
Bree: "And I brought you some homemade potpourri." She hands it to him and walks inside.
Rex is left behind with the doctor. "The answer is yes. You're about to make a fortune off us."
QUESTION
I don't get what "off" means in this sentence.
(You're about to make a fortune off us.)
Fortune for us? Fortune from us?
What do you think? Thank you in advance!
2012年6月11日 03:56
解答 · 3
1
You will make a fortune off us = You will make a great deal of money because of us.
In other words, they will be paying for a large number of visits to the marriage counselor because their marriage has a great number of problems.
2012年6月11日
"Making a fortune off us" means "Bree" is getting a lot of money from "Rex".
Unfortunately I cannot make a diagram easily on a computer, but I will try.
EDIT: sorry diagram didn't work out, so I will clear it
2012年6月11日
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