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Antonia: parrot's bill

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00Can you please check the phrases in blue? This is a translation. I don't know what is the thing that you put on parrot's bill, I've never heard of it, in my language these two options are homonyms. Which one would fit better in English?Thank you02br
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00Somewhere here, you come to the scene. Sensible lover, because you cannot be anything else, neither you have a wife, nor you 01font00are slave to the cellular phone.02font00 You can calmly turn it off, as 01font00you would put clothes-peg/small hook on the02font00 boring parrot’s bill. 0-
  

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02font 00 01i 00A slave to the cell phone means someone who must always answer such a phone when it rings. 02i 02br 02br 00You can calmly turn it off, as 01font 00you would put clothes-peg/small hook on the02font 00 boring parrot’s bill. 02i 00 01i 00It's the small clip, often wooden, that you use to hang clothes on a line so that they can dry.

— Clive

  • 02font 00 01i 00A slave to the cell phone means someone who must always answer such a phone when it rings.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00You can calmly turn it off, as 01font 00you would put clothes-peg/small hook on the02font 00 boring parrot’s bill.
  • 02i 00 01i 00It's the small clip, often wooden, that you use to hang clothes on a line so that they can dry.
  • 02i 02br 02br 01i 00Best wishes, Clive02i 0-
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1i00Hi,02i02br
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00nor you 01font00are slave to the cellular phone.02font00 01i00A slave to the cell phone means someone who must always answer such a phone when it rings. In effect, the phone is the boss and the person is the slave.02i02br
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00You can calmly turn it off,
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0I think a clothes-peg would fly off. 02br
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00You need gaffer tape.02br
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0 In AmE it would be "clothes-pin." Also, I think it would be more common to refer to a parrot's beak, although my dictionary does say that "bill" and "beak' are the same. Also, I think putting a clothes-pin on any part of a parrot would be a very bad idea, and probably dangerous! 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I think putting a clothes-pin on any part of a parrot would be a very bad idea, and probably dangerous! 02br
02font00But not if it is an 00ex-parrot!02br
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01i00gaffer tape?02i00 I've never heard of that. Is it the same as what in NAmE we call 01i00d
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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11font10I think putting a clothes-pin on any part of a parrot would be a very bad idea, and probably dangerous! 12br
12font10But not if it is an 10ex-parrot!12br
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0Hi,02br
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00Thank you all for helping me. I was also thinking the same thing about how dangerous it would be, but could I use this comparison, I mean does it sound ok or totally akward?0-
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0Hi,02br
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00It's a figure of speech, so the danger doesn't really matter. Just don't try it with a real parrot.02br
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00The image sounds OK. Not great, but OK.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Actually, I don't believe a clothes-peg would fit over a parrot's bill – not, at least, in such a way as to silence it. So the image might raise an eyebrow or two.02br
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00[url="05000"]Clothes pegs...[/url] 02br
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00[url="05100"]Parrots...[/url] 02br
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00MrP0240hrefhttp://images.google.co.uk/images?q=clothes
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0 I have no direct experience with pet birds, but in cartoons if you want to silence a bird you just put the cover over its cage. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes, I often want to do that with people who chatter loudly on their cell phones in public.02br
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00Clive0-
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