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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Approval ratings, jabbed, dinged
President Barack Obama shared some words of wisdom on Saturday, saying there a few things in life harder to find and more important to keep than love.
"Well, love and a birth certificate," Obama quipped at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, poking fun at those who question his place of birth. "I happen to know that my approval ratings are still very high in the country of my birth." Obama was born in Hawaii, but birthers question whether he was born overseas.
Obama also jabbed Jay Leno, the comedian headlining the dinner. Obama dinged Leno as "the only person whose ratings fell more than mine."
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Though I know "jab" means "to hit or punch someone", dinged "means" "to repeat something" in general. Also, I guess here "approval ratings" means the ratio of American people who agree Obama born in Hawaii.
Source : http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/obama-pokes-fun-at-mccains-maverick-claim-22534.php
"Well, love and a birth certificate," Obama quipped at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, poking fun at those who question his place of birth. "I happen to know that my approval ratings are still very high in the country of my birth." Obama was born in Hawaii, but birthers question whether he was born overseas.
Obama also jabbed Jay Leno, the comedian headlining the dinner. Obama dinged Leno as "the only person whose ratings fell more than mine."
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Though I know "jab" means "to hit or punch someone", dinged "means" "to repeat something" in general. Also, I guess here "approval ratings" means the ratio of American people who agree Obama born in Hawaii.
Source : http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/obama-pokes-fun-at-mccains-maverick-claim-22534.php
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com/dictionary/ding [3] (figurative use) Edit: groan, the square brackets [] in the last link seem to be changing to round brackets (), so the link doesn't work. I don't know why. You need to manually type the square brackets.
- com/dictionary/ding [3] (figurative use) Edit: groan, the square brackets [] in the last link seem to be changing to round brackets (), so the link doesn't work.
- I don't know why.
- You need to manually type the square brackets.
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