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Vocabulary
Bit me on the ar...../radio play
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When somebody says that something bit him on the arse/ass it means that something didn't work out or that he was surprised or something else???/
Also:There was no "radio play". Does it mean that something was not on the radio, for example a song?
When somebody says that something bit him on the arse/ass it means that something didn't work out or that he was surprised or something else???/
Also:There was no "radio play". Does it mean that something was not on the radio, for example a song?
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" This makes the element of surprise more obvious. It's usually used to describe something of which the person has been aware all along. It may be something of his own invention, or something of which he has approved, or simply something he has considered inocuous; but suddenly the situation changes.
- " This makes the element of surprise more obvious.
- It's usually used to describe something of which the person has been aware all along.
- It may be something of his own invention, or something of which he has approved, or simply something he has considered inocuous; but suddenly the situation changes.
- " Promoting new recordings has always been a big deal, much like going on a talk show to promote your new book.
- Before TV, and before de-regulation, there were big scandals about "payola," or the practice of paying disk jockeys and radio station owners to promote and play new recordings.
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We often preface that with "something jumped up and bit etc." This makes the element of surprise more obvious. It's usually used to describe something of which the person has been aware all along. It may be something of his own invention, or something of which he has approved, or simply something he has considered inocuous; but suddenly the situation changes.
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Hi
I see. So in the first case the sentence says: Our theory came out and bit us on the **** so this whole phrase should be understood that we had a theory, but (you wrote the situation changes) so our theory was wrong?
As for the second one it would mean that the radio stations didn't play their songs and they had to rely on what other people talked about them (word of m
I see. So in the first case the sentence says: Our theory came out and bit us on the **** so this whole phrase should be understood that we had a theory, but (you wrote the situation changes) so our theory was wrong?
As for the second one it would mean that the radio stations didn't play their songs and they had to rely on what other people talked about them (word of m
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Yes and yes.
The facts of the theory may not have changed. Perhaps only your understanding of the theory (and it's consequences) has changed. Sometimes plans have "unintended (or unanticipated) consequences," as my good friend George Bush can testify.
The facts of the theory may not have changed. Perhaps only your understanding of the theory (and it's consequences) has changed. Sometimes plans have "unintended (or unanticipated) consequences," as my good friend George Bush can testify.
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