Blow up;popped them with a pin and gobbled them up
Hey guys, what do the phrases mean:
"And then Mr Slugworth’s factory began making sugar balloons that you could blow up to huge sizes before you popped them with a pin and gobbled them up."
Well, I don't understand popped, with a pin, gobbled up, blow up used there.
Roald Dahl. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Modern Classics relaunch) (Kindle Locations 220-221). Penguin Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Top answer
blow up inflate you popped them with a pin jabbed them with a pin in order to deflate them quickly gobbled them up ate them (ie the sugar balloons) quickly and greedily
- blow up inflate you popped them with a pin jabbed them with a pin in order to deflate them quickly gobbled them up ate them (ie the sugar balloons) quickly and greedily
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blow up inflate
you popped them with a pin jabbed them with a pin in order to deflate them quickly
gobbled them up ate them (ie the sugar balloons) quickly and greedily
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