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Liveinjapan Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Caught dead

... he got on a beat up, rusty old scooter.... no guy around here would be caught dead driving a thing like that.

Does that mean 'around here no one wants to be seen to drive such a rusty scooter'?
Thanks.
  

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Yes, and very much so. It would be an embarrassing or stigmatising thing to be seen doing.

  • Yes, and very much so.
  • It would be an embarrassing or stigmatising thing to be seen doing.
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Yes, and very much so. It would be an embarrassing or stigmatising thing to be seen doing.
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Got it!
Many thanks, Mr W.

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