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IMG Posted 12 years ago
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closing time, add up
What is the "add up" and "closing time" in this sentence (talking about lies)?
That may be why they can come so easily, add up so fast and for some people — especially around closing time— become indistinguishable from the truth.
and here it is something sarcastic, I guess, but I don't get it.
Yes, uh-huh, really. Is it closing time yet?
That may be why they can come so easily, add up so fast and for some people — especially around closing time— become indistinguishable from the truth.
and here it is something sarcastic, I guess, but I don't get it.
Yes, uh-huh, really. Is it closing time yet?
Top answer
I think "add up" means something like "proliferate". e. "around closing time" people have had a few drinks and are more inclined to confuse their own fibs or boastful exaggerations with the truth.
- I think "add up" means something like "proliferate".
- e.
- "around closing time" people have had a few drinks and are more inclined to confuse their own fibs or boastful exaggerations with the truth.
- It is possible that "closing time" in the second sentence has the same connotations.
- If not, I don't understand it.
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I think "add up" means something like "proliferate". "closing time" may refer to the time when pubs/bars close; i.e. "around closing time" people have had a few drinks and are more inclined to confuse their own fibs or boastful exaggerations with the truth.
It is possible that "closing time" in the second sentence has the same connotations. If not, I don't understand it.
It is possible that "closing time" in the second sentence has the same connotations. If not, I don't understand it.
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I'm sure GPY is right. In UK humour, there are a number of expressions that public-house owners use to tell the drinkers that the bar is closed:
- Closing time!
- Time at the bar, ladies and gentlemen
- Haven't you got homes to go to?
All of these can be used to show that events or talk, perhaps having become silly or slightly out-of-hand, need to be brought
I'm sure GPY is right. In UK humour, there are a number of expressions that public-house owners use to tell the drinkers that the bar is closed:
- Closing time!
- Time at the bar, ladies and gentlemen
- Haven't you got homes to go to?
All of these can be used to show that events or talk, perhaps having become silly or slightly out-of-hand, need to be brought
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