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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Does "get bleated" mean "are banned (in euphemist form)"?

Context:
'We only brought her out for two weeks. I don’t want to say anymore - you should speak to my husband.'
But one angry parent said: 'Mr Lawton is an absolute disgrace and is not worthy of his position as governor. Parents get constantly bleated at about taking their kids out of school to go on holidays - and he of all people should know all about that.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2548619/Parents-fury-school-governor-takes-13-year-old-daughter-classes-fortnight-Costa-Del-Sol-insists-case-extraordinary.html
  

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"parents get bleated at" --- someone complains to the parents about the parents' behaviour "anymore" should be "any more".

  • "parents get bleated at" --- someone complains to the parents about the parents' behaviour "anymore" should be "any more".
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"parents get bleated at" --- someone complains to the parents about the parents' behaviour

"anymore" should be "any more".
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taking their kids out of school? But this school governor just took his own daughter to a holiday travel. Why did the parents complain?
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NL888taking their kids out of school? But this school governor just took his own daughter to a holiday travel. Why did the parents complain?
The people complaining would normally not be the parents but the teachers or other authorities (this is what "parents get constantly bleated at" is referring to). In this case, though, the parents are saying something lik
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By the way, bleat literally means the noise made by a sheep, and metaphorically to bleat means to complain in a weak and foolish manner, such that the complaints cause the listener to think of a sheep bleating.

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