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Behnazzz Posted 20 years ago
Logan: What’s the deal with Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston?
Amanda: It’s crazy because they have… They’re probably one of the most dysfunctional, unhealthy couples that I know, but you know what? They learn to make it work that way. They made a… They learn to make wrong work.
Logan: It’s seems like it. Every time I see her in the news, he looks a little bit out of it, but she looks like she just went through a washer and dryer. She is just done for.
Hi,
What is the meaning of she looks like she just went through a washer and dryer and she is just done for?she is finished for what?
Thanks
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done for
Logan: What’s the deal with Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston?
Amanda: It’s crazy because they have… They’re probably one of the most dysfunctional, unhealthy couples that I know, but you know what? They learn to make it work that way. They made a… They learn to make wrong work.
Logan: It’s seems like it. Every time I see her in the news, he looks a little bit out of it, but she looks like she just went through a washer and dryer. She is just done for.
Hi,
What is the meaning of she looks like she just went through a washer and dryer and she is just done for?she is finished for what?
Thanks
Top answer
she looks as if/though she just went through a washer and dryer and she is just done for? com/topic/done-for Her appearance very bad/tired/exhausted, as if/though she was put herself in/through a washing and a drying machine. She's finished.
- she looks as if/though she just went through a washer and dryer and she is just done for?
- com/topic/done-for Her appearance very bad/tired/exhausted, as if/though she was put herself in/through a washing and a drying machine.
- She's finished.
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she looks as if/though she just went through a washer and dryer and she is just done for?
http://www.answers.com/topic/put-through-idiom
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It means that Houston is totally f..... u. ; that it is almost impossible for her to get out of this mire.
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When the US marshal lies expiring in a pool of blood, with the Baddun Brothers' six bullets in his chest, he's "done for". When play resumes in Brisbane tomorrow, the English cricket team will be "done for". But the Houston context seems a slightly unusual use of the phrase.
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In this sentence
Her appearance very bad/tired/exhausted, as if/though she was put herself in/through a washing and a drying machine.
she was put herself...........What kind of grammer is it ?and when we use it?Is it right t say "as if she put herself through....."
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Her appearance very bad/tired/exhausted, as if/though she was put herself in/through a washing and a drying machine.
she was put herself...........What kind of grammer is it ?and when we use it?Is it right t say "as if she put herself through....."
Thanks
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Yes, that might not have been the best. I think these are better:
as if/though she was being put in/through a washing and a drying machine.
as if/though she had been put in/through a washing and a drying machine
as if/though she
as if/though she was being put in/through a washing and a drying machine.
as if/though she had been put in/through a washing and a drying machine
as if/though she
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