full panel of something?

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Hi Guys,My big apology again, but that english idioms are probably going to kill me.. .Please you guys from the english speaking countries, can you clarify me this phrase? In which situation I can say, that I have/I did full panel of something? Or how you're accustomed to using this phrase? I had been looking over the internet and found out that maybe it expresses, that something was completely finished. Or I really don't know...I know that I'm boring, but chating with you native speakers, helps me a lot!Nice weekend to all !JCD

Nona the brit · Accepted Answer

I don't think I've ever hear 'full panel' used idiomatically.  Can you post some examples of where you have seen this?

JCDenton · Answer

All right.

Yesterday I was watching, at the CBS channel, a show, where member of the LAPD found a suspicious item at the crime scene. So he decided to hand it over to the specialist for the survey research. In the moment, when that LAPD cop had putted that item into the specialist hands, that cop said:

"This is what we have found near that restaurant."

then he pointed at that item and said:

"Full panel."

Direct translation of the phrase "full panel" doesn't make any sence, so I think it is an "idiomatic" expression.....Maybe it's an american slang to express that "I wan't to have it done as fast as you can or some...."

Many thanks for this phorum! I'm really glad to have an opportunity to improve my poor english abilities...

cheers

JCD

JCDenton · Answer

So,

after a lof of hard digging over the internet...It seems, that I have discovered, what the "Full panel" phrase meaned in that situation....Just for the recap. That Cop, handed over the founded item to the specialists for research and said ironically: Full panel, enjoy.

So "full panel" have to be the slang expression for the researchers or just co-workers. Because at the google.com I also found sentences like:

With our full panel in place, we are now evaluating the viewing and listening data reported each day by the PPM," says Jay Guyther

or

We'll meet our full panel later. Don't go away!

But frankly, have your ever heard that ? Personally, I would never say something like: "Our full panel just arrived". I would say "Our team just arrived" instead.

I hope my post was at least interresting to read...;-)

Nice weekend to all.

JCD

MrPedantic · Answer

Hello JCD,

It does sound a little strange. What was the suspicious item?

MrP

Khoff · Answer

I think I have heard this in a medical context, as in "run a full panel of tests" -- meaning, to do all the possible relevant tests for that situation.  So maybe they want a complete series of tests on the item -- fingerprints, fibers, possible traces of blood, etc. -- whatever they can test for.

Nona the brit · Answer

panel - a team of experts, usually put together for a special purpose, not just who work together everyday. For example, a panel of MPs/intellectuals/others on BBC Question Time, a panel might interview you for a job, a panel might be created to investigate something. This use is not idiomatic.

full panel of tests ...yes, I've heard that too. I didn't think of it within the initial context provided, but it does seem likely that is the meaning required here.

Anonymous · Answer

OK, many thanks to all.

I would end this thread with the conclusion provided by Nona.

Anyway, panel, as an expression for team of experts...:-(( I have never heard it, as well as full panel of tests. That's why I had been confused after I heard that it the TV. But thanks to you, I'm cleverer again...;-)

cheers

JCD

Marius Hancu · Answer

>doesn't make any sence

I guess he's asking for a full set/battery of tests ...

Or he could've meant: we have here more than we can handle, every issue that you can imagine is present

JCDenton · Answer

Oops...

..sence/sense ...I'll keep that mind.

thank you for the correction, Marius.

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