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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
get shafted in thousands
Actually, my version is 'get shafted by the thousands'. The below texts is the old version of this book. I think they have the same meaning. Neither of them make sense to me. Could you tell me what it means?
Here is the texts:
Some people are hip to it, others are not. If you want to be able to afford groceries in 5 years, I'd recommend listening closely to the former and avoiding the latter. Just my two cents.
Your job is probably worth 50% what it was in real terms 10 years ago. And who knows? It may very well not exist in 5-10 years.
We all saw the traditional biz model in my industry, advertising, start going down the tubes 10 years or so ago. Our first reaction was "work harder".
It didn't work. People got shafted in their thousands. It's a cold world out there.
We thought being talented would save our asses. We thought working late and weekends would save our asses. Nope.
Here is the texts:
Some people are hip to it, others are not. If you want to be able to afford groceries in 5 years, I'd recommend listening closely to the former and avoiding the latter. Just my two cents.
Your job is probably worth 50% what it was in real terms 10 years ago. And who knows? It may very well not exist in 5-10 years.
We all saw the traditional biz model in my industry, advertising, start going down the tubes 10 years or so ago. Our first reaction was "work harder".
It didn't work. People got shafted in their thousands. It's a cold world out there.
We thought being talented would save our asses. We thought working late and weekends would save our asses. Nope.
Top answer
Thousands of people were shafted. "shafted" is a slang word (slightly vulgar) meaning cheated, tricked, treated unfairly, etc.
- Thousands of people were shafted.
- "shafted" is a slang word (slightly vulgar) meaning cheated, tricked, treated unfairly, etc.
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Thousands of people were shafted. "shafted" is a slang word (slightly vulgar) meaning cheated, tricked, treated unfairly, etc.
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Hi
To "get shafted" is to be cheated. In plain language, it means you've been ripped off. You've had money taken away from you by false means
To get shafted by the thousands means that you have lost out by thousands of dollars (or pounds). The peron who has shafted you has taken thousands of dollars off you
The metaphor is sexual so I probably can't state it more plai
To "get shafted" is to be cheated. In plain language, it means you've been ripped off. You've had money taken away from you by false means
To get shafted by the thousands means that you have lost out by thousands of dollars (or pounds). The peron who has shafted you has taken thousands of dollars off you
The metaphor is sexual so I probably can't state it more plai
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dave_anonTo get shafted by the thousands means that you have lost out by thousands of dollars (or pounds). The peron who has shafted you has taken thousands of dollars off youIn rpsh's example, I'm pretty certain that "thousands" refers to a number of people, not an amount of money.
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Having reread it, I think GPY is right. "People were shafted in the thousands" almost certainly means that thousands of people were shafted
It was tempting - by me, at any rate - to see it as the amount of money but that's probably not so - it's the number of people
Dave
It was tempting - by me, at any rate - to see it as the amount of money but that's probably not so - it's the number of people
Dave
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