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Stevenukd Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

HAPPY-EVER-AFTER

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001. In real life, unlike Hollywood, relationships don't always end happy-ever-after.02br
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00- I've checked some dictionaries, but I couldn't find the meaning of "happy-ever-after".02br
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002. I asked her how the band played, and she said "it's crap".02br
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00- "it's crap" here means "it sucks", right? and using "crap" here is very rude, right?02br
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00Thanks very much to Teachers,02br
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01. and they all lived happily ever after' - a formula ending for fairy tales and it is called the 'happy ever after'. It also gets applied to other more modern stories in a tongue in cheek way.

— Nona the brit

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  • and they all lived happily ever after' - a formula ending for fairy tales and it is called the 'happy ever after'.
  • It also gets applied to other more modern stories in a tongue in cheek way.
  • It means that after all the trials and tribulations the characters have been through during the story, they finally get a happy ending!
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01. '...and they all lived happily ever after' - a formula ending for fairy tales and it is called the 'happy ever after'. It also gets applied to other more modern stories in a tongue in cheek way. It means that after all the trials and tribulations the characters have been through during the story, they finally get a happy ending! So here it means that despite Hollywood (movies) usually having
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