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I would like if someone can explain me the meaning (translate in another words) of bold:

1) I shouldn't have tried to sneak it out. I know it sounds stupid, but I was gonna wrap it.

2) You see why they're way down the bill.

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Pieanne · Accepted Answer

Could you supply some more context, Anon?

"Sneak it out" sounds like "smuggle it out", that is take something out, but hidden, so nobody sees it. "Wrap" something means "cover it with paper" or some kind of material.

I have no idea about n°2.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you for your reply. It was exactly what i need.

Context for n°2: Man says that about his rock band. I think it is related with quality of the band.

BarbaraPA · Answer

Oh! "On the bill" would list which bands are playing at an event. It would start with the "headliners" or the most important bands, the ones people would have heard of and definitely want to see. The further down on the bill, the less well known. If in fact they aren't very good, they would be pretty far down on the bill.

This is related to the concept of "top billing" - in a movie, if there are two stars, the one listed first gets "top billing." It's a signal that that person is more well known or would be more likely to attract an audience than the other one. Arguing over top billing shows up in some jokes -
"We can be Beauty and the Geek" "No, we'll be Geek and the Beauty."

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