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Olga55 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Hold out on sth

I heared in a show one guy said " We are not holding out on the yams" Is it correct? May be he meant we dont hold the yams out. It's the scene in the Supermarket when one of the characters is asking a salesman where they keep good yams.

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I would take this as "We can't hold out much longer on the yams". That is, we are about to run out of yams. If you want yams, hurry and get them now, because soon there won't be any.

— CalifJim

  • I would take this as "We can't hold out much longer on the yams".
  • That is, we are about to run out of yams.
  • If you want yams, hurry and get them now, because soon there won't be any.
  • They will all be gone.
  • I find it a rather strange way to express it, but it's possible.
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I would take this as "We can't hold out much longer on the yams". That is, we are about to run out of yams. If you want yams, hurry and get them now, because soon there won't be any. They will all be gone.

I find it a rather strange way to express it, but it's possible.

CJ
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That's the dialogue:

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Arthur: Hey there! How you doing?

A salesman: Fine.

Arthur: What are you, a Korean fellow?

A salesman: No, I'm Irish.

Art
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Ah! I see. It's comparable to when you say "I think Larry is holding out on me" to mean "I don't think Larry is telling me the whole truth" or "I think Larry is keeping something secret from me".

Thus,

We're not holding out on the yams.
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We're not hiding any yams from the customers or keeping any yams in a secret place. All the yams we have are displaye
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Thank you. Now I understood!
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