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Kanonathena Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

hose you off the concrete

You just made a big mistake. They're gonna have to hose you off the concrete when I get through with you.

What does "the concrete" refer to?

Does "get through with" mean leak the info here?

Thank you.
  

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The concrete is just the ground (a concrete/cement pavement or area). To paraphrase: I'm going to physically assault you so badly that you will be left in little parts!

— Nona the brit

  • The concrete is just the ground (a concrete/cement pavement or area).
  • To paraphrase: I'm going to physically assault you so badly that you will be left in little parts!
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The concrete is just the ground (a concrete/cement pavement or area).

To paraphrase: I'm going to physically assault you so badly that you will be left in little parts!
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"get through with" - finished with
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hose off has connotation of tearing people into shreds?
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>hose off has connotation of tearing people into shreds?

I don't think so, but if you are in such a state that you can be hosed off the concrete, you're in pretty small pieces already (from the beating)
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Sorry, I'm still not very clear what of killing sequence "hose off" indicate. Maybe someone can tell me which one of the meanings of hose this phrase derives from. I'd be very grateful.
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"To hose off" is to clean up by applying (spraying) a lot of water from a hose (a long, flexible tube connected to a source of water). Water runs through the hose. The person using the hose controls where the water goes. "Hosing off" is a good way to clean up a lot of real messes.

People usually "hose off" things like dirt, dust, leaves, etc. But the speaker claims that what wi
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Finally I see, thank you very much.
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