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Pen slide 883 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

How are you fixed for tonight?

Hi teachers~

I've learned a new expression. "How are you fixed for tonight?"

In the textbook, it means "What are you doing tonight?"

However, I have my doubts after I looked it up the dictionaries.

I am not sure whether it is as common as "What are you doing?/ What's your plan?/Do you have any plans?"

Thank you in advance~~

  

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pen slide 883 How are you fixed for tonight? I never hear this. I'm inclined to say that nobody says it, but it may be regional.

  • pen slide 883 How are you fixed for tonight?
  • I never hear this.
  • I'm inclined to say that nobody says it, but it may be regional.
  • CJ
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pen slide 883How are you fixed for tonight?

I never hear this. I'm inclined to say that nobody says it, but it may be regional.

CJ

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East Coast, USA: "How are you fixed for tonight?" does not sound all that strange, but maybe I've watched too much film noir. I would expect to hear it only if the speaker, person A, had a specific activity in mind for person B. Does he have enough money? Does he have a girl to go with? Does he have the right fedora? Does he have enough bullets in his snubnose .38? It does not mean "What are y

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