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Smartenglish@hanmail.net Posted 5 years ago
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I guess I had that coming

I would like to know why he said "What's for dinner, Jeff?"

I wonder why he guesses he had that coming.

  

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Funny cartoon! She is constantly getting calls, for Jeff, whoever he is. ", because that's what they kept calling her on the phone, addressing her by a man's name!

  • Funny cartoon!
  • She is constantly getting calls, for Jeff, whoever he is.
  • ", because that's what they kept calling her on the phone, addressing her by a man's name!
  • The husband was asking just for dinner; he was only interested in eating and not even interested in what she was talking about, that's what it means.
  • That's why he had that coming!
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Funny cartoon!

She is constantly getting calls, for Jeff, whoever he is. He (the husband), I assume, was trying to be funny (he knew he'd have that coming) when he said "What's for dinner Jeff?", because that's what they kept calling her on the phone, addressing her by a man's name!

The husband was asking just for dinner; he was only interested in eating and not even interested in

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smartenglish@hanmail.netI wonder why he guesses he had that coming.

To guess can mean to assume or suppose, and that's what it means here.

To have something coming means to deserve it.

He deserved to be knocked over for what he said, so he saying he is not surprised it happened.

The reason he assumes he deserved it is that he tried to be s

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