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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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What is the meaning of idiom "hand sb horseshit on a platter" in sentence as follow:
You can beat your brains out for her, and she'll hand you horseshit on a platter"
You can beat your brains out for her, and she'll hand you horseshit on a platter"
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give someone nothing; give someone something worthless
- give someone nothing; give someone something worthless
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Hello, Anonymous:
I have found that sometimes students of English do not realize that certain words in English (but not in their
native languages) are very vulgar (that is, some words are too rude to say in front of other people). May I most
respectfully suggest that you never say that idiom. If you have to write it, just write it like this:" hand somebody
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I have found that sometimes students of English do not realize that certain words in English (but not in their
native languages) are very vulgar (that is, some words are too rude to say in front of other people). May I most
respectfully suggest that you never say that idiom. If you have to write it, just write it like this:" hand somebody
hor
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By the way, that is not an expression in general use, what is often imprecisely called an idiom. It is just something Capote wrote once. Nobody says that, and you shouldn't, either.
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