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Henry74 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Inside a donut
Hello everyone,
This is a scene from show I was watching the other night.
Mr. A and Miss B are working together to solve a mistery. Miss B suggests that they should get help from an FBI agent they know.
Mr. A - At one condition. You tell them exactly nothing about where I am going. Inside a donut, got it?
[While he's saying this, he makes his hand into an "O" or a scope, and brings it to his eye, as if to look through it.
Miss B repeats the gesture and goes]
Miss B - Inside a donut, I get it.
Unfortunately, I don't. Could you please explain it to me?
Thank you
H.
This is a scene from show I was watching the other night.
Mr. A and Miss B are working together to solve a mistery. Miss B suggests that they should get help from an FBI agent they know.
Mr. A - At one condition. You tell them exactly nothing about where I am going. Inside a donut, got it?
[While he's saying this, he makes his hand into an "O" or a scope, and brings it to his eye, as if to look through it.
Miss B repeats the gesture and goes]
Miss B - Inside a donut, I get it.
Unfortunately, I don't. Could you please explain it to me?
Thank you
H.
Top answer
Me, neither. What show and what episode?
- Me, neither.
- What show and what episode?
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Zero Hour, Episode 2.
I thought it might be a reference to a commercial or a know joke. Something people would be able to understand out of context, because the way it is brought up seems completely unrelated to what is going on in the scene.
Perhaps the writers just made it up. A donut is in the shape of a circle with nothing inside. So, you tell them nothing like the inside of a don
I thought it might be a reference to a commercial or a know joke. Something people would be able to understand out of context, because the way it is brought up seems completely unrelated to what is going on in the scene.
Perhaps the writers just made it up. A donut is in the shape of a circle with nothing inside. So, you tell them nothing like the inside of a don
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Hi
As a guess:
The inside of a ring donut is the same shape as the figure zero
It is a sort of metaphorical gesture ...
- You tell them exactly nothing ("O")
Dave
As a guess:
The inside of a ring donut is the same shape as the figure zero
It is a sort of metaphorical gesture ...
- You tell them exactly nothing ("O")
Dave
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Hi again
It does seem to be something people have said in the US. Here's a reference where a person tried to claim on their insurance and got zero ...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080903065310AA8KWQg
Dave
It does seem to be something people have said in the US. Here's a reference where a person tried to claim on their insurance and got zero ...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080903065310AA8KWQg
Dave
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Oh, I checked on Google and saw that link but I didn't scroll down to the comment section. A user there claims it's slang for "0". That makes sense.
I guess I got confused by the hand gesture associated with the line. Not the way I would mean "0" with my hand made into a "O". But OK, no big deal.
Thanks Dave.
H.
I guess I got confused by the hand gesture associated with the line. Not the way I would mean "0" with my hand made into a "O". But OK, no big deal.
Thanks Dave.
H.
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dave_anon Here's a reference where a person tried to claim on their insurance and got zero ...It's possible in the right context, but I doubt that the expression "inside a doughnut hole", meaning 'zero', is related to the so-called doughnut hole feature within Medicare insurance drug coverage in the U.S. More likely, this feature within Medicare got it's unu
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My knowledge of US medical insurance is doughnut shaped, so I'm sure you're right, Jim
Likewise my knowledge of New Mexico tax policy, but I see that has been described as 'Swiss cheese'. So perhaps the hole (or holes) in the item can just represent something that is missing, rather than the shape of the figure zero
Best regards, Dave
My knowledge of US medical insurance is doughnut shaped, so I'm sure you're right, Jim
Likewise my knowledge of New Mexico tax policy, but I see that has been described as 'Swiss cheese'. So perhaps the hole (or holes) in the item can just represent something that is missing, rather than the shape of the figure zero
Best regards, Dave
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