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TheVolkov Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

'kick it up a notch' idiom

0 Hello everyone! Please help me with translation of this idiom, I heard repeatedly the phrase "kick it up a notch" in Futurama cartoon. For instance: 02br
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' 02br 02br 00The driver kicked his speed up a notch. 02br 00He kicked the volume on his MP3 player up a notch. 02br 02br 00Sometimes we use this a little more loosely: 02br 00Their argument became more angry so they kicked their voices up a notch.

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  • ' 02br 02br 00The driver kicked his speed up a notch.
  • 02br 00He kicked the volume on his MP3 player up a notch.
  • 02br 02br 00Sometimes we use this a little more loosely: 02br 00Their argument became more angry so they kicked their voices up a notch.
  • 02br 02br 00In your example, to me it means 'We're gonna kick the excitement up a notch'.
  • 02br 00Since cooking a slug doesn't seem in the least exciting to me, I think the use of the phrase here is ironical.
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0 Hi, 02br
00It means 'to increase the level of something suddenly, by moving to the next-highest setting.' 02br
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00The driver kicked his speed up a notch. 02br
00He kicked the volume on his MP3 player up a notch. 02br
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00Sometimes we use this a little more loosely: 02br
00Their argument became more angry so the
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