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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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Mandy's mom flipped when she saw her phone bill.
Mandy's mom flipped when she saw her phone bill.
Mandy's mom flipped the/her lid when she saw her phone bill.
Are the above two utterances identical in meaning? If not, what does the first signify? Thanks.
Mandy's mom flipped the/her lid when she saw her phone bill.
Are the above two utterances identical in meaning? If not, what does the first signify? Thanks.
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She flipped, or she flipped her lid, but not flipped the lid. She also could have had a cow.
- She flipped, or she flipped her lid, but not flipped the lid.
- She also could have had a cow.
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She flipped, or she flipped her lid, but not flipped the lid.
She also could have had a cow.
She also could have had a cow.
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Grammar GeekShe flipped, or she flipped her lid, but not flipped the lid.
She also could have had a cow.
Thanks, GG.
Do you mean they all come across as the same idea?
For the sake of curiosity, I find your new version very intriguing and confusing at the same time. How could it convey the same idea as "She flipped
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It's just another idiom.
Bart says it a lot in the Simpsons - Don't have a cow, man!
When my mother sees how many text messages I sent, she's going to flip.
When my mother sees how many text messages I sent, she's going flip to her freakin' lid!
When my mother sees how many text messages I sent, she's going to have an abolute cow!
They all mean "become
Bart says it a lot in the Simpsons - Don't have a cow, man!
When my mother sees how many text messages I sent, she's going to flip.
When my mother sees how many text messages I sent, she's going flip to her freakin' lid!
When my mother sees how many text messages I sent, she's going to have an abolute cow!
They all mean "become
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Other expressions: 'go postal', 'have a hernia', 'freak out', 'go crazy', 'blow her top 
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PhilipOther expressions: 'go postal', 'freak out', 'go crazy', 'blow her top
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I believe it was John Steinbeck who shocked and amused me with "crapped a litter of lizards". 
Was that in Grapes of
Was that in Grapes of
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GoodmanPhilipOther expressions: 'go postal', 'freak out', 'go crazy', 'blow her top
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Thanks, my kind and helpful frinds, for those amusing and confusing alternatioves.
Now I'm more curious and eager to know why they convey the same concept as She was steamed, especially "go postal."
Now I'm more curious and eager to know why they convey the same concept as She was steamed, especially "go postal."
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Grammar GeekIt's just another idiom.
Bart says it a lot in the Simpsons - Don't have a cow, man!
When my mother sees how many text messages I sent, she's going to flip.
When my mother sees how many text messages I sent, she's going flip to her freakin' lid!
When my mother sees how many text messages I sent, she's going to have an abolu
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