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Hela Posted 21 years ago
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Dear teachers,
1) What's the meaning of the following sentence, please ?
"The critics laughed the play off the stage."
Why do we say "OFF THE STAGE ?"
2) Which English expression could be spoken about that way ?
“It is just a moderately informal expression. I don't use it often, but there may be the odd occasion when I do. I can't think of any specific rule.”
Thank you for your help.
Hela
1) What's the meaning of the following sentence, please ?
"The critics laughed the play off the stage."
Why do we say "OFF THE STAGE ?"
2) Which English expression could be spoken about that way ?
“It is just a moderately informal expression. I don't use it often, but there may be the odd occasion when I do. I can't think of any specific rule.”
Thank you for your help.
Hela
Top answer
" Here's the image: the audience watching a play thinks the play and the actors are very bad, so they laugh until the poor actors have to stop the play and get off the stage . This rarely happens. In real life, the critics may write in the newsppapers that this play is ridiculous, and the play must end after a few days.
- " Here's the image: the audience watching a play thinks the play and the actors are very bad, so they laugh until the poor actors have to stop the play and get off the stage .
- This rarely happens.
- In real life, the critics may write in the newsppapers that this play is ridiculous, and the play must end after a few days.
- If Tom is laughed off the stage, it doesn't often mean Tom is an actor, it means people didn't want to listen to him because they though he was ridiculous.
- 2) Which English expression could be spoken about this way ?
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Hi Hela,
1) "The critics laughed the play off the stage." Why do we say "OFF THE STAGE ?"
Here's the image: the audience watching a play thinks the play and the actors are very bad, so they laugh until the poor actors have to stop the play and get
1) "The critics laughed the play off the stage." Why do we say "OFF THE STAGE ?"
Here's the image: the audience watching a play thinks the play and the actors are very bad, so they laugh until the poor actors have to stop the play and get
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