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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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Meaning of "Astronaut's woman"

0 Hi, I'm wondering whether the expression "Astronaut's wife" has an alternative meaning other than direct translation.02br
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0 I've never heard that as a figure of speech or as an idiom. I think it's a direct translation. 0-

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  • 0 I've never heard that as a figure of speech or as an idiom.
  • I think it's a direct translation.
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0 I've never heard that as a figure of speech or as an idiom. I think it's a direct translation. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00There was a movie a few years ago with Johnny Depp, called 'The Astronaut's Wife'. If that has any relevance?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0 Thanks,02br
00It's a quote from the Woody Allen's movie "Annie Hall":02br
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00- You should have seen what I looked like then.02br
00- I can imagine. Probably the wife of an astronaut.02br
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00I'm almost sure that Woody Allen ment something else but can't figure out what.02br
00He's a genious, you know:))02br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00- You should have seen what I looked like then.02br
00- I can imagine. Probably the wife of an astronaut.02font02br
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01font00The wives of the early astronauts in the USA were considered to be almost perfect examples of middle-class American women, in every
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0 Hi Clive,02br
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00Thanks for your help. 02br
00I've got another couple of lines from the same movie which I still haven't translated:02br
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001."They didn't take me in the army. I was... interestingly enough... 01font01b00I was 4-P02b02font00. In the event of war, I'm a hostage
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0Hi,02br
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001."They didn't take me in the army. I was... interestingly enough... 01font01b00I was 4-P02b02font00. In the event of war, I'm a hostage."02br
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01font00I think this is a typo for 01font004F02font00. The US a
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0 Thanks again Clive,02br
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00Here's the previous sentence:02br
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00"No, I don't use major hallucinogenics because I took a puff 5 years ago and tried to take off my pants off over my head.02br
00Something got in one ear."02br
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00Hope it's sufficient.02br
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00Best regards02br
00Da
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0 Hi Clive,02br
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00Look what I found regarding "4P":02br
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00Basically it confirms your suggestion that the character is not fit for the army.02br
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00Regards02br
00Dan0240hrefhttp://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/4p+minus
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