Muck out
Hi,
1) Could ‘muck out’ be used in the following example?
“I had to muck out my brother’s room myself. It was quite messy.”
I know that ‘muck out’ is used in reference to horse stables, but I was wondering if it would work here as well.
2) “I hate accounting. My brain is not wired to crunch the numbers.”
Could I say this to emphasize that I’m not goot at accounting?
3) “I hate it when flies launch an air strike while I’m cycling.”
I was told that this sounds odd. What could I use instead of ‘launch air strike’ that has a similar connotation? If you ride a bike a lot, you’ll understand what I have in mind.
Thank you.
Top answer
1) seems okay. 2) not wired to crunch numbers - seems okay without the article the 3) can't stand all the fly strikes while I'm cycling. ) !
- 1) seems okay.
- 2) not wired to crunch numbers - seems okay without the article the 3) can't stand all the fly strikes while I'm cycling.
- ) !
- Context might be everything, however.
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1) seems okay.
2) not wired to crunch numbers - seems okay without the article the
3) can't stand all the fly strikes while I'm cycling. (Planes have bird strikes, so it seems understandable to me.)
! Context might be everything, however.
0Ann225“I had to muck out my brother’s room myself.
"Muck out" means to rake out dirty, smelly straw from stables. Did your brother's room have this kind of dirty stinky stuff? Did you use a rake?
I had to clean up my brother's room myself. There was dirty laundry and trash everywhere.
01) I had to muck out my brother’s room myself. It was quite messy.
2) I hate accounting. My brain is not wired to crunch the numbers.
3) I hate it when flies launch an air strike while I’m cycling.
2) is not really extraordinary to my ear, but you need to remove 'the'.
1) and 3) contain what I would call colorful exaggerations, but the grammar is fine. I ha
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