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Hello"I m gonna make a belt out of you" ? I heard thiscan I say this  like,"I m gonna make a belt from you"?I m gonna make a belt off you"?Thanks

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

I've never heard this expression, but it sounds like a threat to skin the person alive, tan their hide, and make a belt.
It's horrible and gruesome!

Are you sure you heard it correctly? "Make a fool out of you" is an expression meaning to cause a person to act in a foolish way.

Avangi · Answer

sunsail"I m gonna make a belt out of you"
"I m gonna make a belt from you"?
"I m gonna make a belt off you"? I don't think the last one works.

The second one seems to fit with A's plan.

My understanding of "out of" is more of a conversion than simply a source of material.
When you make B out of A, you basically use the whole thing, simply transforming it.
"I'm gonna wrap you around my waist."

Of course you can also say, "I'm gonna make A out of B, C, D, E, and F, but that's a different plan.

I think "I'm gonna make B out of a portion of A translates as "I'm gonna make B from A."

You gotta love these prepositions!

Mr Wordy · Answer

I'm wondering if the word was "pelt" rather than "belt".

RayH · Answer

sunsail"I m gonna make a belt out of you" ? I heard this

This is a snippet of dialog from The Terminator (the first movie). It is said early in the movie by Sarah's roommate to some kind of lizard that Sarah keeps as a pet.

Given the situation any other phrasing would not have the intended humorous effect.

Kind of off topic (and at the risk of sounding like a nag):
Please don't extract tiny little snippets of writing or dialog, completely divorced from their context, then expect any kind of valid interpretation of the meaning.

As you can see from the responses you got here, all people can do is try to guess at the meaning with, at best, mixed results.

Sunsail · Answer

Well,
I watched this said in Terminator movie.Next time I m gonna tell the situation briefly.
Thanks for reply

off topic.I did not like salvation. my favorite is still first one.

Avangi · Answer

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