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It is a pun on 'piece of the action'.
- It is a pun on 'piece of the action'.
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This is what I found in the online Cambridge dictionary:
a piece/slice of the action INFORMAL
involvement in something successful that someone else has started:
Now research has proved that the drug is effective everyone wants a slice of the action.
But is that the meaning implied in the following headline:
Striker signs for a pizza the action
A Norweg
a piece/slice of the action INFORMAL
involvement in something successful that someone else has started:
Now research has proved that the drug is effective everyone wants a slice of the action.
But is that the meaning implied in the following headline:
Striker signs for a pizza the action
A Norweg
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... because I feel it doesn't fit in very well in that meaning...
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They are making a joke
Pizza the action/piece'a the action sound very similar.
He is being offered a piece of the action by being offered slices of pizza if he signs. Pizza/Piece'a - this is a pun.
Pizza the action/piece'a the action sound very similar.
He is being offered a piece of the action by being offered slices of pizza if he signs. Pizza/Piece'a - this is a pun.
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