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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Hi,

"The wife pokes her head out of the window but doesn’t see his husband. After the wife leaves, the girlfriend and the wife's husband rejoice that they were not discovered and pulled one over on the wife."

What does 'pulled one over on the wife' mean here?

"She pays a visit to John and doesn’t mix words when demanding to him that he can not be a part of Mary's life."

What does 'mix words' mean here?

Thanks a lot.
  

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Hi, You haven't worded these idioms quite correctly. "The wife pokes her head out of the window but doesn’t see her his husband. " To put one over on someone means to trick them successfully.

— Clive

  • Hi, You haven't worded these idioms quite correctly.
  • "The wife pokes her head out of the window but doesn’t see her his husband.
  • " To put one over on someone means to trick them successfully.
  • What does 'pulled one over on the wife' mean here?
  • " What does 'mix words' mean here?
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Hi,
You haven't worded these idioms quite correctly.

"The wife pokes her head out of the window but doesn’t see her his husband. After the wife leaves, the girlfriend and the wife's husband rejoice that they were not discovered and( that they ) put pulled one over on the wife." To put one over on someone means to trick them successfully.

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Hi, Clive,

Thank you very much for your correction and explanation!
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