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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
question from argentina
hello¡ I am Juan Marcos. I am from argentinaa and I am studying for becoming an English Translator. I was surfing through the net searching for a web site containning colloquial expressions and its meanings, when I found that page.
I would like to ask the possible meaning of "shot". I give you the context for make teh question easier,
- Doesn`t sound much of a day.
- Ay, well, that`s shot it en`t it.
The excert is from a play called The Caretaker by Harold Pinter. I expect not to bother you, but your answer would be of great help for me.
Good bye and thank you.
I would like to ask the possible meaning of "shot". I give you the context for make teh question easier,
- Doesn`t sound much of a day.
- Ay, well, that`s shot it en`t it.
The excert is from a play called The Caretaker by Harold Pinter. I expect not to bother you, but your answer would be of great help for me.
Good bye and thank you.
Top answer
Welcome, Juan, to EnglishForward, I'm going to take a 'shot' at it. ' 'The day is shot' is idiomatic for 'the day is ruined (or wasted). '
- Welcome, Juan, to EnglishForward, I'm going to take a 'shot' at it.
- ' 'The day is shot' is idiomatic for 'the day is ruined (or wasted).
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Welcome, Juan, to EnglishForward,
I'm going to take a 'shot' at it.
First, to convert it from its dialect-form-- 'Yes, well, that has shot the day, hasn't it.'
'The day is shot' is idiomatic for 'the day is ruined (or wasted).
And, when I say, above, that I'll 'take a shot' at it, it means 'I'll fire off a guess at the question.'
I'm going to take a 'shot' at it.
First, to convert it from its dialect-form-- 'Yes, well, that has shot the day, hasn't it.'
'The day is shot' is idiomatic for 'the day is ruined (or wasted).
And, when I say, above, that I'll 'take a shot' at it, it means 'I'll fire off a guess at the question.'
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-- The last bus just left, and I missed it. That's shot my chances for getting to work on time today!
-- You'd better get a new pair of socks. These are shot.
-- The water heater stopped working. We went and took a look and dang if the whole thing wasn't all shot. Now we have to buy a new one.
-- When Liz yelled at the boss, it pretty much shot the raise she
-- You'd better get a new pair of socks. These are shot.
-- The water heater stopped working. We went and took a look and dang if the whole thing wasn't all shot. Now we have to buy a new one.
-- When Liz yelled at the boss, it pretty much shot the raise she
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