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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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This is a part of Cher Lloyd,s song – Want U Back
Passages in parentheses is my thought.
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She ain't got a thing on me
(she don't know a little about me?)
trying to rock them ugly jeans-jeans-jeans
You clearly didn’t think this through
(it is sure that you didn't think this enough)
If what I’ve been told is true
(If what I've heard is true)
You’ll be crawling back like boo-hoo-hoo
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And I don't know these.
get a thing on~
rock them ugly jeans
crawling back
like boo (or boo)
and what does 'this' refer to, in the above passage?
Help!
This is a part of Cher Lloyd,s song – Want U Back
Passages in parentheses is my thought.
--------------------
She ain't got a thing on me
(she don't know a little about me?)
trying to rock them ugly jeans-jeans-jeans
You clearly didn’t think this through
(it is sure that you didn't think this enough)
If what I’ve been told is true
(If what I've heard is true)
You’ll be crawling back like boo-hoo-hoo
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And I don't know these.
get a thing on~
rock them ugly jeans
crawling back
like boo (or boo)
and what does 'this' refer to, in the above passage?
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She ain't got a thing on me To have something on someone is idiomatic. It means one of two things. In the negative, as here, it can mean that person A is not better than person B.
- She ain't got a thing on me To have something on someone is idiomatic.
- It means one of two things.
- In the negative, as here, it can mean that person A is not better than person B.
- " Less likely in this context, it can mean that person A has evidence of a crime committed by person B.
- " trying to rock them ugly jeans-jeans-jeans People are said to rock an article of clothing or a hairstyle or something like that when they wear it with panache and look good in it.
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She ain't got a thing on me
To have something on someone is idiomatic. It means one of two things. In the negative, as here, it can mean that person A is not better than person B. "She is not better than me in any way." Less likely in this context, it can mean that person A has evidence of a crime committed by person B. "She has no eviden
To have something on someone is idiomatic. It means one of two things. In the negative, as here, it can mean that person A is not better than person B. "She is not better than me in any way." Less likely in this context, it can mean that person A has evidence of a crime committed by person B. "She has no eviden
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