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MelodyRing Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
"One night in Bangkok" idioms
Hello, everyone.
I'm new to here and new to English too.
I'm attempting to translate the song "one nigt in Bangkok",
and now stucking with some parts.
The song came from "Chess", the musical
,about Chess competition (I don't know much about the story.I would be really appreciate if you tell some more.)
The song's scene is that The american player participates the tournament at Bangkok, Thailand.
He expresses about the local nightlife.
For full lyric >> http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/murrayhead.htm
1. One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
I think the world's your oyster means the world's yours. You can do anything you want.
But I'm not clear about the pearls ain't free.
2. One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, brother
3. Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine
I'm new to here and new to English too.
I'm attempting to translate the song "one nigt in Bangkok",
and now stucking with some parts.
The song came from "Chess", the musical
,about Chess competition (I don't know much about the story.I would be really appreciate if you tell some more.)
The song's scene is that The american player participates the tournament at Bangkok, Thailand.
He expresses about the local nightlife.
For full lyric >> http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/murrayhead.htm
1. One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
I think the world's your oyster means the world's yours. You can do anything you want.
But I'm not clear about the pearls ain't free.
2. One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, brother
3. Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine
Top answer
1) You understand the meaning of the world's your oyster just fine. So, 'but the pearls ain't free' - extend the metaphor a bit, the pearls are the good things found inside the oyster. So, the world may be all yours but you may not be able to have everything you want.
- 1) You understand the meaning of the world's your oyster just fine.
- So, 'but the pearls ain't free' - extend the metaphor a bit, the pearls are the good things found inside the oyster.
- So, the world may be all yours but you may not be able to have everything you want.
- It's possible given the setting that 'pearls' also refers to women...
- 2) Think chess pieces.
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1) You understand the meaning of the world's your oyster just fine.
So, 'but the pearls ain't free' - extend the metaphor a bit, the pearls are the good things found inside the oyster. So, the world may be all yours but you may not be able to have everything you want. It's possible given the setting that 'pearls' also refers to women...
2) Think chess pieces.
3) Thai
So, 'but the pearls ain't free' - extend the metaphor a bit, the pearls are the good things found inside the oyster. So, the world may be all yours but you may not be able to have everything you want. It's possible given the setting that 'pearls' also refers to women...
2) Think chess pieces.
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0 The song is meant to be sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek as the narrator isn't as innocent as he claims to be. The musical itself is a love story that uses the Cold War as a backdrop for a Chess tournament between a Russian and American. "One Night in Bangkok" is a sort of extended metaphor for relationships between the West (esp America) and Asia (esp Thailand). 0-
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The word, "Thai'd" is a pun. A pun is a literary term when you play with words. The pun is = Thai'd, may be get a Thai women, with the word, "tied" the past tense of the word, "tie." To be tied up means to get involved or to be tied up with rope means to be caught and unable to escape. Maybe they mean you get tied up in Thailand or get Thai'd or trapped in the nightlife.
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This is a difficult song to translate as it is filled with sarcasm and metaphors.
1.The "pearls" are girls - professional play for pay ladies - which is why they're not free.
2. One town is the same as any other when you have your head over a chess board - in other words, all you see is chess pieces if you don't look at your surroundings
3. Here comes a lot of sarcasm -
1.The "pearls" are girls - professional play for pay ladies - which is why they're not free.
2. One town is the same as any other when you have your head over a chess board - in other words, all you see is chess pieces if you don't look at your surroundings
3. Here comes a lot of sarcasm -
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