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Rpsh Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

roll credits

When you say sorry to one of your friends, then he says this. What does he mean? According to the scenario, I can guess that he still doesn't accept the apology. But I want to know the exact meaning to it.
  

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My interpretation of this is that "roll the credits" means the text that appears after a movie, listing all the cast, movie crew members, directors, producers, screenwriters, etc. So, if you apologize and your friend says "roll the credits," this apparently means that he regards your apology to be the same as a movie production, that is, pure Hollywood fantasy, which should acknowledge, with a complete list of credits, who is responsible for producing such fantasy.

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  • My interpretation of this is that "roll the credits" means the text that appears after a movie, listing all the cast, movie crew members, directors, producers, screenwriters, etc.
  • So, if you apologize and your friend says "roll the credits," this apparently means that he regards your apology to be the same as a movie production, that is, pure Hollywood fantasy, which should acknowledge, with a complete list of credits, who is responsible for producing such fantasy.
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My interpretation of this is that "roll the credits" means the text that appears after a movie, listing all the cast, movie crew members, directors, producers, screenwriters, etc. So, if you apologize and your friend says "roll the credits," this apparently means that he regards your apology to be the same as a movie production, that is, pure Hollywood fantasy, which should acknowledge, with a co
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And I thought it meant, "OK let's change the topic."
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I would have thought it meant "Okay, the story is over" -- possibly with the implication "Happy ending." I'd say there's no way of knowing what the person meant unless you ask him.
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Got it. It seems that the meaning of that phrase depends more on the context. Thank you!
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It seems more complicated... But at least I know it should be a metonymy;it uses the scenario of the end of movie to evoke the other's emotion. Maybe it's bad or good. Thank you so much!
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