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Gurgen Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Shark in loan shark

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Dude's name is Kasson, man.
And he just... he puts the shark in loan shark.

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Turns out he also puts the "loan" in loan shark.

what do they mean?

thanks...
  

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Hi A loan shark is someone who will lend you money "without too many questions asked". However, they will charge you a high rate of interest and they may be unscrupulous - if not actually violent - if you do not pay it back on time. In the phrase, "loan" tells you what they do; and "shark" warns you that they are a dangerous animal I understand the conversation to mean..

— Dave_anon

  • Hi A loan shark is someone who will lend you money "without too many questions asked".
  • However, they will charge you a high rate of interest and they may be unscrupulous - if not actually violent - if you do not pay it back on time.
  • In the phrase, "loan" tells you what they do; and "shark" warns you that they are a dangerous animal I understand the conversation to mean..
  • - We should avoid this person - he may give us the loan, but he is a shark - Yes, but although he's a shark, he is one of the few people that is going to give us the loan Regards, Dave
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Hi

A loan shark is someone who will lend you money "without too many questions asked". However, they will charge you a high rate of interest and they may be unscrupulous - if not actually violent - if you do not pay it back on time. In the phrase, "loan" tells you what they do; and "shark" warns you that they are a dangerous animal

I understand the conversation to mean..
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thanks dave.

But I already knew that your explanations.

First sentence mean;

The loan shark is a dangerous man?

second sentence mean;

He is a loan shark who puts loan?

thanks..
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