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She's got some the boys tied up in bags
Hello:
Wonder what
"tied up in bags"
means here:
"Do you know Rosemary's here?" Collis asked.
"I ran into her."
"I was in Florence and I heard she was here so I came down last week. You'd never know Mama's little girl." He modified the remark, "I mean she was so carefully brought up and now she's a woman of the world if you know what I mean. Believe me, has she got some of these Roman boys tied up in bags! And how!"
Tender is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f scott//tender/tender.html
Couldn't find a reference to it.
It's probably something like "they are willing to do anything to please her", but ...
Thank you,
Marius Hancu
Wonder what
"tied up in bags"
means here:
"Do you know Rosemary's here?" Collis asked.
"I ran into her."
"I was in Florence and I heard she was here so I came down last week. You'd never know Mama's little girl." He modified the remark, "I mean she was so carefully brought up and now she's a woman of the world if you know what I mean. Believe me, has she got some of these Roman boys tied up in bags! And how!"
Tender is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f scott//tender/tender.html
Couldn't find a reference to it.
It's probably something like "they are willing to do anything to please her", but ...
Thank you,
Marius Hancu
Top answer
" Collis asked. " ... find a reference to it.
- " Collis asked.
- " ...
- find a reference to it.
- [/nq] Obviously it does mean something like thoroughly in her thrall.
- " Or it might mean something more like the modern "in the bag" or "bagged" - they are her trophies, her swag.
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In our last episode,
, the lovely and talented Marius Hancu broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]Wonder what "tied up in bags" means here: "Do you know Rosemary's here?" Collis asked. "I ran into her." ... find a reference to it. It's probably something like "they are willing to do anything to please her", but ...[/nq]
Obviously it does mean something like thoroughly in her thrall. Pe
, the lovely and talented Marius Hancu broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]Wonder what "tied up in bags" means here: "Do you know Rosemary's here?" Collis asked. "I ran into her." ... find a reference to it. It's probably something like "they are willing to do anything to please her", but ...[/nq]
Obviously it does mean something like thoroughly in her thrall. Pe
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[nq:2]Wonder what "tied up in bags" means here: "Do ... are willing to do anything to please her", but ...[/nq]
[nq:1]Obviously it does mean something like thoroughly in her thrall. Perhaps, they are anxious, flustered, or tense about trying to ... now lost (at least on me). At any rate, there is little doubt you have got the gist of it.[/nq]
Now the cat is out of the bag.
[nq:1]Obviously it does mean something like thoroughly in her thrall. Perhaps, they are anxious, flustered, or tense about trying to ... now lost (at least on me). At any rate, there is little doubt you have got the gist of it.[/nq]
Now the cat is out of the bag.
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[nq:1]Obviously it does mean something like thoroughly in her thrall. Perhaps, they are anxious, flustered, or tense about trying to please her, and this saying is an accidental or deliberate play on "tied up in knots."[/nq]
Right.
Or it might mean something more like the
[nq:1]modern "in the bag" or "bagged" - they are her trophies, her swag.[/nq]
Her swag, I like this word.
T
Right.
Or it might mean something more like the
[nq:1]modern "in the bag" or "bagged" - they are her trophies, her swag.[/nq]
Her swag, I like this word.
T
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