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MustAsk Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

(Shoes) one and a half size up?

Hi,

I have heard this in a movie not long ago

"These shoes feel a little tight, do you have one and a half size up?"

Did I hear that correctly? I mean does it make sense and is it idiomatic? What would you say if you wanted to say the opposite : "One and a half size down?"

Thanks!
  

Top answer

" The speaker could have used " up " instead of larger .

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  • " The speaker could have used " up " instead of larger .
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This might have been what you heard:

"These shoes feel a little tight, do you have them in a half size larger?"

The speaker could have used "up" instead of larger.
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Can 'down' be used to mean the opposite?
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MustAskCan 'down' be used to mean the opposite?
I have never used "up" in that way, nor would I use "down". I would use "smaller."
Do you have these shoes a half size smaller?

Down-sizing, though, has a particular definition.
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MustAskdo you have one and (in?) a half size up?
The "and" doesn't make sense to me. Maybe it was 'in'. To me it means Do you have a pair that is a half size larger?

CJ
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AlpheccaStarsDo you have these shoes a half size smaller?
I noticed that AlpheccaStars omitted 'in', is that a typo or is it something that can be done if the speaker wishes to do so?
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MustAskis that a typo
No. You can leave out 'in' in that construction, though not in others. To make things easier for yourself, just say 'in' for all of them.
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