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La2lura Posted 19 years ago
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slap a question
How should I use 'slap a question' when the question is specific and there is an indirect object being "slapped with the question"? Can 'slap the (adjective) question' be used at all? I want to use 'slap a question' to mean something to this effect: "She forcefully asked her husband the duh question -- 'are you out of your mind?'" Can I say:
(1) She slapped her husband with the duh question -- "are you out of your mind?"
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(2) She slapped on her husband the duh question -- "are you out of your mind?"
Both sound sort of awful to me but I don't know about usage. If 'slap' doesn't work here, what other strong verb could be used to "ask the duh question"?
Thanks!
(1) She slapped her husband with the duh question -- "are you out of your mind?"
OR
(2) She slapped on her husband the duh question -- "are you out of your mind?"
Both sound sort of awful to me but I don't know about usage. If 'slap' doesn't work here, what other strong verb could be used to "ask the duh question"?
Thanks!
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Hi, How should I use 'slap a question' when the question is specific and there is an indirect object being "slapped with the question"? Can 'slap the (adjective) question' be used at all? " Don't say it this way Both sound sort of awful to me but I don't know about usage.
- Hi, How should I use 'slap a question' when the question is specific and there is an indirect object being "slapped with the question"?
- Can 'slap the (adjective) question' be used at all?
- " Don't say it this way Both sound sort of awful to me but I don't know about usage.
- If 'slap' doesn't work here, what other strong verb could be used to "ask the duh question"?
- Using 'slap' like this is pretty informal.
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Hi,
How should I use 'slap a question' when the question is specific and there is an indirect object being "slapped with the question"? Can 'slap the (adjective) question' be used at all? I want to use 'slap a question' to mean something to this effect: "She forcefully asked her husband the duh question -- 'are you out of your mind?'" Can I say:
How should I use 'slap a question' when the question is specific and there is an indirect object being "slapped with the question"? Can 'slap the (adjective) question' be used at all? I want to use 'slap a question' to mean something to this effect: "She forcefully asked her husband the duh question -- 'are you out of your mind?'" Can I say:
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Thanks! Yes, a 'duh question' is a question that needs no answer but still needs to be asked. I was actually thinking 'hit' before I changed to 'slap.' But how would you use 'blindsided' in this context?
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Hi,
If another car blindsides me while I am driving, it means I didn't see it coming until it hit me.
If 'your' husband is looking to your left, and you slug him with your right, you could say that you blindsided him.
It means 'to hit unexpectedly'.
She blindsided her husband with the duh question -- "are you out of your mind?"
If another car blindsides me while I am driving, it means I didn't see it coming until it hit me.
If 'your' husband is looking to your left, and you slug him with your right, you could say that you blindsided him.
It means 'to hit unexpectedly'.
She blindsided her husband with the duh question -- "are you out of your mind?"
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