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Frmars Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
Sponge baths
Hello from France
Here is a line from a TV Series that I don't get.
It's about a guy in his 40's, on whom an inquiry is made:
"Money he gets from giving his mom sponge baths"
What the hell is that ?
Here is a line from a TV Series that I don't get.
It's about a guy in his 40's, on whom an inquiry is made:
"Money he gets from giving his mom sponge baths"
What the hell is that ?
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From your quote I wouldn't like to surmise what is happening in that specific excerpt. However a sponge bath is when someone is too ill or infirm to get out of bed to take a bath. A nurse or someone similar has to clean the body of the person in the bed by turning them onto their side and give them a 'sponge bath' using a bowl of water, a sponge and, of course, a towel.
- From your quote I wouldn't like to surmise what is happening in that specific excerpt.
- However a sponge bath is when someone is too ill or infirm to get out of bed to take a bath.
- A nurse or someone similar has to clean the body of the person in the bed by turning them onto their side and give them a 'sponge bath' using a bowl of water, a sponge and, of course, a towel.
- It's also called a 'bed bath' but it can be referred to in this way.
- However I am relatively innocent in certain matters and it may mean something I've never heard about.
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From your quote I wouldn't like to surmise what is happening in that specific excerpt.
However a sponge bath is when someone is too ill or infirm to get out of bed to take a bath. A nurse or someone similar has to clean the body of the person in the bed by turning them onto their side and give them a 'sponge bath' using a bowl of water, a sponge and, of course, a towel.
It's als
However a sponge bath is when someone is too ill or infirm to get out of bed to take a bath. A nurse or someone similar has to clean the body of the person in the bed by turning them onto their side and give them a 'sponge bath' using a bowl of water, a sponge and, of course, a towel.
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Well I sure know what a sponge is and what a bath is, but I believe there is here a kind of second degree and this is an idiomatic saying, or an expression.
I 'd wish a native speaker could tell me what I shoud understand ?
I 'd wish a native speaker could tell me what I shoud understand ?
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We need to understand the context of the quote to give more information.
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Well, there's not a lot to say. It's a detective series.
This guy lives an easy life without needing to get a job
The police investigates about him. The guy's mother tells a detective that she's financed her son's gallivating for years, but that it recently came to an end after an argument they had.
Reporting what he knows to a superior, the detective says "Money he gets from giving
This guy lives an easy life without needing to get a job
The police investigates about him. The guy's mother tells a detective that she's financed her son's gallivating for years, but that it recently came to an end after an argument they had.
Reporting what he knows to a superior, the detective says "Money he gets from giving
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Sounds like a line from Law & Order.
There is also an expression "sponging," which means you live on other people's money. If a kid never left home, you could say he was sponging from his parents, or if a guy doesn't have a job and let's his girlfriend support him, he's a sponge, or he's sponging. So I think it was a play on words.
He doesn't have to "work" for his money except b
There is also an expression "sponging," which means you live on other people's money. If a kid never left home, you could say he was sponging from his parents, or if a guy doesn't have a job and let's his girlfriend support him, he's a sponge, or he's sponging. So I think it was a play on words.
He doesn't have to "work" for his money except b
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