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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Swin in the same social ponds...

Clark: Listen, I'm trying to find
a mutual friend of ours. She's not in the phone book. Lana Lang?

Chloe: The cheerleader? We didn't exactly swim
in the same social ponds. Weren't very close friends?
I mean, to be honest her blip fell off my radar Lost track of her?
the day after graduation.
  

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"swim in the same social ponds" - this is a creative rendering of the expression "move in the same circles," which means the same social group. ; even if they were not close friends, they would have friends in common. You should know this expression can be used in a straightforward way, but (as here) it is often used ironically by someone of a "lower" social group speaking of someone more prominent.

— Delmobile

  • "swim in the same social ponds" - this is a creative rendering of the expression "move in the same circles," which means the same social group.
  • ; even if they were not close friends, they would have friends in common.
  • You should know this expression can be used in a straightforward way, but (as here) it is often used ironically by someone of a "lower" social group speaking of someone more prominent.
  • html "blip fell off my radar" - yes, exactly.
  • A radar literally tracks the movements of something.
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"swim in the same social ponds" - this is a creative rendering of the expression "move in the same circles," which means the same social group. Not quite the same as "she wasn't a close friend." If the girls were adults, "swimming in the same social pond" would mean they might join the same organizations, be invited to the same parties, etc.; even if they were not close friends, they would have f
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