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Nidea Posted 17 years ago
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That a compliment?


(Prison Break)


Sara: You went to Loyola.

Michael: You've been checking up on me.

Sara: I like to get to know my patients. I went to Northwestern. Graduated two years after you did.

Michael: Maybe we met before, you know, drunk, out at a bar somewhere.

Sara: I would have remembered.

Michael: That a compliment?

(Hi! Does “That a compliment” mean “That an approval? / You agree with what I was saying, don’t you” ? Am I getting this in a correct way? Many thanks!! )


Sara: No. Mm..

Michael: What?

Sara: Your blood glucose is at 50 milligrams per deciliter.

Michael: So?

Sara: That's hypoglycemic.

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nidea Michael: Maybe we met before, you know, drunk, out at a bar somewhere. Sara: I would have remembered. Michael: That a compliment?

— RayH

  • nidea Michael: Maybe we met before, you know, drunk, out at a bar somewhere.
  • Sara: I would have remembered.
  • Michael: That a compliment?
  • Michael is asking if Sara is saying that she would have remembered any previous meeting with him because she finds him attractive in some way.
  • It's been a while since I watched these episodes so I don't remember whether Michael is serious, I suspect not.
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nideaMichael: Maybe we met before, you know, drunk, out at a bar somewhere.

Sara: I would have remembered.

Michael: That a compliment?
Michael is asking if Sara is saying that she would have remembered any previous meeting with him because she finds him attractive in some way. It's been a while since I
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There are people you remember and people you don't. Sometimes you remember someone for a good reason, sometimes for a bad one.

If I had met you I would remember it. That's a compliment when you make a good impression. It's an insult when you make a bad impression.

When you don't remember at all, the person made no impression.
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RayHMichael is asking if Sara is saying that she would have remembered any previous meeting with him because she finds him attractive in some way. It's been a while since I watched these episodes so I don't remember whether Michael is serious, I suspect not.


Hi! RayH and Avangi,

Thank you very much! I get it this time!
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