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HSS Posted 20 years ago
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That's Some Serious Baggage.
Hi.
What does "That's some serious baggage" mean, used as in the following? How is it used?
"We didn't talk about it much. Rake was embarrassed because he got sacked like that. He has enormous pride, something he taught us. But he also felt responsible for Scotty's death. A lot of people blamed him, and they always will. That's some serious baggage, man."
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
What does "That's some serious baggage" mean, used as in the following? How is it used?
"We didn't talk about it much. Rake was embarrassed because he got sacked like that. He has enormous pride, something he taught us. But he also felt responsible for Scotty's death. A lot of people blamed him, and they always will. That's some serious baggage, man."
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
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Hi Hiro, What does "That's some serious baggage" mean, used as in the following? How is it used? "We didn't talk about it much.
- Hi Hiro, What does "That's some serious baggage" mean, used as in the following?
- How is it used?
- "We didn't talk about it much.
- Rake was embarrassed because he got sacked like that.
- He has enormous pride, something he taught us.
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Hi Hiro,
What does "That's some serious baggage" mean, used as in the following? How is it used?
"We didn't talk about it much. Rake was embarrassed because he got sacked like that. He has enormous pride, something he taught us. But he also felt responsible for Scotty's death. A lot of people blamed him, and they always will.
What does "That's some serious baggage" mean, used as in the following? How is it used?
"We didn't talk about it much. Rake was embarrassed because he got sacked like that. He has enormous pride, something he taught us. But he also felt responsible for Scotty's death. A lot of people blamed him, and they always will.
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Hi, Clive.
Very clear. Baggage refers to burden. Okay, I got it down cold.
Many thanks.
Hiro
Very clear. Baggage refers to burden. Okay, I got it down cold.
Many thanks.
Hiro
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baggage=burdensome/troubled personal history
>I got it down cold
perhaps
I got it down pat
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/down%20pat
>I got it down cold
perhaps
I got it down pat
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/down%20pat
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Wouldn't we say "got it down cold" to mean understand something completely?
Hiro
Hiro
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Wouldn't we say "got it down cold" to mean understand something completely?
Hiro
Hiro
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>Wouldn't we say "got it down cold" to mean understand something completely?
I think you're right.
However, at Yahoo:
"got it down pat" understand
is 10 times more frequent than
"got it down down" understand
(I've added understand in the search in order to s
I think you're right.
However, at Yahoo:
"got it down pat" understand
is 10 times more frequent than
"got it down down" understand
(I've added understand in the search in order to s
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Thanks for the tip, Marius.
Now I'm starting to be a bit unsure about "I know it down flat." I used to say it quite often to mean much the same as "I've got it down cold" or "down pat" when I went to U.S. high school.
Hiro
Now I'm starting to be a bit unsure about "I know it down flat." I used to say it quite often to mean much the same as "I've got it down cold" or "down pat" when I went to U.S. high school.
Hiro
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