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ILE Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Tickle your funny bones
Come on, spare me a minute. I’m sure what I’m going to tell you’ll somehow tickle your funny bones.
Please help me to correct the sentence above. Thanks.
Can I say “I won’t tell him that joke because he is quite immune to it(this must be replaced by some other word but I couldn't come up with one that I think is correct), and I’m sure my joke will just fall flat.”
Last question: Is it true that we can only tickle XXX funny bones only if XXX has got a sense of humor?
Thanks.
Isabelle
Please help me to correct the sentence above. Thanks.
Can I say “I won’t tell him that joke because he is quite immune to it(this must be replaced by some other word but I couldn't come up with one that I think is correct), and I’m sure my joke will just fall flat.”
Last question: Is it true that we can only tickle XXX funny bones only if XXX has got a sense of humor?
Thanks.
Isabelle
Top answer
Hi, Come on, spare me a minute. Give me a minute of your time. I’m sure what I’m going to tell you’ll somehow tickle your funny bone bones .
- Hi, Come on, spare me a minute.
- Give me a minute of your time.
- I’m sure what I’m going to tell you’ll somehow tickle your funny bone bones .
- I'm sure that it will amuse you.
- ( The idiom is the singular 'bone', ie one fiunny bone per person.
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Hi,
Come on, spare me a minute. Give me a minute of your time.
I’m sure what I’m going to tell you’ll somehow tickle your funny bonebones. I'm sure that it will amuse you.
( The idiom is the singula
Come on, spare me a minute. Give me a minute of your time.
I’m sure what I’m going to tell you’ll somehow tickle your funny bone
( The idiom is the singula
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Clive( The idiom is the singular 'bone', ie one fiunny bone per person. )Thanks, Clive. I never realized this until now. I assumed it means the number of bones in our (a person) body that's why it needs the plural "bones" there,
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Hi Clive,
I'm wondering now if the using the idiom "tickle your funny bone" isn't a choice of native speakers as compared with "I'm sure that it will amuse you" in everyday English?
I'm wondering now if the using the idiom "tickle your funny bone" isn't a choice of native speakers as compared with "I'm sure that it will amuse you" in everyday English?
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Hi,
Yes, it's fine to say that.
You just asked 'Can I say . . . something else', and you can.
But 'tickle your funny bone' is not an idiom I hear or read every day. Maybe I heard it 6 months ago.
Yes, it's fine to say that.
You just asked 'Can I say . . . something else', and you can.
But 'tickle your funny bone' is not an idiom I hear or read every day. Maybe I heard it 6 months ago.
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