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Ka Hoerschaf Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

tie me up throw me down

Hello.

What is the meaning of that? Is it something like t blow somebodys mind? Do you have a synonym, that I can use?

Thanks for that.
  

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Ka Hoerschaf tie me up throw me down It has no idiomatic meaning for me as it stands. Please supply context when you suspect an idiom.

— Mister Micawber

  • Ka Hoerschaf tie me up throw me down It has no idiomatic meaning for me as it stands.
  • Please supply context when you suspect an idiom.
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Ka Hoerschaftie me up throw me down
It has no idiomatic meaning for me as it stands. Please supply context when you suspect an idiom.
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That is not a fixed expression in standard English, and I have never encountered it. I would have to guess, and I don't want to. Did you hear that on a TV show or what? What was the situation, and exactly what was said by whom? Do you have a link?
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Context:
Somebody is very suprised by a nice welcoming commitee, who tell the program of the event ... and says: Well, tie me up and throw me down, this just keeps gettin´ better and better.

Think, this must be an idiom!
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Ka HoerschafWell, tie me up and throw me down
It seems to be ersatz-cowboy for 'Wull, ah'll be bull-dogged!'
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Full Situation from 7:40

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She speaks with a sort of Western twang, so it must be some sort of rodeo reference, surely MM's bulldogging.

People make up all kinds of nonsensical expressions on the spot in that context to express astonishment, from, "Well, slap my sister and call me Sally!" to "Well, I'll be a horn-toad briefcase!" (I just made that last one up.) They stem from an archetype that I'm not sure of, but
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Thank you ... guess I´ve got an idea of its German correlation :-)
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Ka HoerschafThank you ... guess I´ve got an idea of its German correlation :-)
Well, come on. What is it?
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It sounds like something related to the rodeo (calf roping, in particular)
A related expression- "well I'll be dogged! " (I am surprised as that little calf is when he runs out of the chute.)
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