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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
twitter patted
From the movie Bambi:
"Nearly everybody gets twitterpatted in the springtime. For example, you're walking along minding your own business; you're looking neither to the left, nor to the right when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face... Who-o! Who-o! You begin to get weak in the knees, your head's in a whirl! And then you feel light as feather, and before you know it you're walking on air, and then, you know what? You're knocked for a loop! And you completely lose your head!
Hi,
Could I interpret the bolded parts in bold as the following? Correct me if I am wrong. Thanks
1. gets chemitry 2. straight/directly 3. you feel dizzy! 4. you're on cloud nine/you are feeling very light 5. You tumble over! 6. you can't think clearly!
"Nearly everybody gets twitterpatted in the springtime. For example, you're walking along minding your own business; you're looking neither to the left, nor to the right when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face... Who-o! Who-o! You begin to get weak in the knees, your head's in a whirl! And then you feel light as feather, and before you know it you're walking on air, and then, you know what? You're knocked for a loop! And you completely lose your head!
Hi,
Could I interpret the bolded parts in bold as the following? Correct me if I am wrong. Thanks
1. gets chemitry 2. straight/directly 3. you feel dizzy! 4. you're on cloud nine/you are feeling very light 5. You tumble over! 6. you can't think clearly!
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Hi Angliholic, - twitterpated: love-struck - head in a whirl: cannot tell where you are / which direction you face. - walking on air: feeling happy, elated. - knock for a loop: astonish / fill with wonder, amazement
- Hi Angliholic, - twitterpated: love-struck - head in a whirl: cannot tell where you are / which direction you face.
- - walking on air: feeling happy, elated.
- - knock for a loop: astonish / fill with wonder, amazement
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Hi Angliholic,
- twitterpated: love-struck
- head in a whirl: cannot tell where you are / which direction you face.
- walking on air: feeling happy, elated.
- knock for a loop: astonish / fill with wonder, amazement
- twitterpated: love-struck
- head in a whirl: cannot tell where you are / which direction you face.
- walking on air: feeling happy, elated.
- knock for a loop: astonish / fill with wonder, amazement
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<<1. gets chemitry ??? become giddy and emotional (and/or in love), generally in a positive sense. Also, twitterpated. (pate = head, thus, having a twittering head) 2. straight/directly Right. 3. you feel dizzy! Right. 4. you're on cloud nine/you are feeling very light
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Thanks, HT.
Got it.
By the way, why does "knock for a loop" mean "fill with wonder/amazement?' If I know the missing link behind the phrase, it's easier for me to grasp and memorize its meaning.
Got it.
By the way, why does "knock for a loop" mean "fill with wonder/amazement?' If I know the missing link behind the phrase, it's easier for me to grasp and memorize its meaning.
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Hi Angliholic,
You can find the meaning of the phrase 'knock for a loop' [url=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knock_for_a_loop]HERE[/url]. = astonish, which connotes an idea of 'surprise or flabbergast'. However, I don't feel that go well with the context, except the definition from Answers.com, [url=
You can find the meaning of the phrase 'knock for a loop' [url=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knock_for_a_loop]HERE[/url]. = astonish, which connotes an idea of 'surprise or flabbergast'. However, I don't feel that go well with the context, except the definition from Answers.com, [url=
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Thanks, HT.
By the way, what's the litteral meaning of "knock for a loop?"
By the way, what's the litteral meaning of "knock for a loop?"
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AngliholicThanks, HT.Hi,
By the way, what's the litteral meaning of "knock for a loop?"
Here it is, an extract from the freedictionary.com:
"knock/throw someone for a loop (American, informal)
if something that happens knocks you for a loop, it upsets or confuses you because you do not expect it. He knocked me for a loop
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Thanks, HT, for the examples.
I know better now.
To make sure, does "loop" in question refer to "tumble over?"
I know better now.
To make sure, does "loop" in question refer to "tumble over?"
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AngliholicThanks, HT, for the examples.Hi.
I know better now.
To make sure, does "loop" in question refer to "tumble over?"
I don't think so.
Maybe native English speakers have a better feeling for the word. However, when I hear its use in the context given by the dictionary, I feel like 'knock for a loop' means you first f
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