Upper body or lower body

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The director is asking me to throw a blanket on an actor's face.  I say:  Where should I put it?  Upper body or lower body?Is this OK?

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

bball1on an actor's face.

Have you often seen people whose faces are somewhere around their legs?

CJ

Bball1 · Answer

CalifJim bball1on an actor's face.Have you often seen people whose faces are somewhere around their legs? CJ

I'm sorry. Let me re-write the first sentence. The director asked me to throw the blanket on the actor who's lying on the floor in front of me. I ask: upper body or lower body? Or upper or lower body?

Are both OK?

CalifJim · Answer

bball1upper body or lower body? Or upper or lower body?Are both OK?

Both are fine.

CJ

Bball1 · Answer

CalifJim bball1upper body or lower body? Or upper or lower body?Are both OK?Both are fine.CJ

Would a native speaker actually say that?

CalifJim · Answer

bball1Would a native speaker actually say that?

Yes.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

If a person is dead, you would cover his face with a blanket.

If he's not dead, you would never cover his face with a blanket.

Any blanket made in the US will be long enough to cover a person from the bottom of his neck to his feet, so there would never be a question as to whether to cover his upper body or his lower body with a blanket. (Covering just the upper or lower body with a blanket would be very unusual.)

If the director says to throw a blanket over the actor lying on his back on the floor, you would do either of two things, depending on the context - there is no need to ask for any directions. If the actor is playing a dead person, you would naturally cover him with the blanket so that the blanket covers his face. If the actor is not playing a dead person, you would naturally cover him with the blanket, as though he were sleeping on a bed, that is, cover him approximately from the bottom of his neck to his feet.

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