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HSS Posted 20 years ago
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We Were Getting the Heck Beaten Out of Us.
Hi, there.
[1] We were getting the heck beaten out of us.
Could anyone please enlighten me on what "out of us" is doing there?
Is that the passive voice of [2]?
[2] They were beating the heck out of us.
Hmmmmmm.
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
[1] We were getting the heck beaten out of us.
Could anyone please enlighten me on what "out of us" is doing there?
Is that the passive voice of [2]?
[2] They were beating the heck out of us.
Hmmmmmm.
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
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com/topic/beat-the-living-daylights-out-of beaten until the **** ( heck is an euphemism for it) gets out of you
- com/topic/beat-the-living-daylights-out-of beaten until the **** ( heck is an euphemism for it) gets out of you
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2 is more usual than 1:
http://www.answers.com/topic/beat-the-living-daylights-out-of
beaten until the **** (heck is an euphemism for it) gets out of you
http://www.answers.com/topic/beat-the-living-daylights-out-of
beaten until the **** (heck is an euphemism for it) gets out of you
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Marius Hancu2 is more usual than 1:
http://www.answers.com/topic/beat-the-living-daylights-out-of
beaten until the **** (heck is an euphemism for it) gets out of you
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Now that I look more into [1] and [2], they don't seem like the same in meaning. Should the subject of [2] be "We," and what does it mean?
Hiro
Hiro
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Translations:
1. We were given a heavy beating. (but someone unnamed, but probably by "them")
2. They were giving us a heavy beating.
It depends whether you want to use the passive or not in translation. But similar in meaning to me.
1. We were given a heavy beating. (but someone unnamed, but probably by "them")
2. They were giving us a heavy beating.
It depends whether you want to use the passive or not in translation. But similar in meaning to me.
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So,
[1] We were getting the heck beaten out of us.
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[2] They were beating the heck out of us.
?
Or, should [2] be, "We were beating the heck out of us," to be equal to [1]?
Hiro
[1] We were getting the heck beaten out of us.
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[2] They were beating the heck out of us.
?
Or, should [2] be, "We were beating the heck out of us," to be equal to [1]?
Hiro
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>Or, should [2] be, "We were beating the heck out of us," to be equal to [1]?
totally incorrect, this would mean beating ourselves
Leave them as they are. They are similar. Enough said.
1 means practically the same as 2, but the agent is present in 2.
totally incorrect, this would mean beating ourselves
Leave them as they are. They are similar. Enough said.
1 means practically the same as 2, but the agent is present in 2.
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