"We'd hoped you'd only go one GRATE too far," or GREAT
Should it be GRATE: "We'd hoped you'd only gone one grate too far."
OR
Should it be GREAT: "We'd hoped you'd only gone one great too far."
DEFINITIONS:
GRATE: reduce (something, especially food) to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater.
GREAT: of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average.
Great seems to make more sense:
great too far instead of great, great too far (Only one great, like the quote)
But the movie captions say "grate"
Top answer
Only "grate" would make sense here, and only in a very unusual situation: someone is trying to orient himself by counting grates (heavy screen covers) and he counts too many. Counting only one more than what he should count would be okay, but he counts more than one too many.
- Only "grate" would make sense here, and only in a very unusual situation: someone is trying to orient himself by counting grates (heavy screen covers) and he counts too many.
- Counting only one more than what he should count would be okay, but he counts more than one too many.
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Only "grate" would make sense here, and only in a very unusual situation: someone is trying to orient himself by counting grates (heavy screen covers) and he counts too many. Counting only one more than what he should count would be okay, but he counts more than one too many.
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