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Skyline Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
What does "spark plugs" mean?
Hi there,
While I was doing exercise I ran into this sentence
Two days after Diane's shopping spree, Grace muttered about show-offs who "spend more time on their wardrobes than on their spark plugs."
what does spark plugs mean?
Thanks in advance
While I was doing exercise I ran into this sentence
Two days after Diane's shopping spree, Grace muttered about show-offs who "spend more time on their wardrobes than on their spark plugs."
what does spark plugs mean?
Thanks in advance
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Spark plugs, literally, are parts in a car engine (that give a spark of electricity to ignite the gasoline/petrol) However, it sounds like this sentence uses the term as slang, and I can't quite get the meaning.
- Spark plugs, literally, are parts in a car engine (that give a spark of electricity to ignite the gasoline/petrol) However, it sounds like this sentence uses the term as slang, and I can't quite get the meaning.
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Spark plugs, literally, are parts in a car engine (that give a spark of electricity to ignite the gasoline/petrol)
However, it sounds like this sentence uses the term as slang, and I can't quite get the meaning.
However, it sounds like this sentence uses the term as slang, and I can't quite get the meaning.
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It's about people who don't do any real work, such as tending to their cars, IMO.
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