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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
What does "You brick!" mean?
Hi there 
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I've heard this term in some movies. Some people translate it like "bastard" but in my dictonary it stands for something like "a good friend" although apparently it's not used any longer in that way?? So what would be the right translation?
best regards.
,I've heard this term in some movies. Some people translate it like "bastard" but in my dictonary it stands for something like "a good friend" although apparently it's not used any longer in that way?? So what would be the right translation?
best regards.
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" It's quite quaint and old-fashioned now, though you still hear it sometimes. MrP
- " It's quite quaint and old-fashioned now, though you still hear it sometimes.
- MrP
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Hello Anon
"You're a brick!" means "You're a very fine person!"
It's quite quaint and old-fashioned now, though you still hear it sometimes.
MrP
"You're a brick!" means "You're a very fine person!"
It's quite quaint and old-fashioned now, though you still hear it sometimes.
MrP
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Thx for your answer. Unfortunately, you can't see what I've originally written because there are ***'s. I understood the term as an insult. I also watched a movie, once in English and then in german. In german "brick" was translatet something like "not a nice word for a person"
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Hello Anon
Could the word have been "p r i c k"?
(It asterisks that one too.)
MrP
Could the word have been "p r i c k"?
(It asterisks that one too.)
MrP
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Oh yeah, lol
I guess it was really ***** and not brick. At least that would make sense when I translate the word.
I guess it was really ***** and not brick. At least that would make sense when I translate the word.
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... or, "You're a brick." / "He/She's a brick." (etc.)
I've been reading the seven chronicles of Narnia, and even though Peter is too old for Narnia now, when he was there I noticed that he called people 'bricks', and that from the look of the surrounding context it seemed to mean something great.
So, thanks for that, 'MrP' =^.^=
*tSuKiNoKo ^.~*
I've been reading the seven chronicles of Narnia, and even though Peter is too old for Narnia now, when he was there I noticed that he called people 'bricks', and that from the look of the surrounding context it seemed to mean something great.
So, thanks for that, 'MrP' =^.^=
*tSuKiNoKo ^.~*
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