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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
What's the meaning
of blasting through here?
"I organized a bachelor party for a friend. The night started at a nice steak house. We arrived early and sat at the bar blasting through a bunch of very expensive drinks. The bill from that was added to our table bill..."
Thanks a million!
"I organized a bachelor party for a friend. The night started at a nice steak house. We arrived early and sat at the bar blasting through a bunch of very expensive drinks. The bill from that was added to our table bill..."
Thanks a million!
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I presume you're asking about the phrase: "blasting through"? It's not wrong, though it is unusual. In casual conversation, most Brits (English) would say: "downing".
- I presume you're asking about the phrase: "blasting through"?
- It's not wrong, though it is unusual.
- In casual conversation, most Brits (English) would say: "downing".
- So we would say: "...
- " It means: to drink (down) very quickly.
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I presume you're asking about the phrase: "blasting through"? It's not wrong, though it is unusual. In casual conversation, most Brits (English) would say: "downing". So we would say: "... and sat at the bar downing a bunch of..." It means: to drink (down) very quickly.
"downing drinks" is 'casual'/spoken English.
"downing drinks" is 'casual'/spoken English.
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Jin_H ... blasting through ....rapidly consuming
(one drink after another in quick succession, almost unthinkingly)
CJ
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It's very American or upper class English... "having a blast". I'm a native non-upper class Brit.
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Anonymous It's very American or upper class English... "having a blast". I'm a native non-upper class Brit.I don't know about British, but in American English "blasting through something" is not at all the same as "having a blast".
"blasting through" is performing some act very quickly (often without much attention to quality)
"having a blast" is
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Yes, I'd guessed you're American and if you are, there's nothing wrong with that :-)
"blasting through.." in England would tend to be interpreted as having a rumbunctious aspect to it (unless it was a party of Americans blasting through their drinks) and generally only the upper class in England would use "blast" in either manner: ("blasting through" or "having a blast").
"downi
"blasting through.." in England would tend to be interpreted as having a rumbunctious aspect to it (unless it was a party of Americans blasting through their drinks) and generally only the upper class in England would use "blast" in either manner: ("blasting through" or "having a blast").
"downi
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Anonymousgenerally only the upper class in England would use "blast" in either manner: ("blasting through" or "having a blast").Interesting. I learned something new today.
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