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Innogen Posted 16 years ago
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What's the meaning of this sentence "I can't move for friends going on courses" ?
What's the meaning of this sentence "I can't move for friends going on courses" ?
Does it mean "I am not excited about friends going on courses" ? or
Does it mean "The fact that my friends go on courses does not move me" ?
I reproduce below the paragraph from which the above sentence is taken:
"I can't move for friends going on courses. They're either off to Hugh (Fearnley-Whittingstall) or Rick (Stein). They are at Sarah Raven or Darina Allen in Ireland, or up in Scotland smoking fish. The latest course on offer will be from Waitrose, which is opening a cookery school in October. "We want to inspire the nation to move from just watching cookery programmes to actually cooking and experimenting with new ingredients," says the company's executive chef, Neil Nugent. "We want everybody to be comfortable.""
The source is http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/7908559/First-catch-your-fromage-frais.html
Does it mean "I am not excited about friends going on courses" ? or
Does it mean "The fact that my friends go on courses does not move me" ?
I reproduce below the paragraph from which the above sentence is taken:
"I can't move for friends going on courses. They're either off to Hugh (Fearnley-Whittingstall) or Rick (Stein). They are at Sarah Raven or Darina Allen in Ireland, or up in Scotland smoking fish. The latest course on offer will be from Waitrose, which is opening a cookery school in October. "We want to inspire the nation to move from just watching cookery programmes to actually cooking and experimenting with new ingredients," says the company's executive chef, Neil Nugent. "We want everybody to be comfortable.""
The source is http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/7908559/First-catch-your-fromage-frais.html
Top answer
This idiom means that the author has a large number of friends who are going on courses. Literally, "can't move for X", means that there are so many X crowded around you that you are physically unable to move from your present position. Of course, usually it is not meant literally.
- This idiom means that the author has a large number of friends who are going on courses.
- Literally, "can't move for X", means that there are so many X crowded around you that you are physically unable to move from your present position.
- Of course, usually it is not meant literally.
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This idiom means that the author has a large number of friends who are going on courses. Literally, "can't move for X", means that there are so many X crowded around you that you are physically unable to move from your present position. Of course, usually it is not meant literally.
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