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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Wheelhouse...
Lois: Lana (Clark's former love) is gone for good.
Time to get back in the saddle, buckaroo. But this go-round, you need
to look outside your wheelhouse. What does she mean?
Clark: I didn't know I had a wheelhouse.
Lois: Of course you do... pretty, friendly,
damsel-In-Distressy. You need to try another scoop
of the 31 flavors, maybe a little less sweet vanilla and a lot more wild cherry.
Is she refering to ice crea? As in to try dating another woman that's not so
nice but more adventurous?
Time to get back in the saddle, buckaroo. But this go-round, you need
to look outside your wheelhouse. What does she mean?
Clark: I didn't know I had a wheelhouse.
Lois: Of course you do... pretty, friendly,
damsel-In-Distressy. You need to try another scoop
of the 31 flavors, maybe a little less sweet vanilla and a lot more wild cherry.
Is she refering to ice crea? As in to try dating another woman that's not so
nice but more adventurous?
Top answer
See is telling Clark to look for a woman of a different type than those he normally dates. As in to try dating another woman that's not so nice but more adventurous? As good an interpretation as any.
- See is telling Clark to look for a woman of a different type than those he normally dates.
- As in to try dating another woman that's not so nice but more adventurous?
- As good an interpretation as any.
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See is telling Clark to look for a woman of a different type than those he normally dates. As in to try dating another woman that's not so
nice but more adventurous? As good an interpretation as any.
nice but more adventurous? As good an interpretation as any.
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Yes, 31-flavors is a well-known ice cream store in the US, also known as Baskin-Robbins.
Referring to someone as "vanilla" is a common slang for normal, perhaps a little boring.
Referring to someone as "vanilla" is a common slang for normal, perhaps a little boring.
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No.
I didn't expect this to be such a difficult word to find a definition for. The literal meaning is easily found, here among other places: http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=wheelhouse&gwp=13
The figurati
I didn't expect this to be such a difficult word to find a definition for. The literal meaning is easily found, here among other places: http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=wheelhouse&gwp=13
The figurati
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Whoa, guys! Sometimes your language is so complicated.
And by the reaction of Grammar Geek here, I'd say even you natives
have difficulties understanding some expressions. I mean with all the new
serial movies that pop up all the time your language expands even more in allusive kind of way.
How do you manage to keep up?
And by the reaction of Grammar Geek here, I'd say even you natives
have difficulties understanding some expressions. I mean with all the new
serial movies that pop up all the time your language expands even more in allusive kind of way.
How do you manage to keep up?
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MadhulkHow do you manage to keep up?I would imagine we keep up the same way any native speaker of any language keeps up. Through constant use of and exposure to the language.
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Hi,
I didn't understand this use of 'wheelhouse' when I read it, and I've never encountered it before. I guess you have to be a baseball fan to get it.
Clive
I didn't understand this use of 'wheelhouse' when I read it, and I've never encountered it before. I guess you have to be a baseball fan to get it.
Clive
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CliveHi,I'm kind of surprised to hear this. Barbara also indicated that she hadn't heard this expression before. I don'
I didn't understand this use of 'wheelhouse' when I read it, and I've never encountered it before. I guess you have to be a baseball fan to get it.
Clive
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