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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

You've got a nerve!

Does that mean you really dare something?
  

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Hi, Yes, that's the basic idea. It It's often said because you dare to do something that the speaker thinks you should not have done. Clive

  • Hi, Yes, that's the basic idea.
  • It It's often said because you dare to do something that the speaker thinks you should not have done.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Yes, that's the basic idea. It
It's often said because you dare to do something that the speaker thinks you should not have done.

Clive
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Is "you've got a nerve" response used just when somebody have done something bad.

Could you also use it for something good. For example, somebody jumps with a parachute from a plane. What a nerve!

Could it be used here too?
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Hi,

Is "you've got a nerve" response used just when somebody have done something bad.

Could you also use it for something good. For example, somebody jumps with a parachute from a plane. What a nerve!

Could it be used here too? I suppose so.

But it is less often used in in physical contexts (eg ju

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