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From: Enrico C <enrico.c@spamcop.net>
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Subject: [Idioms #9] Talking of Sex... and the City :-)
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:41:06 +0100
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That TV series is a real mine of idiomatic ways of saying things.
Here is just 30 seconds from it...
"In a city of perfect people, no one was more perfect than Brooke.
She was an interior designer who only dated A-list guys.
For Brooke, every Saturday night was like the senior prom.
So, when she got married, we were all dying to see which one had made
the cut.
Was I the only one who remembered that Brooke once described this man
as more boring than exposed brick?"
And here's how I understand it:
* "A-list guys" = very important people
QUOTE WIKIPEDIA
The A-list is the list of the most bankable movie stars in Hollywood.
The list was created by veteran entertainment journalist James Ulmer,
who developed a 100-point method to quantify a star's value to a film
production, in terms of getting a film financed and the cameras
rolling. (continued at Wikipedia)
UNQUOTE
Actually, in our story, the "A-list guys" were not "bankable movie
stars". Brooke dated directly bankers ;))
* senior prom = the most important High School ball, the one you have
in your last year!
* "which one had made the cut" = which one had survived the hard
selection, which one had succeeded (in getting married with her)
* "more boring than exposed brick" = very boring.
They think that bare brick walls are quite a bore!
Rich bankers can be boring as well :)
The title itself of that episode includes a couple of interesting
words: "The Turtle and the Hare", where the Turtle is the nickname for
a frumpy looking, clumsy person, while the Hare is actually a Rabbit
and has more to do with sex...
http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=178742
--
Enrico C
Have fun!
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