What does "something got me like" mean? [closed]
Sep 19, 2016 · Firstly, the 'like someone punched me in the gut' is comparing how the person stating the sentence is laughing so hard they cannot breathe, similar to being punched in the …
Expression for when something "hits you", but in a positive way?
Oct 21, 2016 · "It hit me like a ton of bricks." "It hit me like a bucket of ice cold water." I would like to know if there are some ways to say it in a positive way, as in being shocked in a good way. …
expressions - History of the phrase "I was like.." or "I was all ...
Mar 11, 2016 · "I was, like, wow! all those people walked past all those other albums on the rack to buy the Gap Band record." From John Shanley, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea: An Apache …
Should you use "will like" or "would like" for a request/response in ...
Jan 30, 2015 · well, as you can see we use ¨WOULD¨ to be polite, meanwhile, on the other hand, we use WILL for a spontaneous decision for example: your dad is going to put the trash in the …
Can I say "let's soak" meaning "let's get soaked"?
Aug 28, 2019 · I'm having a hard time with some lyrics that I've been writing. The verb "to soak" got me stuck, because I'm not sure if I'm using it correctly. At first, I wanted to say: "Girl, by …
word usage - Meaning of the expression-"You got me" - English …
May 8, 2017 · beware: in this instance "you got me" does not mean "you know what I mean".. Here it is a jocular way to say "I don't know the answer to that" -- as in: "you caught me out in …
origin of the expression "all over him/her like a cheap coat/suit"
Mar 23, 2014 · Exuding boyish Innocence, he described how, upon arriving at the apartment building, she had invited him for coffee and then "was all over me like a cheap suit." It's taken …
Hangin' on a string / You've got me hangin' on a string now
Feb 23, 2016 · The narrator is helpless, whatever, and feels unfairly treated like a 'plaything'. It seems that Loose Ends were still playing this at big gigs, at least until 2010 . This song seems …
The origin of "knickers in a knot" and "knickers in a twist"
Nigel Rees, A Word in Your Shell-like (2004) has this brief entry for "knickers in a twist": don't get your knickers in a twist! 'Don't make a drama out of a crisis, don't get worked up or confused …
What is the meaning of "I got you"?
So saying you "got" someone is short for saying you received what they were trying to convey. More literally, it could be used to mean "I have hold of you" or "I touched you", but I'm not sure …