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Mar 12, 2014 · 1) It's "get scored on." The team with the ball scores, the team without the ball is scored on. 2) See 1. The "on" goes with "scored," not "more times." 3) To "score" with a woman is to have sex with her. Chandler is calling Joey's sister a slut. 3.5) The "little men" are the model players used in the foosball game.
Jan 14, 2009 · There were little men who were sleeping under my bed last night but I didn't see them!! (I know it sounds bizarre. But what can one say?) Anyway here is my attempt Il y avait des lutins qui dormaient sous mon lit hier soir mais je ne les ai pas vu. I dont think this captures the essence of wha is meant. I think lutins is more in the sense of ...
Feb 17, 2009 · Feb 17, 2009. #3. "A little man" is also an idiom for a petty man. You might want to be careful about the context. Little boys are sometimes lovingly referred to as "my little man." Little and small can be used interchangeably to describe the size of a man given the right context but it's more clear to use "short" or "thin."
Apr 5, 2018 · Otherwise, The Guardian won't have reported this in 2016. ...it’s little surprise that a new survey shows “bird” topping the list of “pet names” that British women would like banned from everyday use. It's definitely in use. Its resumed use seemed to appear alongside the backlash against political correctness.
Sep 11, 2011 · That would encompass door-hangers made out of popsicle sticks, hand-printed scarves, little men made by stringing buttons together, etc. I've gone to ladies' events where there was a speaker followed by dessert and then we all worked with cloth and cardboard and glue guns to make little padded boxes. (That's why I said "a little mindless."
Mar 19, 2014 · Mar 19, 2014. #6. Yes, "bitch" to refer to a man might be an intended affront to his masculinity or intended to suggest the man is somehow weak. There are any number of potential meanings though, and the word might simply be used as a generic insult, marking a thorough lack of respect for the person.
Sep 15, 2010 · Sep 15, 2010. #2. This means that although Taiwanese companies are still something more than just an industrial park, they aren't much more than that. This is a fairly common way of saying that something is almost the same as something else: Taiwanese investments are almost as bad as ailing industrial parks = Taiwanese investments are little ...
May 19, 2005 · If it is a woman you can say she is a "housewife" but what do you use for a man. This word is used in all the books of English as a foreing language for beginners, but only for females. I guess there must be some men doing the housework too. The politically correct expression for both a housewife and a househusband is now "homemaker".
May 25, 2007 · Added to previous thread: Cagey, moderator. Context: Spinster is a pejorative term for a woman "of a certain age" who has never wed. The nearest I can think of for men is "confirmed bachelor" but that lacks the pejorative flavor of "spinster". Question: Is there a word that means for men, what "spinster" means for woman.
Aug 4, 2008 · Men aren't called "uncle ____" unless they really are related to you. I think this hasn't always been the case: in older stories, the main character always addresses elderly men and women as "little uncle" or "little aunt." In fact, in stories, a word for "old man" is "uncheaş" (little uncle).
