Wicked vs. naughty

[dina]

Test No. incompl/elem-33 "Responses (6)", question 10

John: 'And as a special thank you for all you've done, we're treating you to a meal out.'
Sue: '.........'

(a) You're very stupid.
(b) You're really naughty.
(c) You're really horrible.
(d) You're really wicked.

Test No. incompl/elem-33 "Responses (6)", answer 10

John: 'And as a special thank you for all you've done, we're treating you to a meal out.'
Sue: 'You're really naughty.'

Correct answer: (b) You're really naughty.

Your answer was: incorrect
John: 'And as a special thank you for all you've done, we're treating you to a meal out.'
Sue: 'You're really wicked.'
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Hi Alan,

why the answer is not 'You're really wicked.'

thank you

[Alan]

Wicked is too strong here.
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[Santinat]

I don't understand the meaning of this sentence. "we're treating you to a meal out." :oops:

[Torsten]

This means 'we are inviting you to a restaurant and are going to pay for the meal'. In other words -- 'you can come along with us to the restaurant, order a nice hot meal and we'll pay for it'.

Please let me know if this makes sense to you.
Thanks,
Torsten

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[Santinat]

yes, thank you

[Torsten]

You're welcome ;-).

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[Saneta]

I don't understand why the reply is: you're really naughty, because naughty means=not polite, right?

[Alan]

Hi Saneta,

You are right. 'Naughty' usually means badly behaved especially when it's used to describe a child's bad behaviour. It also has another meaning when it's used to say to someone who has for example bought you a very expensive present: You are very kind and thank you very much but you shouldn't have spent all that money. The idea of 'shouldn't' is shown in saying to someone that they are 'naughty'. It is however said in a very friendly way and doesn't really mean that you are criticising them.

Alan
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[Morteza]

Hi,
Yes.It is used in a informal or humourous way involving or suggesting sex:
He always buys her naughty underwear for her birthday.
The film was shown on TV but they'd cut out all the naughty bits/scenes.
Regards'
Morteza

[Johnpros]

I don't really understand the use of these four expressions in this question.

[Nur Shahidah]

thanks alan

[Torsten]

[Takenrerei]

What do you mean by wicked is too strong so its better to use naughty? Does that mean we can also use wicked but not to people we don't know?

[Valentino Bangun]

Dear Mr.Alan/Toersten,
Maybe in learning idioms we don't need really understand their meaning, isn't that right? because some expression are really absurd to understand, and have the opposite meaning. Example: ''break a leg vs good luck'', ''you're very naughty vs you're very kind.''