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 #2 (permalink) Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:34 am Meaning of "To shot through the roof" |
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Hi,
Difficult to know what you mean unless you describe the situation in which this sentence occurs. It would either be active infinitive: To shoot through the roof or passive infinitive: To be shot rhough the roof.
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:54 am Shot through the roof |
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As Alan says, context would be needed to know what the phrase refers to.
The idiom 'to shoot through the roof' usually means 'to increase greatly': Sales (taxes, prices, costs, etc.) have shot through the roof over the last year. The phrasal verb 'to shoot up' is often used in this sense, too.
The expression can also be used literally: the house was on fire and flames were shooting through the roof. |
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:52 pm Meaning of "To shot through the roof" |
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Dear Conchita
Perhaps you are right that the meaning shall be "increase greatly", because based on the context it's intended to talk about the dramatically change in the cost of sales.
By the way, I've already encountered with another problem is that I always hear the shipping agency mention about the "draft survey", can you give me an example what it is?
Again, thanks a lot
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Dec 01, 2006 15:24 pm Draft survey |
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| phiphili wrote: |
| By the way, I've already encountered with another problem is that I always hear the shipping agency mention about the "draft survey", can you give me an example what it is? |
That’s a new term for me. After some Google searching, I found that, in the context of shipping, a draft survey refers to a quantity inspection.
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| The other document they issue is a "Certificate of quantity". This means they check the total quantity of the goods. This is done by way of draft survey.They survey the ship (empty) as to how deep in the water the ship sits. Then, after loading, they survey the ship again, and work out from there how much weight the ship has loaded. They calculate this from the ships specifications and the depth before and after loading. |
The following link gives some more information on this:
http://www.sgs.com/draft_survey_industrial_minerals?serviceId=11150&lobId=5552 |
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| "example" + proposition + related subject | Meaning of 'learner' and 'drawing up alongside the car' in this context |
