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How old is she and what's the point of this phrase?



 
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How old is she and what's the point of this phrase? #1 (permalink) Mon Jul 16, 2007 22:33 pm   How old is she and what's the point of this phrase?		  
Hello, everyone.
I'd like to ask a question about the phrase by Chuck Berry.

She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen.
How old is she - is she exactly 17 or a little more or...? And what's the point?
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How old is she and what's the point of this phrase? #2 (permalink) Mon Jul 16, 2007 23:31 pm   How old is she and what's the point of this phrase?		  
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She's probably 17 at the oldest. 'A minute over' is an exaggerated form of 'slightly over'. The point is that she is very young and cute.
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How old is she and what's the point of this phrase? #3 (permalink) Mon Jul 16, 2007 23:42 pm   How old is she and what's the point of this phrase?		  
Thank you very much, Mister Micawber.
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How old is she and what's the point of this phrase? #4 (permalink) Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:59 am   How old is she and what's the point of this phrase?		  
KLPNO wrote:
Hello, everyone.
I'd like to ask a question about the phrase by Chuck Berry.

She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen.
How old is she - is she exactly 17 or a little more or...? And what's the point?

We can't say here how old she is. She is too cute to be a minute over seventeen. It's our impression of her. She is so cute that we can't believe her to be a minute over seventeen. But actually she can be more than seventeen. One of my students is 21 but she looks so cute that you won't think she is a minute over seventeen.

Probably she is seventeen as MM says. And maybe she 21 but she looks young(not a minute over seventeen). Wink
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How old is she and what's the point of this phrase? #5 (permalink) Tue Jul 17, 2007 13:01 pm   How old is she and what's the point of this phrase?		  
Thank you very much, Harry Smiith, too.
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How old is she and what's the point of this phrase? #6 (permalink) Tue Jul 17, 2007 16:02 pm   How old is she and what's the point of this phrase?		  
KLPNO wrote:
Thank you very much, Harry Smiith, too.

You are most welcome! Very Happy
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