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Hi,
The soup's off means it isn't on the menu - there is no soup available.
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:01 am What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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many thanks to Alan ! now i've understood the meaning of the sentence!  ) |
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:13 am What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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| sorry i made a wrong post in standard grammatical rule " i've undertaken.........!thanks hope to receive many your comments, Alan |
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 20:39 pm What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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| But ,,the soup is over'' means: the soup has finished? there is no the soup left?, why can't it be in this sentence:,,the soup's over''? |
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Jun 02, 2009 14:17 pm What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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Hey Alan,
is "the soup's off" the way english people say it? Can this also mean that the soup is past its use by date?
And i wonder as well why i can't say "the soup is over" to mean the soup has finished?
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Jun 02, 2009 15:46 pm What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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Come on guys. Alan has given you the logical answer to the quiz question. Accept it and learn.
Waiter, " I'm sorry Sir, the soup is off." ..... It's no longer on the menu.
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| #8 (permalink) Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:52 am What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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| Kitosdad wrote: |
Come on guys. Alan has given you the logical answer to the quiz question. Accept it and learn.
Waiter, " I'm sorry Sir, the soup is off." ..... It's no longer on the menu.
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Hey Kitosdad:)
thanks for the prompt reply. But you didn't quite answer my question.
Of course Alan already explained the meaning of "I'm sorry Sir, the soup is off".
My question was if this is the way people say it in England, because some of my australian friends here would have choosen "the soup is over" as the right aswer.
And i can't help myself, please tell me if i'm wrong, because i'm still learning.
but "Accept it and learn" as an aswer to my question seemed quite rude to me.
I wish you a nice day anyway:)
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| #9 (permalink) Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:33 am What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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Hi Stefan,
Can you please ask your Australian friends which they would say more often -- 'the soup is off' or 'the soup is over'? I'm quite surprised that Australians would say 'the soup is over' since it sounds rather strange and I always thought that Australian English is very similar to American and British English.
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| #10 (permalink) Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:22 am What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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The soup is over does sound OK to me too. I don't see why that should be wrong.
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| #11 (permalink) Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:10 am What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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Well, you can say: 'The soup is off the menu.' It simply means the soup isn't on the menu anymore.
If you say: 'The soup is over the menu', it implies that the soup was spilled, doesn't it?
You can say: 'The soup is out', which means that we are out of soup.
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| #12 (permalink) Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:54 am What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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Thanks Shyone,
that makes it a bit clearer to me:)
Torsten, i'll ask my Australian friends again:)
Have a nice weekend all!
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| #13 (permalink) Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:45 am What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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"Accept it and learn" as an aswer to my question seemed quite rude to me."
Wasn't meant to be rude. Only exasperation.
Alan had given the logical reply. Further questioning, as far as I was concerned, appeared unnecessary.
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| #14 (permalink) Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:50 am What does this mean: "The soup's off"? |
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Maybe the confusion originates from the fact that we use 'over' in expressions such as 'it's all over now' or 'over and out', etc.
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