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Test incompl/inter-333, User's Answer 9 #1 (permalink) Fri Sep 17, 2010 13:23 pm   Test incompl/inter-333, User's Answer 9
 

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ESL/EFL Test #333 "English Slang Idioms (54)", question 9

"Now that Jeff is making fun of you, you're angry. What's the matter? You can dish the ........., but you can't take it, eh?" Ella said to Zack.

(a) dregs
(b) dreck
(c) dirt
(d) dip

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #333 "English Slang Idioms (54)", answer 9

"Now that Jeff is making fun of you, you're angry. What's the matter? You can dish the dirt, but you can't take it, eh?" Ella said to Zack.

Correct answer: (c) dirt

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"Now that Jeff is making fun of you, you're angry. What's the matter? You can dish the dreck, but you can't take it, eh?" Ella said to Zack.
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Does it mean that he likes to joke but don't like to be someone else's joke,that's to say , he likes
to joke on someone else's account but he dosn't like jokes on his account,he dosn't like to be the subject of a/the joke,someone else's joke?
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Test incompl/inter-333, User's Answer 9 #2 (permalink) Fri Sep 17, 2010 19:59 pm   Test incompl/inter-333, User's Answer 9
 

Yes, he is OK with making fun of/teasing others but he can't take it when others do the same to him.
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