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 #2 (permalink) Wed Mar 01, 2006 14:30 pm Don't lose your rag! |
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‘To see red’ means ‘to become very angry’, like a bull seeing a red flag (or so it is believed).
Similar idioms:
If you ‘lose your rag’, you get very angry and start shouting.
If something is ‘like a red rag (to a bull)’, it infuriates you (it makes you very angry). |
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Conchita
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Mar 01, 2006 21:47 pm Thanks |
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thank you very much for your interest and help
ı hope see you soon bye |
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:24 am Idiom: "to see red" |
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| Conchita, I would avoid using any idiom about anger or bad moods if it contains the word "rag". They are usually an analogy to menstruation, and they can be very vulgar. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Mar 02, 2006 14:10 pm What a curse! |
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| Oops! Thank you very much for that, Jamie! I had absolutely no idea. So, no expressions with the word ‘rag’ in an angry context then, but ‘putting your glad rags on’ is still OK, I hope? Now your comment will pop up in my mind every time I sing the “Rock Around the Clock”! See what you’ve done? :) |
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Conchita
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Mar 02, 2006 14:14 pm Idiom: "to see red" |
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| "Glad rags" is okay. Don't worry. |
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Jamie (K)
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