I told her to go way...

[Stas]

Test No. express/inter-6 "Privacy", question 1

If I were you, I'd tell her to go jump in the river.

(a) learn to swim
(b) get wet
(c) go away
(d) go fishing

Test No. express/inter-6 "Privacy", answer 1

If I were you, I'd tell her to go away.

Correct answer: (c) go away

Your answer was: incorrect
If I were you, I'd tell her to go fishing.
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Why to go fish isn't correct5

[Alan]

Hi,

This is a set expression meaning go away.

Alan
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[Nabilchamlal]

hi,

it also means to go take a jump!

[Esl_Expert]

Actually, I know that expression as "Go jump in a lake".
(It's an annoyed way to tell someone to go away. It might also be used to tell someone to mind their own business.)

Another way to tell someone to go away is to suggest that they do this:
- Go take a long walk off a short pier.

Yet another way is this:
- Go play in traffic.

Would you like to try one of those on for size, Nabil? ;)
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[Our Tort System]

[Esl_Expert]

Hehe. What's even worse about 'go pound sand' is that it sounds like such a futile activity. lol

By the way, since you've figured out that my name is Amy, may I ask whether your name is actually Tort, Tort? :)
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[Mister Micawber]

Yes, and I'm curious about what a tort system has to do with anything-- unless we consider a new posting an accident on its way to happening.
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[Our Tort System]

Hello Amy and Charles,

My name is Dean, I'm from France, residing in Russia on business.
Actually I studied tort law in high school and thought it would be cool to have this name that speaks for itself =)
But you can call me Tort if you will, I have no objections, your honor, lol :=)
See ya'll around.
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That's what I think of the pie!

[Mister Micawber]

'Tort' 'tis, then. Good to have you here.
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[Esl_Expert]

Nice to meet you, Dean.
You're the very first Frenchman-living-in-Russia I've ever met.
:)
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"You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind." ~ Mohandas Ghandi